Delivering Value in a time of budget cuts

Multi-stakeholder dialogue

Good conversations: successful communities, better services• “The government’s twin agendas of the

Big Society and localism bode well for good conversations remaining on the policy agenda.

• But as the realities of the public sector budget cuts hits there is a risk that good conversations will fall by the wayside.”

• Institute for public policy research- Positioning Paper• ippr north and Social Regeneration Consultants

Contributors: Publication Date: 08 November 2010

Aims of the workshop

• Part 1 - develop ideas for delivering value – how do we continue to do ‘good work’

• learn from each other – share ideas and practice

• explore issues of interest & consider new ways of working

• Part 2 – work in pairs to discuss your own projects / areas of interest

• develop ideas and ways to deliver value differently

Introducing the kit – Write /draw on leaves

1 idea per leaf, write so others can read

Coloured leaves for different questions (write on the coloured side)

Time on your OWN to develop ideas…

…before reading out ideas one-by-one, going around the circle & placing on the felt

Delivering Value - overview of workshop

• Opportunities

• Challenges and problems

• Solutions to challenges

• Ways to make the most of opportunities

Outcomes from this workshop

Delivering Value

• Opportunities

Point leaves at branches

Branches provide themes, some blanks

You can move ideas around

You can add more ideas as you go along, simply write them on leaves

Delivering Value

• Opportunities

• Challenges and problems

Delivering Value

• Opportunities

• Challenges and problems

• Solutions to challenges

Cluster similar ideas

Delivering Value

• Opportunities

• Challenges and problems

• Solutions to challenges

• Table swap – what is important, & why? Any comments or questions?

Delivering Value

• Opportunities

• Challenges and problems

• Solutions to challenges

• Ways to make the most of opportunities

Ketso grid for action plan

Good conversations: successful communities, better services• “It is imperative that cuts are made with

long term improvement in mind, not just quick cashable savings.

• Local authorities, and their partners, need to find radically different ways of working over the coming years. The redesign of services must be founded on the basis of good conversation.”

• Institute for public policy research- Positioning Paper• ippr north and Social Regeneration Consultants

Contributors: Publication Date: 08 November 2010

Exploring Our Projects - Overview

• Aims – what do you try to do?

• What works well? What in what you already do is effective?

• What does not work so well, or could be improved?

• How could we do things differently?

Exploring Our Projects

• Aims – what do you try to do?

• Write ideas on your own, thinking of your own area for the moment, then share with your partner – ‘just a minute’ each.

Exploring Our Projects

• Aims – what do you try to do?

• What works well? What in what you already do is effective?

• Write ideas on your own, thinking of your own area for the moment, then share with your partner – ‘just a minute’ each.

Exploring Our Projects - Overview

• Aims – what do you try to do?

• What works well? What in what you already do is effective?

• What does not work so well, or could be improved?

• Write ideas on your own, thinking of your own area for the moment, then share with your partner – ‘just a minute’ each.

Exploring Our Projects - Overview

• Aims – what do you try to do?

• What works well? What in what you already do is effective?

• What does not work so well?

• How could we do things differently?• Work first on one project together, and

share ideas, then swap and work on the second project.

Next steps

• What can you do?

• What can you influence others to do?

• What is of interest to you, but that someone else needs to do or influence?

Six takeaways - engagement

• Everyone has a voice - Give everyone a way to make an input at the same time

• Individual and group time - Give people time on their own to develop their ideas before sharing them

• Activity-led - Give an activity for each stage of the process

• Start with the positive - Ask what is going well? What works?

• End with solutions not problems - Give some time to develop solutions to problems

• Action - Remember the takeaway messages & action points