Welcome to the Enablers of Change Academy! We’re here to help you build the skills, confidence, and mindset needed to create real impact in agriculture and natural resource management.
We’re here to support those who enable change—farm advisors, extension practitioners, and others working with farmers and industry—to strengthen their capability and confidence to achieve even greater impact. Our workshops and online courses are highly interactive, practical, and tailored to meet the needs of each learner. Our professional learning opportunities range from short, focused sessions to year-long immersive programs, delivered both online and in person.Â
These are non-accredited programs, based on research we’ve done with practitioners. Most participants already hold university qualifications, so an extra formal accreditation only adds extra cost and little value. Accreditation also introduces complex compliance and reporting requirements that make courses slower to update and far more expensive to administer. By remaining non-accredited, we can keep the courses affordable, responsive to emerging needs, and focused on delivering practical, work-ready skills that participants can immediately apply.
Whether you’re new to extension or an experienced practitioner wanting to refine your approach, the Enablers of Change Academy offers evidence-based learning grounded in real-world experience.
Applying adult learning in extension
Learn how to design and deliver extension activities that genuinely engage adults and lead to meaningful change. In this half-day online workshop, we’ll translate adult learning theory into practical approaches you can use with farmers, advisors, and other stakeholders. Explore how adults learn, why some well-intended activities fall flat, and how to design learning experiences that respect experience, build motivation, and support real-world application. 👉 More info and register
Building trust and rapport with farmers
Meaningful relationships drive meaningful change—when farmers feel understood, respected, and supported, they’re more open to new ideas, more confident to act, and more likely to change practices. This half-day workshop (online or in-person) helps you build the empathy, awareness, and practical skills to create trusted connections that form the foundation of success. 👉 More info and register
Co-design essentials for extension
Learn how to work with farmers, advisors, and stakeholders to design solutions that are relevant, practical, and more likely to be adopted. In this half-day online workshop, we’ll demystify co-design and show how to apply it realistically within extension and RD&E projects. You’ll explore what co-design is (and isn’t), when it adds value, and how to use it without overburdening participants or your project team. 👉 More info and register
Designing a decent survey
Learn how to design surveys that are clear, purposeful, and genuinely useful—not just easy to send. In this half-day online workshop, we’ll focus on how to design surveys that collect meaningful data, respect respondents’ time, and support better decisions in extension, research, and engagement work. You’ll explore why many surveys fail, how to ask better questions, and how to design surveys that people actually complete. 👉 More info and register
Designing and delivering engaging webinars
Learn how to design and deliver webinars that hold attention, encourage interaction, and leave participants with something they can actually use. This half-day online workshop will help you better prepare, practice, and present online presentations that are engaging and high impact. We’ll focus on how to move beyond one-way presentations to webinars that are purposeful, well-structured, and designed with the audience firmly in mind. 👉 More info and register
Designing workshops that deliver impact
Build your understanding and confidence in designing and delivering high-impact events that lead to real practice change. In this half-day online workshop, learn how to design workshops and online events that are purposeful, engaging, and clearly linked to outcomes beyond the day itself. You’ll explore how concepts such as flipped learning, learning journeys, and Brinkerhoff’s impact ratio can be applied practically to strengthen follow-through and impact. 👉 More info and register
Developing an extension plan
Turning good intentions into real impact starts with a solid plan. This half-day online or in-person workshop helps you design an evidence-based extension strategy that avoids random acts of extension—clarifying outcomes, mapping audiences, and sequencing activities. You’ll also learn how to create a practical Theory of Change that links what you do to the difference you want to make, showing the pathway from actions to real-world impact. 👉 More info and register
Effective project management
Learn how to design, plan, implement, and finalise extension projects that stay focused, adaptable, and fit for purpose. In this half-day online workshop, we’ll explore practical project management approaches tailored to extension and advisory contexts. You’ll learn how agile project management principles and tools such as pre-mortems can be used to anticipate risks, adapt to change, and improve the likelihood that projects deliver real outcomes. 👉 More info and register
Enabling peer-to-peer learning
Learn how to create and support peer-to-peer learning that farmers value, trust, and continue to engage with. In this half-day online workshop, we’ll focus on practical ways to design and facilitate peer-to-peer learning so farmers learn from each other. You’ll explore when peer-to-peer approaches are most effective, what makes them work, and how extension practitioners and farm advisors can enable learning without dominating it. 👉 More info and register
Extension fundamentals
This is our flagship course—a practical, two-day, in-person workshop that builds your knowledge, tools, and confidence to design and deliver effective extension programs. You’ll explore what drives change, how to engage people, and how to design activities that achieve real outcomes. Whether you’re new or experienced, you’ll leave with practical insights, proven techniques, and a clearer way to plan, deliver, and evaluate your work for impact. 👉 More info and register
