Collaborative Learning Network's blog

At our event on February 14 the Collaborative Learning Network heard a presentation from Dr Christine van Winkelen of Henley Business School entitled Improving Organisational Decision Making.  Christine has kindly allowed us to reproduce her slides here.

I am pleased to be able to give you the date for the next Collaborative Learning Network Event - Wednesday, March 23 .  Please put it in your diaries now, and watch this space for further details!

Here are more details of the March 23 event; we are pleased to have Professor Bendell joining us for the first time.  Professor Bendell is a leading figure in the UK and international quality and productivity improvement and excellence and public sector transformation movements.

2011 is set to be a challenging year for voluntary sector organisations but could be the ideal time to look at the potential of collaborative working.  There will be more opportunities for the voluntary sector to get involved in public sector contracting and working together will be essential if smaller organisations are not to miss out.

In October 2010, we held the first in a series of events focusing on collaboration and how collaborative working can help organisations in the current climate of cutbacks and economic uncertainty. The Network provides a forum for everyone wishing to explore the possibilities offered by collaboration and gives the opportunity to meet experts in the field.

The second in our Collaborative Learning Network event series focused on successful structures for working in collaboration. Both presentations looked at the "systems thinking" model and how this has been applied in practical situations. The speakers were Stephen Johnson, Chief Executive of Advice UK, and Jon Walker, Consultant & Social Activist & SCiO member (Study of Complexity in Organisations).

On December 7th the Collaborative Learning Network hosted an event which focused on public service delivery.

With local authority spending cuts looming, the contracting out of services is set to increase. This timely topic was discussed at the third in our series of Collaborative Learning Network events.

This new network is a supportive environment in which to think strategically and creatively, to learn, and to share your concerns and ideas with colleagues to you address the challenges you face.

It is aimed at senior managers in organisations promoting civil society & those supporting effectiveness of organisational, sector & cross-sector working.

This new network is a supportive environment in which to think strategically and creatively, to learn, and to share your concerns and ideas with colleagues; to address the challenges you face.