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Ideas, Inspiration, Tools and Collaboration
An in-depth, two day exploration into behaviour change for sustainability in our communities & organisations
Please note: Everyone will be actively involved throughout
these two days of knowledge sharing and collaboration.
Bring your ideas and an open mind
WORKSHOPS Separately bookable
1 Behaviour Change Practitioners Clinic
2 How to Build a Community of Change Agents
WHAT TO EXPECT
We’ll be hearing ideas and case studies, and then tapping into the collective Professor Garry Egger,
wisdom in the room in a highly interactive, carefully facilitated format. Director of the Centre for Health Promotion and Research
Developed collaboratively with some of Australia’s most active behaviour Professor of Health and Human Sciences at Southern Cross University and an Advisor to the
change practitioners, thinkers and researchers, the congress aims to help World Health Organisation and several Government and corporate bodies, Dr Garry Egger has
practitioners make real and substantive progress in their work. worked in public, corporate and clinical health for over 4 decades. His recent interests and
publications concern the link between obesity, climate change and economic growth. Garry is
We’ll work together to consider: the author of Planet Obesity: How we are eating ourselves and our planet to death
The relationship between human
health and climate change Ed Gillespie,
Co-Founder, Futerra (UK)
The potential in bridging the gap Ed has driven the creative direction of Futerra's work in sustainability communication since
between sectors and disciplines it’s foundation over 10 years ago. He guards against green-wash while putting some fun and
passion into sometimes complex messages. His interesting career history includes working
for the Natural History Film Unit, as a marine biologist in Australia, New Caledonia and
New ways of thinking about our work, Orkney and on environmental issues for Transport for London.
ourselves and each other
How we learn, connect, share ideas Tom Crompton,
Change Strategist, WWF (UK)
and change in a complex environment
Tom is WWF-UK’s Change Strategist. His work examines the basis for today’s dominant
How we communicate, the language approaches to environmental communications and campaigns, and asks why these are
failing to deliver the scale of change that is needed. He has worked and consulted for many
we use and the power of story governmental, inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations on environmental
issues. His most recent report, Common Cause: The Case for Working with Our Cultural
Evaluation and how we understand Values, was published by a consortium of NGOs in September 2010.
the difference we make
Professor Ian Lowe,
President of the Australian Conservation Foundation
The use of social media and
technology as part of our initiatives Currently emeritus professor of science, technology and society at Grif th University,
Professor Lowe’s contributions to environmental science have won him a Centenary Medal,
the Eureka Prize for promotion of science, the Prime Minister’s Environment Award for
Everyone will be asked to bring their ideas and experience to the congress but Outstanding Individual Achievement, the Queensland Premier’s Millennium Award for
some of our key presenters include: Excellence in Science, and the University of NSW Alumni Award for achievement in science.
Professor Lowe was named Humanist of the Year in 1988 and made an Of cer of the Order
of Australia in 2001.
For more info on speakers, please visit www.3pillarsnetwork.com.au
FACILITATORS
We’ve been working with a group of 30 behaviour change practitioners as part of an Active Learning Program since last year’s congress.
Many of these practitioners have played a key part in developing the agenda and will be co-facilitating sessions on the day. These include:
Lead Facilitator Geoff Brown, Tangent Consulting
Geoff is the lead facilitator of both the 2011 congress and our Active Learning Program'.
Since 2004, he has been the director of Tangent Consulting, specialising in group
facilitation, facilitation training and in the design of community change programs. 15 years
of hands-on experience and a working knowledge of human psychology allows him to bring
a healthy dose of reality to any behaviour change initiative.
For more on Geoff, please visit www.3pillarsnetwork.com.au
Co-Facilitators
Rob Curnow, Dr Chris Riedy, Martin Pritchard, Alex Graham, Jim Castles, Shannon Perdotti,
Director, Research Director, Institute Project Manager, National Snr Education Of cer, Of ce Project Guy, Manager of Sustainability,
Community Change of Sustainable Futures (UTS) Centre for Sustainability of Environment & Heritage Yarra Energy Foundation Port of Melbourne Corp.
