Kia ora from Carolyn,
We’re delighted to share with you our public training dates for the rest of 2024. You can find all the options and locations (including Christchurch!) on our events calendar.
Right now, many organisations are facing serious challenges in our work to build inclusive and healthy systems, whether that is a transport systems, welfare systems, or economic systems. How we frame, the narratives we use, are a critical tool in the fight to maintain the good work done to date, and as a longer term strategy to embed system level solutions.
In our Narratives for Change training you’ll learn why framing and narratives are a core building block of systems work. You’ll learn how to explain your complex issue, and the solutions that we need, in ways that work with our fast thinking brains and busy information environment. Making your communications work more effectively to deepen understanding.
We all learn in different ways so we’re offering both in-person and online formats for our Narratives for Change training so you can choose what works best for you and your organisation. We’re excited to be returning to Auckland again this year after a sold out training in February and have added a Christchurch date too!
Dealing with false information in difficult conversations – evidence based approaches
Many of you want to be more prepared for difficult conversations about the issues you’re working on. One important aspect of that preparation is having the strategies and practical tools to address false information when it arises. Another is making sure your communications are contributing to the creation of a healthy information environment where the conditions prevent false information spreading.
Our new Preparing for difficult conversations and false information training covers both and like all our training is based on best knowledge and research from across the world. We’re offering live-virtual via zoom and in-person options for this training and have coordinated dates so you can do both Narratives for Change and Preparing for Difficult Conversations and False Information training more easily.
If you’re not sure which training option is right for you then get in touch and we’d love to help.
Ngā mihi
Carolyn
Values-led communication training – let us know your interest
We are investigating developing a short (3 hour) values led communication training and want to hear from you about your interest.
Values are one of the more important framing techniques that helps connect people to your issue. This live virtual or in-person course will provide more detail and practice on identifying and using values frames in your communications. It could be completed as a stand alone training for people new to framing and narratives who have less time or budget available to do our longer Narratives for Change training, or as focussed practice class for those who have already completed our introductory class and are using the strategies we teach.
Please share your feedback and register your interest.
What's been happening at The Workshop
It has been a busy year so far for The Workshop team. We farewelled Marianne, welcomed Lizzie and have been working hard with our clients and communities to find better ways of talking about many different issues including planning for climate disruption, racism, housing and more.
We’ve also taken the opportunity to update our photos. It’s a very uncomfortable thing to do for many of us, but something we thought was important so you can see the people behind the work.
Photo shows The Workshop team from left: Carolyn, Kiki, Lizzie, Jess, Minette, Julie. Missing is Ellen who is based in Ōtepoti Dunedin. In the background is artwork by Turumeke Harrington
We’d like to thank Mark Tantrum for putting us at ease while taking the photos, Page Galleries for providing the location and credit to Reuben Paterson for the beautiful piece ‘When you’re gone, you’re gone too soon’ which features in some of the photos.
We also wanted to acknowledge Mark who arrived for the shoot on his cargo bike. We love seeing (and sharing) how people use bikes as part of their business.The cycleways that Wellington has invested in certainly make this a better option for people. When people are enabled to use public and active transport, behaviour shifts.