Cheap but effective name tags
19 January 2020
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It’s almost embarrassing to write this blog post! Such a simple thing… but we’ve seen this done so badly over the years, we thought it
Podcasts and videos to help grow your understanding of change and innovation!
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Welcome!
G’day, and welcome to Enablers of Change. This is a place where we’ll share our thoughts and ideas about enabling change.
We’ll share our insights about different topics around enabling change, particularly agricultural extension. Join us on our journey of discovery as we explore different elements of enabling change in agricultural industries and regional communities, and we’re always curious about what’s happening in other fields of study too.
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Our team
We have a diverse range of experiences and ideas that we'd like to share with you!
John James
Toowoomba, Australia
John is passionate about enabling change and innovation, and helping others to learn and build their capacity in this area. For his PhD, he investigated the factors that affect the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies. Read more...
Denise Bewsell
Christchurch, New Zealand
Denise loves chocolate! She wishes she worked as a taste tester for Whittaker’s Chocolates but instead spends her days helping support facilitators …with Whittaker’s chocolate usually! Read more...
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Our blog
Here are some of our thoughts. We don’t want this to be a one-way conversation, so join in and add your comments!
Enabling greater practice change using co-innovation
14 January 2020
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What if we could dramatically improve the adoption of innovations produced in our projects by one small design tweak? And especially those notoriously difficult and
The modern evolution of agricultural extension
18 December 2019
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Agricultural extension has changed markedly during the last 50 years. In this article we’ll give a brief overview of the modern evolution of extension and we’ll
Flip your learning and achieve greater impact
2 December 2019
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In this blog post we’re going to give you a brief overview of flipped learning, showing you how it might be an effective approach to
Mythbuster… is brainstorming really the best way to generate ideas?
24 November 2019
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Today we’re doing our first mythbusters session! Let’s not just accept something because it’s been said so many times before that most people just believe
Save your project from failing by using a pre-mortem
5 October 2019
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Did you know that 70% of projects fail, as they don’t produce the planned deliverables on time or within budget. Yet a simple question at
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Get in touch
We’d love to hear from you with any questions or suggestions that you may have.
If you’re ever in Toowoomba (for John) or Christchurch (for Denise), let us know and we’d enjoy catching up with you!