Matthew Parnell, Janet Phillips, Julie Harris, Charlie Davie, Tania Crosbie, Damian Sweeney Patrick Mc Cormick
Director, Climate Communities, Education Program Mgr, Project Manager, Sustainable Director, Project Manager, National Sustainability Of cer
Green Synergy Sustainability Victoria Sustainability Victoria Living, Environment Victoria Sustainability at Work Centre for Sustainability La Trobe University
PRACTITIONERS CLINIC & WORKSHOP
SEPARATELY BOOKABLE Pre Congress sessions: Wednesday 9th November
CLINIC WORKSHOP
BEHAVIOUR CHANGE PRACTITIONERS HOW TO BUILD A COMMUNITY OF CHANGE AGENTS
Wednesday 9th November, 9am-1pm, Sydney Venue TBC Wednesday 9th November, 1.30pm-5.30pm, Sydney Venue TBC
This is a tailored session to meet individual participants needs so NUMBERS ARE STRICTLY Do you have a tough problem / change initiative you are working to address? What if you could
LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF 20. Please book early to avoid disappointment and note that some facilitate the development of not just one but a whole community of change agents?
basic, pre course preparation will be required to customise the workshop to your needs.
Over the last two years working together with Sustainability Victoria we’ve been doing just that –
This workshop will provide ideas and suggestions for creating positive movement and the chance building a community of change agents in the eld of Educating for Sustainability. Based on
to explore the mechanisms of your work in a knowledgeable, collaborative environment, lessons we’ve learnt along the way, this workshop will help you to:
facilitated closely by a highly experienced psychologist and social researcher.
Develop ways for kick-starting and building a Community
Neither for absolute beginners, nor for the advanced, this intensive half day workshop has been of Change Agents
designed speci cally for practitioners looking for practical help in moving their current behaviour
change initiatives forward. Understand how the 7 principles for cultivating communities
of practice can inform your own community building efforts
Participants must be willing to share the details of their initiatives openly and con dentially with
the group including: Build capability and leadership within your change initiative
by leveraging Action Learning processes
Identfy blockages, frustrations and difficulties
Share successes, breakthroughs and achievements This workshop will be experiential and interactive and you can expect to walk away with a host of
practical & pragmatic ways for moving your own community building /change initiatives forward.
It will take an evidence based approach to in uencing action, highlighting the importance of using
a behaviour change and evaluation framework.
If you would like to discuss your suitability to this workshop in more detail,
please call Anne Cameron on 02 9810 2164.
Designed and facilitated by Designed and facilitated by
Rob Curnow, Director, Community Change Andrew Rixon, Babel Fish Group & Convenor of The Story Conference
Rob Curnow has worked with a range of practitioners on behaviour Founder of the boutique consulting company Babel Fish Group,
change programs over the past 15 years from Our Water Our Future Andrew works as a professional facilitator & leadership coach with
to Origin Energy Green Energy program and is currently working with international experience working with organisations in Australia, USA,
Cultivating Communities and food web programs, City of Yarra on Netherlands and UK. Principled, innovative & resourceful, Andrew
Public Place Recycling and Calder Regional Waste Management enjoys living in Melbourne with his wife Sascha & dog George.
Group on evaluating the effectiveness of enforcement program. Andrew can be contacted by email at andrew@babel shgroup.com.
CONGRESS AGENDA
DAY ONE 10.15am health together creates new ideas and possibilities.
Facilitated Group Activity: Using complexity “Understanding the relationship between human health, nature
9.00am
theory and systems thinking on a practical, and environmental sustainability”
Acknowledgement of Country applied level Matt Ebden, Lecturer, School Of Health and Social Development,
Clarence Slockee, Aboriginal Education Of cer, Drawing on the collective wisdom and experience in the room, Deakin University
Royal Botanic Gardens we will work together with experienced facilitators to consider “The Kooweerup Health Service community garden has seen
how these theories can be applied to our work. This will wide reaching impacts environmentally, socially & economically”
9.10am include working with the Cyne n framework.
