Workshop: Facilitating community-led placemaking

28 & 29 July

9am - 4.30 daily

Learn community empowerment and collaborative placemaking skills with artist Milenko Matanovic

Milenko Matanovic, founder of the Pomegranate Center in Seattle and a 27 year veteran of art-based placemaking, is returning to New Zealand and is again offering his successful workshops in his 'fierce facilitation' approach to community collaboration.

If you are involved in working with communities as a community leader, council worker or in your professional projects, these will give you skills, processes and inspiration to facilitate engaging community placemaking processes.

Details

Date: 28 & 29 July, 2016

Time: 9am - 4:30pm daily

Place: Ponsonby Baptist Church, 43 Jervois Road (entrance off Seymour Street)

Cost: $795 (if cost is a prohibiting factor please contact us)

Morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea is provided

You will need to book early! This workshop is limited to 30 people and tickets will be issued on a first come first served basis.

What do you learn?

In the workshop Milenko will teach the techniques that empower community members to fully engage in a productive, creative process, while creating broad ownership.

You will cover:

• Community building: Philosophy and principles
• Wiring for success: Community project planning
• Facilitation
• Turning ideas into actions
• How to build gathering places with communities

You will become part of a network of ‘Fellows’ across New Zealand communities. Share your experiences, learn from others, and maintain an ongoing relationship with Milenko and the Pomegranate Center.

Milenko and the Pomegranate Center

Originally an artist, Milenko Matanovic believes strongly in bringing art to the street to enhance every-day life. The combination of art, creative thinking and community weaves a certain magic and brings communities together. This spurred Milenko to found the non-profit Pomegranate Center in Washington State.

The Pomegranate Center works alongside communities to build gathering places, and trains community leaders in the skills and processes to facilitate communities in collaborating on change.

What previous participants said

Milenko ran the same workshop in Christchurch and Auckland in 2015. Here's what those participants had to say:

• “Milenko’s workshop has been one of the best I’ve had the opportunity to be part of. I’ve really enjoyed his approach - explaining how we come to be involved in this work, the learnings he’s got from other thinkers and writers, and the experience with the Pomegranate Center. The practical tools and opportunities during the workshop to try them out have been really fantastic. The importance of certainty, parameters, and ways of truly giving people a voice-Through assertive facilitation based ground rules is refreshing. Energising!!“
• “Thank you for this excellent workshop. Full of very practical information I will take away and use in many facets of community work and development, In particular the tools of being a facilitator, and absolute need for clarity and brevity. All delivered in an engaging, enjoyable, real, interesting way. Best workshop I’ve done - FULL STOP!“
• “An amazing two days, so much information and all of it is practical. I am looking forward to using this on my next project”
• “Essential, useful information that will increase the likelihood of successful community participation in developing and activating a community project.“

Thank you to programme sponsors

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there carparking available?

Free all-day carparking is available on side streets around Shelly Beach Road. There is free car parking on Shelly Beach Road, but it’s a clearway between before 9am and after 4 pm.

I have special dietary requirements

Please contact Shalemaw@beaconpathway.co.nz (by Monday 18th July) if you have special dietary requirements – we’ll see what we can do.

Are there NZIA CPD Points for this workshop?

Eighty CPD points have been allocated for this event, don't forget to sign the attendance sheet and fill in your RAB number.

Where can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Please direct all enquiries to Shalema Shalemaw@beaconpathway.co.nz

Is my registration/ticket transferrable?

You can transfer your ticket to another attendee. Please contact us or let us know when you sign in if you are transferring the ticket to someone else.

What if I want to cancel my registration?

Tickets are fully refundable up until Monday 18th of July, after this date contact Shalema to see if we can assist you in transferring your ticket to someone else. You may transfer your ticket to someone else without charge at any time. Contact: Shalemaw@beaconpathway.co.nz if you would like to cancel your registration or have any queries.