Creative Workshop

Introduction

This module will support your understanding and use of the Creative Workshop Tool from the DIY Toolkit. You should look at the Creative Workshop Template which can be found on page 83 of the DIY Toolkit [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] , before working through the module. You will find it helpful to have a printout of the Creative Workshop Template with you while you work through this module.

Many of the complex challenges that we face in development and social enterprise could benefit from fresh thinking and a more imaginative approach. Bringing people together to focus on thinking differently about a specific problem can help to achieve new breakthroughs, or at least understand the elements of the issue in more detail. A Creative Workshop is a tool that can be used to enable this process of collaborative innovation.

A Creative Workshop can also improve your credibility, and that of your organisation, by demonstrating that you value input from other stakeholders, and that you are fair, ethical and transparent.

This module shows you the steps involved to plan and deliver a Creative Workshop. The template for this tool is particularly flexible, and you should expect to adjust the timings and activities for your own needs. The example given uses Personas (page 74 of the DIY Toolkit) as a focus; however, you are likely to produce a different version of the template for each Creative Workshop you run.