Aileen Thoms, Health Promotion Practitioner,
Introduction to 2011 Congress Lead Facilitator: Geoff Brown, Tangent Consulting Kooweerup Regional Health Service
Congress process outline Co-Facilitators: “Initiatives that address human health and climate change can
Individual and collective goal setting Behaviour Change Active Learning Program members (see pg 2)
work together to influence national policy”
Geoff Brown, Tangent Consulting Fiona Armstrong, Convener, The Climate and Health Alliance
Speaker TBC, Of ce of Environment & Heritage 11.15am Morning Tea
9.40am 11.35am 2.00pm
Social media at the congress: Keynote Address: Bringing the climate change Facilitated Group Activity: How can we bring
Experiential learning in practice conversation into our kitchens and dinning rooms interdisciplinary collaboration into our work?
This congress is a great opportunity for us to experiment and Is obesity the canary in the coalmine of our consumption Exploring and integrating the existing knowledge in the room,
play with social media in a supportive, collaborative environ- driven economy? across disciplines,
ment. Whether a complete novice or a compulsive blogger, Jess Exploring the relationship between climate change, eating Using scenarios and group problem solving
will show you the tools we will be using over the next two days. behaviours, obesity and the economic system Exploring how we can integrate interdisciplinary
approaches into our work
Jess Miller, Goody Two Shoes Professor Garry Egger, Director, Centre for Health Promotion and
Research, and co-author of "Planet Obesity: How we are eating Lead Facilitator: Geoff Brown, Tangent Consulting
NEW MINDSETS AND WAYS OF LOOKING ourselves and the planet to death" (2010) Co-Facilitators:
AT OUR WORK Behavior Change Active Learning Program members (see pg 2)
9.50am 12.15pm Lunch
How do people learn, connect and share ideas 2.50pm Afternoon Tea
CROSS SECTOR LEARNING AND
in a complex environment?
COLLABORATION 3.10pm
Understanding how people connect and form social networks is
Working together creates change:
one of the biggest challenges in behaviour change. In this 1.15pm
session, we consider theories and frameworks around
The ‘we are and you are’ approach
Exploring ideas & inspiration from the
complexity and how our initiatives can be more agile in complex CASE STUDY: Smart City, Solar City Townsville,
health sector
environments. A whole-of-community partnership in a city's journey to be
What can we learn about behaviour change from the work being smart and sustainable.
Patricia Rogers, Professor in Public Sector Evaluation, RMIT done in human health promotion? Looking at sustainability and
For more info on participants, program updates and
related resources, please visit www.3pillarsnetwork.com.au
CONGRESS AGENDA
DAY ONE CONTINUED...
The UK Centre of Expertise on In uencing Behaviour recom-
DAY TWO 10.30am Morning Tea
mends the “co-design and partnership delivery (of programs) 9.00am 10.50am
involving Government, business, communities, and civil society”. Welcome back and reflections on day one Facilitated Group Activity: Finding and using
Using case studies, this session examines the challenges and story in ourselves and others
COMMUNICATION: REACHING PAST THE
principles of partnering for behaviour change.
CONVERTED In this session, we will look at ways to nd and communicate
Greg Bruce, Executive Manager, our own stories, help others do the same and pass on these
Integrated Sustainability Services, Townsville City Council 9.15am skills to others.
Opening Ideas: Stories, sizzle, salience and social Lead Facilitator: Geoff Brown, Tangent Consulting
3.35 pm proof - how great creative communications can Co-Facilitators:
effectively activate behaviour change beyond the Behaviour Change Active Learning Program members (see pg 2)
Facilitated Group Activity: What collaboration usual suspects
already exists between congress delegates and
how do we identify the potential for more? A short lm made for the congress by Ed Gillespie, Co-Founder
of Futerra Sustainability Communications (UK), 11.45am
Using elements of the VicHealth Partnerships Analysis Tool to Connecting the emotional with the intellectual:
map out the interdisciplinary and intersectoral collaboration Followed by top line responses from:
Sydney Playback Theatre
that already exists in the room; helping the group to identify Dr Tom Crompton, Change Strategist, WWF (UK) via video conference
new avenues and approaches to take away. Ben Peackock, Founder, Republic of Everyone This innovative session will take story to another level.
