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 systems mapping.

Module 2: How to actually learn and create together 

• Value relationships and roles in co-design teams.
• Identify, invite and engage participants from priority groups.
• Embrace adaptive learning and deep listening. 
• Identify an array of discovery methods.
• Practise prototyping for learning.

Module 3: Rebalancing power in practice

• Explore power dynamics and power-sharing techniques.
• Understand the importance of inclusive facilitation.
• Elevate the role of lived experience and Indigenous knowledge.
• 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

The course starts on Tuesday 22 October 2024, with a live fortnightly session 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.
Your place is confirmed on receipt of full payment.

Includes:

• 6 x 2-hour live sessions
• Additional 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:

• Pay via Invoice
  • 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 at least one month before the course starts to secure your place).
    
  • We can send an invoice free of GST (10%) to participants based outside of Australia.
  • NZ participants can pay via invoice and deposit into a New Zealand bank account (NZ-based individuals and organisations can pay the same fees in NZD this way).
    
    
• Scholarships
  • We offer one fully funded scholarship place for a First Nations practitioner for each of our training courses.
  • Discounts are available for people from lower-income countries.

If you would like to receive an invoice, or have any questions, please contact the team.