Comments for Cooperative toolkit

Comment on What do you already know? by John Bennett

John Bennett — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:57:42 +0000

The 2011 Census data is being published gradually and is a useful source of information. http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/index.html

Data for Neighbourhoods and Regeneration: http://www.data4nr.net contains a really great treasure trove of national datasets which can be broken down to local levels. Again a really great portal for a range of information to help people do analysis work and/or develop business cases.

Comment on Who needs to be involved? by John Bennett

John Bennett — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:52:59 +0000

There is a really great RSAnimate video on the power of “motivation” setting staff free/giving them autonomy to do their own work – it’s only 10mins long, but it really captures the idea of people/staff ingenuity if only they were managed differently. I think it could be a really good way of evidencing why “staff, service professionals” must be part of any solution to service problems/why simply paying people more money won’t necessarily improve performance/outcomes. Have a look – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXV6SYrQ_IE

Comment on What is co-production? by John Bennett

John Bennett — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:50:26 +0000

There’s some interesting examples of co-production on the Governance International website – http://www.govint.org/good-practice/case-studies/

They also did an interesting 5 country report, commissioned by the EU/French government, “If you want to go fast, walk alone. If you want to go far, walk together.” http://www.govint.org/good-practice/publications/if-you-want-to-go-fast/ It contains some good observations about the barriers and benefits of co-production, and the UK was one of the countries included in the research.

Comment on Coproduction Action Learning Set – 29th November by nathanpierce1

nathanpierce1 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:40:08 +0000

Thanks Dave for the support! I havent heard of Yammer, will have a look at it. I think the real challange is not so much the medium you use, there are plenty of methods for holding conversations online, its about getting people to use them in the first place, and then sustaining those conversations…

Comment on Coproduction Action Learning Set – 29th November by Dave Mckenna

Dave Mckenna — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:22:28 +0000

Love the apporach and look forward to hearing more!

Have you thought about yammer for sharing outside meetings? It sounds like it might be just what you need.

Thanks for sharing.

Comment on The process we followed for Public Services by Design by salomesimoes

salomesimoes — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:48:40 +0000

Picking up on the comments made by violetTherese, this process promised council support in the short term, while the projects were prototyped to learn from the process and to let them demonstrate their value. It may have been expected that, if the project was successful, further funding would become available.

Supporting community projects without a long-term or sustainability plan poses risks as, if no further support is available, the hard-won achievements could be lost and those that engaged in the process may be disappointed.

Comment on Sustaining interest in Public Services by Design projects by gilesonthetoolkit

gilesonthetoolkit — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:10:13 +0000

There was a period of several weeks down time after the initial meetings where ‘the hub’ was set up to operate as a project office (this involved getting a colour printer installed and council wifi connection). It was important to seize the momentum from those initial workshops and demonstrate that the council can work in new ways, for example by subsiding the cafe to install it’s own wifi connection, which would have been quicker and a more effective solution long term.

Comment on What support is needed to encourage the development of community led projects? by gilesonthetoolkit

gilesonthetoolkit — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:52:53 +0000

Need to quantify volunteer and officer time involved in this approach and add to the project costs.

Comment on What support is needed to encourage the development of community led projects? by salomesimoes

salomesimoes — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:49:20 +0000

This way of working brought into focus the benefits of having an organisation to channel the funding allocated. It was really useful to have an organisation like High Trees involved who could take on the financial responsibilities and administer funds to allow the projects the agility and responsiveness they needed to deliver in the short time frames. Wondering how this would work where this type of organisation doesn’t exist? Maybe there would be a need to set up an umbrella organisation? This would help with the sustainability/ legacy too.

Comment on What are the risks associated with this approach? by lizbryanblog

lizbryanblog — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:31:04 +0000

Sue said: “Accountability should be included in project planning processes. What is the process for making decisions when groups who do not have a formal constitution are commissioned to deliver projects? In the example of the poly tunnel, the project team could have acted as a reference group to ratify decisions on spend and guide the direction of the project. “