Getting started with AI in extension
Learn how to begin using generative AI confidently and responsibly in your extension and advisory work. In this half-day online workshop, we’ll introduce what generative AI is, what it can and can’t do, and where it can add real value in extension contexts. You’ll focus on practical, low-risk ways to get started, building confidence to use AI as a support tool without losing professional judgement or the human side of extension. 👉 More info and register
Going further with AI in extension
Build on your existing AI experience to use generative tools more strategically, efficiently, and confidently in extension and advisory work. In this half-day online workshop, we’ll focus on moving beyond basic use to more advanced, thoughtful application of AI—improving quality, judgement, and impact. You’ll explore how to refine prompts, handle more complex tasks, and integrate AI into your workflows while maintaining accuracy, ethics, and trust. 👉 More info and register
Growing extension capability
Build the skills, confidence, and community to lift adoption and impact across RD&E. Our year-long, cross-industry program gives us a structured pathway to grow capability, apply tools in real projects, and learn with peers who do similar work in different industries and regions, while building lasting networks, shared language, and confidence to lead change. 👉 More info and register
Introduction to behavioural science
Every day, the people we work with make decisions that are often quick and habitual. This half-day online workshop helps us understand those decisions and design small, ethical “nudges” that make it easier for people to take the actions we are encouraging. Drawing on key behavioural principles such as reciprocity, scarcity, authority, commitment, liking, and social proof, we explore how to move beyond information-heavy approaches. 👉 More info and register
Monitoring and evaluation essentials
Build a clear, practical understanding of monitoring and evaluation and how it supports learning, accountability, and impact. In this half-day online workshop, we’ll provide an overview of why monitoring and evaluation matter and walk through the practical steps to design and implement an evaluation plan. Explore tools such as program logic and the use of narratives to make sense of results and tell a compelling impact story. 👉 More info and register
Nudging for change
Learn how to transform your approach to behavioural change in agriculture and natural resource management. This two-day in-person (or 8 week online) course will equip you with the knowledge, tools and approaches to apply behavioural science principles, enabling you to inspire and sustain positive change effectively across projects, teams, and organisations. 👉 More info and register
Overcoming imposter syndrome
Build understanding, confidence, and practical strategies to address imposter syndrome in yourself and others. In this half-day online workshop, we’ll explore why imposter syndrome is common—particularly among high achievers—and how it can affect confidence, decision-making, and professional growth. You’ll learn practical, evidence-informed strategies to recognise imposter patterns and respond to them in constructive, sustainable ways. 👉 More info and register
Practical facilitation for extension
Build the skills and confidence to facilitate extension activities that are engaging, purposeful and productive. In this half-day online course, we turn facilitation fundamentals into practical approaches you can use with farmers, advisors and other stakeholders. We’ll explore the facilitator’s role and simple techniques to encourage participation, manage group dynamics and support meaningful conversations that lead to action.👉 More info and register
Putting extension theories into practice
Start applying theory in ways that genuinely support change on the ground. In this half-day online workshop, we’ll explore the theory and practical principles that underpin effective extension, translating concepts into real-world approaches. Work with well-established frameworks—including Diffusion of Innovation and Community-Based Social Marketing—to strengthen how you design and deliver extension activities that lead to meaningful outcomes. 👉 More info and register
Seven pillars of good extension practice
Build a clear, practical understanding of what effective extension looks like—and how to apply it in different contexts. In this half-day online workshop, we’ll explore seven tested and reliable extension practices that support trust, learning, uptake, and impact. Rather than presenting a single “best practice” model, this course focuses on adaptable good practices that can be shaped to suit different farmers, regions, industries, and situations. 👉 More info and register
Starting out in extension: an induction course
Build a strong foundation for effective extension practice from the very beginning. In this half-day online workshop, we’ll introduce the core principles, roles, and mindsets that underpin good extension. Designed as an induction course, it provides a practical orientation to working with farmers and advisors, helping you understand what extension involves, why it matters, and how to get started with confidence and clarity. 👉 More info and register
Understanding the needs of farmers
Develop a deeper understanding of farmers and the networks they operate within. In this half-day online workshop, explore how farmers make decisions, where they source information and advice, and how we can communicate more effectively. The focus is on recognising farmers’ strengths, expertise, goals, and constraints, and using this understanding to design engagement that is relevant, respectful, and more likely to lead to uptake. 👉 More info and register
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