How to facilitate online group model building workshops
The Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition (GLOBE) is running a ‘How to facilitate online group model building workshop’ program that will be spread over 4 sessions for 2.5 hours each session beginning at 7pm to 9.30pm AEDT (8am to 10.30 GMT, 9am to 11.30am CET) on 6, 8, 13 and 15 January 2025.
Date
January 6, 2025 - January 15, 2025
Time
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Venue
Online via Zoom. A link will be sent to all participants prior to the first workshop.
Further Information
The online workshop will help you to:
- develop an understanding of the basic principles of systems thinking by participating in an online GMB process and building CLDs using STICKE
- build confidence in facilitating GMB online through practice
- build understanding and capabilities in group model building (GMB) (systems workshops/mapping), and causal loop diagrams (CLD) (systems maps)
- learn how to visualise interdependent systems through using STICKE – a Deakin developed software platform designed for collaborative systems mapping
- consider and discuss how systems mapping and systems workshops can fit into your work practice and enhance community-based health and wellbeing processes.
The workshop fee of AUD1,000 includes:
- 4 x 2.5 hour workshop led by experienced facilitators
- 12-month single user STICKE licence (If you currently hold a STICKE licence, you will receive a 12-month extension.)
- access to 2 x 1-hour drop-in session for support, scheduled in the 8 weeks following the workshop, to provide further support and assistance to workshop participants.
To register, please contact Trudy Campbell via trudy.campbell@deakin.edu.au
The workshops will be run by 2 experienced Deakin University facilitators.
Dr Andrew Brown
Dr Andrew Brown‘s work focuses on applying community development and systems thinking to health and social problems. He works with communities to build systems thinking capacity by using group model building to develop causal loop diagrams and simulation models representing problems of interest they want to act on. He has worked on many projects across Victoria, Australia and internationally on a diverse range of topics, including food systems, family violence prevention, and mental health promotion. He has a Master of Social Work with a Certificate in System Dynamics, and in his PhD, he used both quantitative and qualitative system dynamics modelling to understand community-led approaches to prevention.
Tiana Felmingham
Tiana Felmingham has been working on collaborative projects with communities and at executive level in Australia and the Pacific region for over 20 years. Her work has a specific focus on prevention, systems science, community voice and evaluation and spans multiple public health priorities including mental health, violence prevention, alcohol and drug use, health outcomes for children and young people, and disaster recovery efforts. Tiana is currently completing a PhD, with a focus on uncovering what influences success in the application of systems thinking in community-led change. Tiana has a passion for measuring how the systems work we do with the community, makes a difference to the community.
What is systems thinking and why use it?
Systems thinking is a way of understanding the multiple moving parts that make up a current situation. By placing emphasis on understanding the broader drivers of health and wellbeing, it allows more comprehensive actions to be developed which are tailored to the needs and assets of a local community.
Our specific approach to system thinking is called group model building, a method that helps community groups form a shared understanding of the drivers of a complex problem and then co-design action. It is underpinned by the concept of systems thinking and, in this case, the relationships between the various factors that contribute. The process is fully participatory, placing local leaders and community at the centre of describing a current situation, and planning and delivering optimal changes.