Les Robinson, Director, Enabling Change Improvised and interactive theatre form is entertainment and
Lead Facilitator: Geoff Brown, Tangent Consulting discovery rolled into one. Playback accesses the stored
Co-Facilitators: Followed by Q&A and discussion knowledge and experience within us as a group, knowledge and
Behaviour Change Active Learning Program members (see pg 2) experience/stories that might otherwise be passed over in the
10.00am rush to move forward. Playback acknowledges the past and the
The Power of Story present, and in doing so creates a springboard to the future.
4.30pm
The dynamic combination of theatre and storytelling will build
Behaviour Change for Sustainability Active Using the inherent power of story to bring initiatives to life is a connections and fresh perspective needed to advance our work
Learning Program Overview connecting force to be reckoned with. Here we look at how to in behaviour change.
gain a deeper understanding of the organisation or community
What have we been exploring in our Active Learning Program?
you are working in, through compelling real life examples.
What have we achieved? 12.45pm Lunch
What have been the challenges and what have we learnt CASE STUDIES include:
along the way?
Leveraging Stories to make issues real: The EPA Neighbour- EVALUATION AND MEASURING SUCCESS
Richard Milroy, Director, 3 Pillars Network hood Noise Stories Project
Using story for cultural diagnosis and change: Exploring and 1.45pm
4.50pm enabling flexible working options within a large Australian How do we develop, adapt and use creative
corporate evaluation tools?
Closing day one
What’s with the Story Zeitgeist? Reflecting on 3 years of
Wrap up and self-evaluation running The Story Conference in Melbourne. Measuring impact in complex and unpredictable environments
is notoriously dif cult and often consumes a high level of
5.00pm Drinks and socialising Andrew Rixon, Director, Babel Fish Group resources.
For more info on participants, program updates and
related resources, please visit www.3pillarsnetwork.com.au
CONGRESS AGENDA
DAY TWO CONTINUED...
What tools and methods are already available in sustainability
and other fields of behaviour change? OFFICIAL CONGRESS DINNER
How we can use resources prudently to evaluate the Thursday 10th Nov, 6.30pm - 9.30pm
effectiveness of our work?
A whistle-stop tour of leading evaluation resources and tools THE COMMONS
profiled at two recent conferences – the World Social Marketing Local Eating House
Conference (Dublin) and the Australasian Evaluation Society 32 Burton Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney
Conference (Sydney).
CASE STUDY: Evaluation of a behaviour change for sustainabil- All congress participants are invited to join us for a convivial and relaxed dinner on the evening of
ity program, and how it performed under the ‘stress test’ of real Thursday 10th November. This is a great opportunity to cultivate relationships formed during the
world conditions. day and continue interesting conversations in an informal setting.
Duncan Rintoul, Institute for Innovation in Business and Social Contribution
Research, University of Wollongong $95 per person which includes three courses, some drinks and transport to and from the congress
Roberta Ryan, Director of Public Policy, Urbis venue. The congress dinner is a nonpro t event, hosted to build and nurture community between
congress delegates and speakers.
These presentations will be punctuated by facilitated group
activities to help delegates consider how these tools and
About the restaurant
approaches can be adapted to suit their own evaluation
THE COMMONS is a local eating house and bar located in the quiet back streets of Darlinghurst,
challenges.
Sydney. The menu and ambience is inspired by skilled, traditional cooking that uses regional,
Lead Facilitators: Geoff Brown, Roberta Ryan, Duncan Rintoul sesaonal produce and ingredients that “taste of what they are“.
Co-Facilitators: Behaviour Change Active Learning Program
members (see pg 2) See www.thecommons.com.au for more details
2.55pm Afternoon Tea
3.15pm
Closing Address
Professor Ian Lowe, President of the Australian Conservation
Foundation and professor of science, technology and society at
Grif th University
3.45pm
Social media harvest and congress evaluation
4.15pm Congress CLOSE
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