Principles into Practice: Methods for Systemic Co-Design

📜 Program Description

Are you passionate about co-design and eager to put creative and participatory principles into practice? Through a combination of online training and coaching, you can expand your co-design toolkit and skillset to address complex problems and facilitate inclusive collaboration.

Focusing on the use of co-design to address complex social and public issues, this course explores key principles and methods for co-creating change. Designed and delivered by Dr Emma Blomkamp, this new course guides participants through practical ways to apply the core principles of systemic design practice. 

This is a unique opportunity to be guided by an expert, learn from other practitioners, and gain practical skills for successful co-design.

Course Overview

Module 1: Designing strategically to change systems

• Understand the purpose-driven nature of co-design.
• Determine when co-design is appropriate and most effective.
• Distinguish between consultation and collaboration.
• Identify, explore and scope problems and opportunities.
• Recognise complexity through mapping and visualisation.

Module 2: Learning from different kinds of wisdom

• Embrace adaptive learning and deep listening.
• Identify an array of discovery methods.
• Prepare for research and testing.
• Practise prototyping for learning.
• Respect lived experience and Indigenous Knowledges.

Module 3: Rebalancing power in practice

• Explore power dynamics and power-sharing techniques.
• Value relationships and roles in co-design teams.
• Identify, invite and engage participants from priority groups.
• Prepare for completion and closure, fostering community ownership.

Program Structure

• Participant numbers are capped at 22.
• Weekly content over 4 months (with a break for the holidays).
• 7 x 2-hour live, interactive Zoom sessions.
• Pre-recorded videos and activities every other fortnight.
• 2 x 45-minute individual coaching calls (valued at $500).

👋 Is this for me?

This course assumes a basic understanding and familiarity with co-design, but no specific experience is required.

✅ It is for you if you:

• already understand the philosophy of co-design
• want more tools and techniques to apply in your work
• work in a public, social or community setting
• enjoy learning and sharing with peers
• can commit at least two hours per week over four months
• can motivate yourself to keep up with content outside of live sessions.

❌ It is not for you if you:

• are quite new to co-design (take our Immersive Introduction first)
• have a lot of co-design experience already (consider Co-Design Practitioners or coaching/mentoring instead)
• are only interested in increasing profit and don’t care about social outcomes
• expect the course to make you an expert in co-design
• plan to watch recordings at a later date and not participate in live sessions. 
  
  
  

📆 2024 Course Schedule

Orientation week for the course starts on Tuesday 22 October 2024, with the first live fortnightly session on Tuesday 29 October and then every second Tuesday between 11am and 1pm AEDT (Melbourne time). 

That’s 8am-10am Perth/ 9.30am-11.30am Adelaide / 10.30am-12.30pm Darwin / 1pm-3pm NZ time.
For those in North America: that’s Mondays 4pm-6pm PST / 7pm-9pm EST.
Find out what time this is for you.

✅ Registration & Investment

Individual registration costs $1980 AUD inc GST.

Includes:

• 7 x 2-hour live sessions facilitated by Emma and special guests, including experts in systems thinking, community engagement, co-design for policy, and service design.
• Curated resources including exclusive pre-recorded videos and activity templates for 6 topics
• 2 x 45-minute coaching calls with Emma Blomkamp
• Online forum to connect, share, ask and learn with peers and experts
  

Other payment options include:  

• If you are located in Australia, you can request to pay in full via invoice when you register via Humanitix.

Or contact the team to:

• Request to pay in three instalments (with the first payment made before the course starts to secure your place).
  
• Receive an invoice free of GST (10%) if you're based outside of Australia.
• Receive an invoice in NZD to pay into a New Zealand bank account.
• Enquire about the fully funded scholarship place for a First Nations practitioner.
• Enquire about discounts for people from lower-income countries.