a day in the life of govern-it story

Let learning ripple through your organisation

Speaker: Mary Dees

Let learning ripple through your organisation

Nationally Recognised

Opening Exercise

Opening Excersise

After introductions and an initial presentation on Governance, the delegates do an ice breaker excercise.

Starting the Workshop

“Totally different approach to training – interactive”

Starting the Workshop

First Round

The members team make their pledges and divide money between the other teams: Community, Environmental, Children’s and corporate Services.

The Main Menu

“The most advanced computer led training course I have attended”

Main Menu

Shows a virtual community with problems such as air and water Pollution, congestion, poor housing, unemployment, poor health and rising waste.

The teams work together as a local Authority and need to negotitate with other teams and partners to implement their plan and improve the community.

“An excellent way of exploring issues particularly the

cross – cutting elements & how they impact across blocks”

Looking at the issues

Report Screen

Each team is given a mission statement outlining their objectives.

They are presented with updated reports to help them make decisions.

Decisions, decisions, decisions

Investment

Having looked at their reports and developed a strategy the teams can invest their budgets.

Can they balance their budget without cutting their core services as well as investing in discretionary items and stand up to members scrutiny?

Advance the Round, see the Changes

Update Round

After all the budget decisions have been made the round is updated.

Improvements made to the community are shown.

The Score

The Score

The score shows how the teams have performed jointly in the areas of Local Outcomes, Performance / Public Opinion, their Plan, Governance code and Pledges.

Red = 0 – 3Amber = 3 – 7Green = 7 – 10

An incident occurs!

Problems have occured

Incidents occur for the teams which need to be dealt with and can cost them money from their annual budget!

Final Round

Election Time

After 3 years there’s an election can the party hold on to power in this community?

Partnership working

“Enthusiasm of fellow members / officers”

Process:

Breakout Discussions

Teams Feedback

Final Thoughts

Report

Final Exercise

10 Minutes

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What learning message delegates said they would take away:

Ask more questions why? for scrutiny

committees

How whole organisation

should be working together

Greater discussion and communication of different options

Communicate with other colleagues

Feedback

“Attend another of your training courses – very

well done, really enjoyable!”

Real Change through Improved Decisions

10 Minutes

DimensionWhere are we now?

Where do we want to be?

IMPROVED DECISIONS

What are the wider impacts?What are the root causes?

Collaborative

Who should be involved?

Joined-up Dimension

StrategicDimension

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