Bright Sparks: January - Check In & Check Out

Bright Sparks Participatory Community Development activities. 

A monthly dose of participatory community development activities for all practitioners and students. 

A whole 12 months full of participatory community development activities. Unpack the theory concepts behind the activities. Learn how to make them more accessible for different people, including how to facilitate them using different assistive devices. 

Zoom links will be emailed 24 hours before each session. The recorded session will be emailed to everyone with tickets incase you missed it. 

When: Thursday 25th January 2024

Time:   4.00 pm to 5.30 pm (AEDT) 

Where: Online 

Cost: Single sessions $20.00

25th January: Check-In and Check-Out 

Checking in and checking out is a simple way for a team to open and close a process, symbolically and collaboratively. Checking in/out invites each group member to be present, seen and heard and to express a reflection or a feeling. Checking in emphasises presence, focus and group commitment; checking out emphasises reflection and symbolic closure. Together, they also ensure that you understand people’s expectations, meet people’s needs, and evaluate the process. 

The Bright Sparks workshops for the rest of the year are: 

29th February: Accountable spaces 

A reflection, theory and tool on how we can become more accountable for ensuring spaces are safe/r, accessible and more inclusive.

28th March: Gender Clock

A simple and adaptable activity/tool for exploring the dimension of gender dynamics in the home, workplace, and wider society. 

25th April: Social Analysis (CLIP) 

An activity/tool to describe key stakeholders' characteristics and relationships and explore ways to resolve social problems and engage people strategically. (CLIP stands for collaboration/Conflict, Legitimacy, Interests and Power) 

30th May: Power 

An activity/tool to understand and evaluate stakeholders' sources and levels of power in certain situations. 

27th June:  VIP: Values, Interests and Positions

An activity/tool to compare the positions that stakeholders take on a situation or action (existing or proposed) with their actual interests and the values they hold) 

25th July: Lessons and Values 

A theory/process to better manage an issue by becoming aware of what values people hold and applying the lessons learned from successful actions that are consistent with those values. 

29th August:  Moral Conflict Assessment 

An activity/tool to assess difficult situations where you are constrained to act in ways that go against your conscience.

26th September: Ideal Scenario  

An activity that helps people imagine an ideal scenario that recognises and takes inspiration from past accomplishments and current strengths using one or more tools. 

31st October: Sabotage 

It is an activity to identify and overcome habits, established patterns, doubts, fears and other barriers to success with a touch of humour. 

28th November: Negotiation Fair 

Activity/tool to assess and negotiate what stakeholders can expect from each other. 

**19th December: Systems Dynamics 

A tool to identify entry points into a system based on an assessment of how elements in the system interact to create specific behaviours and situations. 

If you buy the complete pass of 12 sessions at any time during the year, you will receive the recordings for the whole year. Links to all workshops are sent automatically if you can’t join us on the day. You can find the link to the 12-month pass on the Community Powered Responses webpage -> https://communitypoweredrespon...