Enablers of Change

Designing a decent survey

Surveys seem to be a constant in life at the moment! Like the old quote about the only certainties being death and taxes—it seems that everyone (and their dog) would like you to just fill in this quick survey or answer a short series of questions! As enablers of change, surveys are an important part of our toolkit. So just what do we need to know when designing a survey? How can we be sure we will collect the data we need? In this episode we’ll explore how to design a decent survey. 
See the show notes and contribute to the discussion over at our blog. 

Make a real difference this year!

Are you wondering how best to start the year and make a real difference? We’re not big fans of New Year’s resolutions, but we do like to pause and think about what we’re going to do differently. It’s easy to just keep doing what we did last year, but we find that this is often a good time to try something different. 
See the show notes and contribute to the discussion over at our blog. 

Thanks and wishing you a merry Christmas!

We cannot believe it’s nearly the end of 2021! It has been a pretty huge year for us all, with the continuing disruption from Covid-19, meaning that as enablers of change we have had to be flexible and adaptable – all the time! 
See the show notes and contribute to the discussion over at our blog. 

Stop brainstorming… use the 6-3-5 method instead

Having lots of people shouting out ideas over the top of each other may seem exciting, but brainstorming doesn’t generate the greatest number of useful ideas. In this episode we’re going to introduce you to a better way of generating ideas—the 6-3-5 method.

How to better understand our target audience

How can we better understand our target audience? We'll explore what we can discover about our target audience, often without even needing to speak with them. 
See the show notes and contribute to the discussion over at our blog. 

What is a Theory of change?

In one of our recent episodes we covered designing an extension program. While putting that together, we realised that there were other important aspects to cover that complement the design of an extension program. One of these is developing a Theory of change. But that brings us to the questions—what is a Theory of change and how would we use one? 
See the show notes and contribute to the discussion over at our blog. 

Let‘s do more experiments!

We think it is easy for us to keep the status quo, and keep doing the same things day in, and day out. It’s comfortable, it’s easy to plan, and we know what to expect. But what might happen if we were to change something? In this episode we are going to explore the scientific method and see how we can achieve greater results through greater experimentation.
See the show notes and contribute to the discussion over at our blog. 

Using adult learning principles in webinars

Do you think, like some others, that adult learning principles sound like an old, outdated approach - something that was dreamed up in the 1970s and 80s, and surely cannot still be relevant? In this episode we will explore how we can apply adult learning principles to super-charge our webinars.
See the show notes and contribute to the discussion over at our blog.

Designing an effective extension program

We need an extension program! For those of us working as enablers of change, this can be something we hear when our colleagues are designing a new project. But how do we actually design an extension program? What do we need to include?
See the show notes and contribute to the discussion over at our blog.

Five useful facilitation resources

Sometimes as Enablers of change we just need a few more ideas to help us plan, design and run our activities. Where do we go when we want more resources and ideas for facilitating? These resources are a bit of an eclectic mix around facilitation and running small groups. So, here’s five we’ve found useful!
See the show notes and contribute to the discussion over at our blog.