Stop brainstorming… use the 6-3-5 method instead
22 November 2021 2 Comments
What’s the best way to generate new ideas? Hopefully it won’t surprise you to know that it isn’t brainstorming, as we touched on that
Building the effectiveness and
impact of extension practitioners
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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
Hobart, 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!
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How to better understand our target audience
8 November 2021 2 Comments
We recently posted about designing an effective extension program and as part of that we talked about the need to understand our target audience.
What is a Theory of change?
25 October 2021 2 Comments
In one of our recent episodes we covered designing an extension program. While putting that together, we realised that there were other important aspects
Let’s do more experiments!
11 October 2021 6 Comments
A quick poll: do you pull bandaids off slowly or rip them off quickly? Denise tends to go slowly on the bandaid front (although
Using adult learning principles in webinars
27 September 2021 5 Comments
Do you think, like some others, that adult learning principles sound like an old, outdated approach – something that was dreamed up in the
Designing an effective extension program
13 September 2021 9 Comments
We need an extension program! For those of us working as enablers of change, this can be something we hear when our colleagues are
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Get in touch
We’d love to hear from you with any questions or suggestions that you may have.
Simply send us a quick email to [email protected].
If you’re ever in Hobart (for John) or Christchurch (for Denise), let us know and we’d enjoy catching up with you!