Collaborate for Inclusion Elizabeth Gray-King Gray-King & Gray Ltd GKG Collective

Why inclusion? – The Carrot Why Inclusion? Power not disempowerment Engagement in societies Embedded transformation Why Collaboration? Less isolation Stronger results Model of community

Why Inclusion?

Power not disempowerment

Engagement in societies

Embedded transformation

Why Collaboration?

Less isolation

Stronger results

Model of community

Why inclusion? – The big stick White Paper, Strong and prosperous communities – Duty by April 2009 Duty to ensure people have greater opportunities to have their say aspiration is to embed a culture of engagement and empowerment By information provision, consultation and involvement across all LA functions

White Paper, Strong and prosperous communities – Duty by April 2009

Duty to ensure people have greater opportunities to have their say

aspiration is to embed a culture of engagement and empowerment

By information provision, consultation and involvement across all LA functions

A group passionate about inclusion The GKG Collective “ We’re the GKG Collective, gathering around the achievable vision of inclusion, involvement and engagement.”

The GKG Collective

“ We’re the GKG Collective, gathering around the achievable vision of inclusion, involvement and engagement.”

NEP National Empowerment Partnership Government partnership to share good practice about involvement at local, regional and national levels In first few operational months of longer initiatives Needed quick appraisal to move forward

National Empowerment Partnership

Government partnership to share good practice about involvement at local, regional and national levels

In first few operational months of longer initiatives

Needed quick appraisal to move forward

NEP Eval Collaborative inclusion Created a multi method plan of data collection Interviews Survey Monkey questionnaire Teleconference Learning Exchange NEPeval website

Created a multi method plan of data collection

Interviews

Survey Monkey questionnaire

Teleconference

Learning Exchange

NEPeval website

Key collaborations Teleconference NEP eval web 2 website Learning Exchange

Teleconference

NEP eval web 2 website

Learning Exchange

Teleconference From initial findings, slide design of core questions Booked telephone conferences, with each participant looking at the same set of slides Teleconference host recorded conversations Linked people across the country “ The most involved I have ever felt!!!”

From initial findings, slide design of core questions

Booked telephone conferences, with each participant looking at the same set of slides

Teleconference host recorded conversations

Linked people across the country

“ The most involved I have ever felt!!!”

One of the questions: There are some fairly strong feelings about using NI4 as an indicator: “ The potential for interpretation makes it (NI4) utterly invalid. It depends on what side of bed you got out of ….. I don’t think its going to drive any real work on community empowerment, it will drive a whole marketing campaign to get people to think they have influence ” You need a combination of different types of approaches. There is a lot of discussion about NI 4 which is one measure of perception and its probably the best proxy. Measuring is definitely difficult. There are two further questions – what are the proportion of decisions that are influenced by local people and secondly whether that is a better decision or not . Question: How can the different views on evaluation been accommodated in the partnership?

NEP Eval Website Web 2 format upload easily from Flickr Scribd Slideshow YouTube Comment easily in real time Prototype for evaluation updates, learning exchanges, good practice

Web 2 format

upload easily from

Flickr

Scribd

Slideshow

YouTube

Comment easily in real time

Prototype for evaluation updates, learning exchanges, good practice

http://nepeval.net

Learning Exchange “ The power is in the analysis” Started with group ground rules: On post its – what could get in the way of a constructive group environment today? Cluster and turn into positive principles Moved to milling around data sources Subject analysis Finished with Opinion Lines

“ The power is in the analysis”

Started with group ground rules:

On post its – what could get in the way of a constructive group environment today? Cluster and turn into positive principles

Moved to milling around data sources

Subject analysis

Finished with Opinion Lines

Other Examples The Big Boost Trained Award winners to collect own data On – line survey Participation at BB events Interviews Learning Exchange Where Next Started with Associates Then moved to Trustees and staff facilitated exchange

The Big Boost

Trained Award winners to collect own data

On – line survey

Participation at BB events

Interviews

Learning Exchange

Where Next

Started with Associates

Then moved to Trustees and staff facilitated exchange

ICT Collaboration Communities of interest as well as geography Involvement at appropriate levels No replacement for tangible relationships Immediate input/updates in real time Potential to gather evidence easily (event, photos, upload – done!)

Communities of interest as well as geography

Involvement at appropriate levels

No replacement for tangible relationships

Immediate input/updates in real time

Potential to gather evidence easily (event, photos, upload – done!)

Collaborative inclusion Those affected by decisions/information/services help design them and then Use Champion change

Those affected by decisions/information/services help design them and then

Use

Champion

change