Innovation Action

Download the event flyer (pdf) Go to day one (11th February)

Slides are available from this event:
Diagnostics Workshop (pdf 2.89mb)
User-Centred Design Workshop (3.06mb)
Learning from Other Sectors Workshop (824kb)
Crowd-Sourcing Workshop (pdf 1.37mb)

Barry Robert's Presentation (pdf 196kb)
Clare Cotton's Presentation (pdf 849kb)
Fergus Boyd's Presentation (pdf 359kb)

Increasingly, more is expected for less and innovation is demanded, but where do those invaluable new ideas come from?

What to Expect

This unique innovation training day offers you the chance to take risks and learn how to generate ideas from outside your organisation.

• Two in depth workshops
• Intensive interactive training
• Creative solutions to real challenges
• Methods to unlock ideas from outside your organisation

The Sessions

Service innovation - looking at other sectors for inspiration

• Gain insights by looking at other sectors
• Engage in interactive work to find possible solutions to real problems
• Test, explore and develop ideas
• Gain an overview of how you might address you own challenges in new ways

Ben Reason Director LiveWork a service innovation company who focus on helping organisations create new services

STOP PRESS!
Inspiration from other sectors: speakers Fergus Boyd from Virgin - innovation in customer services; Angela McSherry from Tipping Point- the power of bringing together arts and science; Barry Roberts from Turning Point on partnering with SERCO; and Clare Cotton from Cancer Research UK on crowd-sourcing.

Open Innovation and Crowd-sourcing

• Learn from a brief and inspiring case study on crowd sourcing
• Participate in and open space facilitation technique hosting or joining conversations exploring individual challenges
• Learn how to run your own innovation network
• Experience the power of crowd-sourcing

David Simoes-Brown – Collaborative Innovation NESTA and supported by NESTA in his new venture 100% Open.  NESTA is the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Art, an independent body with a mission to make the UK more innovative.

Question Time and Pitching

At the end of the day delegates will have the opportunity to hear the best ideas for each session pitched and there will be a brief Question Time with a panel of experts.

The Extras

Prior to the event delegates will be invited to join an online group where they can pose their questions for the experts and discuss ideas that they would like to explore on the day.

On 15th February the experts from the day and from the previous day will be available for an online discussion and registered delegates will have access to this ongoing discussion group.

FREE copy of NCVO’s NEW Innovation Matters Guide- a roadmap to innovation in the Third Sector.

For the first 18 delegates to sign up, free ½ hour of advice from an innovation expert.

One day free consultancy for winner of business card draw on day.

Who should attend?

Leaders, trustees, development officers, project leaders and anyone with an interest in, or responsibility for, the effectiveness and development of their organisation.

Delegate fees

A second day of innovation training will take place on 11th February.  Delegates attending both days receive 20% discount, therefore booking for both events will cost:

If you would like to take advantage of this discount, please book onto each event separately and select 'pay by invoice'. You will then be invoiced for the discounted amount.

Cancellation Policy 

50% of delegate fees will be refunded for cancellations received up to 10 working days before the event. After this, no fees are refundable for cancellation or non-attendance. 

If you have any questions about this event, please contact the Sustainable Funding Project on 020 7520 2519 or sfp@ncvo-vol.org.uk