SOCIAL INNOVATION LEARNING RELAY #2: EXPERIMENTATION Do you want to connect with other motivated social change agents experimenting with innovative solutions, share experiences and support each other with practical recommendations? Join us this March in Zagreb for our second Social Learning Relay, designed to boost the collaborative efforts of your team and strengthen your social impact initiatives!
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What? siasm along the way? And how do you resolve tensions in relations when working with diverse personalities, skills and expectations? Being able to deal with the challenges that arise during experimentation processes, turns out No matter how good your ideas
to be crucial for the development
for social change are on paper,
and sustainability of the innova-
putting them into practice re-
tion you wish to achieve.
quires another set skills and competencies. Direct experimen-
On the 15th of March our second
tation helps further shape your
Relay kicks-off with a full day
ideas for change, but questions
workshop in the city of Zagreb,
remain such as how do you keep
Croatia focusing on the topic of
your team empowered to pursue
Experimentation and precisely
their creative efforts? How do you
some of the challenges mentioned
maintain motivation and enthou-
above.
What’s new? Our Social Learning Relay’s
do with struggles and dilema’s
combine a full day thematic work-
around experimentation process-
shop with an online peer-to-peer
es. We will provide a fertile ground
learning relay (‘the act of passing
for you to boost your knowledge in
something along’). You bring in
this area and learn from and with
a learning question that has to
the other participants.
Learning and network outcomes Establish new connections at a personal level & with other social innovation networks and initiatives; Gain practical solutions and recommendations on challenges associated with experimentation; Apply newly acquired knowledge & tools in a peer-to-peer learning environment; Improve your ability to adapt to existing and future challenges; Empower and support each other.
Format and programme The relay will start with a kick-
The relay period consists of 4-5
off workshop on the 15th of
rounds of one week, in which
March. The workshop will com-
each group provides input to the
bine informative & inspiring lec-
learning question of one of the
tures, with worksessions in which
participants in their group. At the
you will practice with a number of
end of the relay period each per-
tools. During the workshop you
son has given help to all her/ his
will get to know the other par-
group mates.
ticipants, deepen your learning question and form smaller groups before embarking on the online learning relay.
ONLINE INTRO & WELCOME
KICK OFF WORKSHOP
RELAY ROUND 1
RELAY ROUND 2
RELAY ROUND 3
ONLINE MEETUP
RELAY ROUND 4
ONLINE CLOSURE
6th April
9th - 15th April
to be decided
ASSIGNMENT ACTIVITY 7th March
15th March
19th - 25th March
26th March 1st April
2nd - 8th April
For who?
The workshop and relay are
others having experience in par-
aimed at social innovation practi-
ticipating or facilitating experimen-
tioners; members of initiatives and
tal processes (e.g. co-creation,
networks for social change; those
design thinking…). Keep in mind
“agents of social change”, working
that number of places is limited to
in multidisciplinary teams on de-
25 so the relay is policy formed on
veloping sustainable impact and
¨first come, first serve basis˝.
What do you bring in? Motivation & curiosity to be part
activity during the two month peri-
of an experimental learning format
od of the relay
Communication: share experi-
Time investment: 2 hours a week
ence, knowledge and network
during 4-5 relay rounds.
Participation: in workshop, the relay & final skype session Action: organise a ripple effect
Apply
If you would like to take part in
If you have any questions please
the relay, we kindly request you
dont’t hesitate to get in touch with
to apply via the online application
Stella Kalac via stella.kalac@
form. The deadline for application
socinnovationlab.eu or via +385
is March 1st 2018.
91 751 4908.
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