2022
Environmental Markets Leadership Course (EMLC) - an Australian first
Client: Ethical Fields
Brief: Course Design Lead, Program Co-design & Course Delivery Support
Approach: a close collaboration with the Ethical Fields Program Lead/subject matter expert. Starting with a blank sheet of paper in November 2021, we worked together on every aspect of the EMLC - design, development, and delivery.
Outputs:
Project Plan.
Style guide - colour palette, fonts, headings, writing style, graphics and images, formatting.
High-level design (HLD) - the blueprint/high-level structure including modules, topics, learning journey, objectives, outcomes, delivery modes, and resources, e.g. videos, case studies.
Storyboards - for the six online modules, detailing content, activities, resources, references, quizzes, links, graphics, videos, case studies, and examples.
Session plans - for the three virtual workshops, focussed on networking and peer-to-peer group learning.
Thinkific (learning platform) - EMLC uploaded and tested.
Pilot program.
EMLC delivery, October - November 2022.
Facilitation - virtual workshops.
About:
An Australian first, the Environmental Markets Leadership Course (the EMLC) is a practical, hands-on online learning program for Australian farmers and land managers to build their environmental markets knowledge, skills, and confidence to identify, market, and benefit from the environmental services they generate and provide to society.
Eight interactive modules - self-paced online modules with facilitated virtual workshops.
Interactive/experiential - activities, quizzes, Slack networking/information sharing, and facilitated group discussions.
Content-rich - videos, case studies, articles, examples, links to useful resources/information
Accessible and useful - brings together complex, disparate information to help make Environmental Markets easier to understand and access.
Flexible - follow the eight-week guided learning journey or go to the topics and resources that are most relevant.
Click here If you’d like to learn more about the EMLC.
The EMLC is part of the Environmental Markets Leadership Program
The Environmental Markets Leadership Program is designed to inspire and support a network of farmers and land managers to play a leading role in natural capital and environmental markets. Five key elements make up the Program:
Environmental Markets Leadership Network (the Network), where program participants can connect, share information, solve problems, ask and answer questions, and support each other.
Environmental Markets Leadership Course (EMLC).
Environmental Markets Plan, to map out how they will participate in environmental markets.
Facilitated network meet-ups and workshops.
Ongoing support from NSW Local Land Services and other agencies.
The Program kicked off in September 2022, will run for two years, and has 125 farmers and land managers from across NSW participating.
The NSW Environmental Markets Leadership Program is being offered by the NSW Local Land Services (NSW governance and delivery partner) and Ethical Fields (program initiation, direction, and delivery). It was developed by Ethical Fields in collaboration with NSW Local Land Services, Behaviour Works Australia (behaviour change partner), JBass Learning (learning partner), and the University of New England (advisory role).
The NSW Government has assisted this project through its Environmental Trust.
New Child Safe Standards Victoria - performance support for the Commission’s staff and co-regulators
Client: Victorian Commission for Children and Young People (the Commission)
Brief: the Commission required assistance to provide the performance development and support their staff and co-regulators need to effectively apply the new Child Safe Standards (commenced 1 July 2022).
Approach: worked closely with the project manager and internal subject matter expert to identify and develop the performance support needed, which was identied as:
Practitioner guide, a practical tool to support the Commission’s regulatory staff when evaluating the actions that organisations have taken to comply with Victoria's Child Staff Standards.
Three practical, scenario-based workshops (online and in-person) to build capability and foster networking with co-regulators. Delivered internally.
Outputs:
The Child Safe Standards Victoria Regulatory Practitioner Guide (100 pages).
Detailed session plans and collateral for the workshops.
Report to identify and develop recommendations around training options for Authorised Persons under the Dog and Cat Management Act 1995.
Client: Dog and Cat Management Board (DCMB)
Brief: the DCMB wanted to understand the availability and scope of suitable current and previous training programs, including issues, gaps, and opportunities for dog and cat management officers (staff authorised under the Dog and Cat Management Act 1995) working in South Australian councils (69 councils in total). Overall aim: identify a training framework, including content, that will result in a more standard approach to building dog and cat management officer professional capability.
Approach: in partnership with RECAP Consultants, we conducted a desktop research/grey literature review, interviewed key partners and stakeholders, surveyed the dog and cat management officers and analysed the data, conducted semi-structured interviews, and developed the report.
Output: Report, Dog and Cat Management Board - South Australia Authorised Persons–Training Options.
Regulatory Support Manager Recruitment – PRISM role Benchmark
Client: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE)
Brief: support recruitment by developing a behavioural benchmark (behavioural strengths, work aptitude and environment preferences) using PRISM Brain Mapping, for a Regulatory Support Manager role - to support DAWE in identifying the best candidate for the role.
Approach: 1) Facilitated a half-day virtual workshop with the recruitment manager and their colleagues to objectively identify the behavioural strengths, work aptitude, and work environment preferences needed for success in the role. 2) Used PRISM to create the benchmark, using the workshop inputs. 3) Briefed the recruitment manager on interpreting and using the benchmark to analyse applicant suitability.
Outputs:
PRISM role benchmark for the Regulatory Support Manager role.
Individual candidate PRISM profiles, matched with the job benchmark.
Driving Risk Based Regulation online conference, February 2022
Client: The Hatchery
Brief: facilitate the pre-conference workshop.
Approach: designed and developed an interactive 3-hour online workshop: Benchmarking for performance excellence. Using neuroscience to build regulatory capability (see ‘Workshops’).
‘Effective recruitment is a critical first step in establishing and maintaining an effective regulatory workforce, and behaviour is the major determinant of performance. While it can be relatively easy to determine if the applicant has the knowledge and skills, it can be harder to know if they have the behaviours needed for high performance. Neuroscience has shown that people tend to be most motivated and successful when they use their behavioural preferences in a work environment that supports and rewards those preferences.’
In the workshop, the group co-created a PRISM role benchmark to identify the behavioural strengths, behavioural strengths, work aptitude and work environment preferences needed for success in the role of a front-line regulator.
Outputs: Workshop facilitation. PRISM role benchmark, front-line regulator - distributed to all workshop participants.
Other projects include:
Diploma of Social Media Marketing
Client: Social Media College (SMC) (NSW)
Brief: provide learning design support to SMC’s Head of Learning Design.
Approach: worked closely with SMC’s Head of Learning Design on the design and development of a number of different modules in their Diploma of Social Media Marketing 10904NAT, winner of the LearnX Live Awards 2021.
Outputs: storyboards, graphics, templates, PowerPoints.
Driving risk-based regulation virtual conference, February 2021
Client: The Hatchery
Brief: chair the 2-day Driving Risk-Based Regulation Virtual Conference 2021.
Approach: liaised with the conference manager, intro/outro speakers, and facilitate Q&A sessions.
Output: conference facilitation.
Virtual workshop conversion
Client: Medical Protection Society (MPS) (UK/NZ/AU)
Brief: adapt the existing 3-hour face-to-face workshop, ‘Achieving Safer and Reliable Practice’ (CPD accredited), for delivery online. To be interactive with a mix of short lectures, videos, reflective exercises, group-facilitated discussions, and small group rehearsal of skills.
Approach: worked collaboratively with the MPS Education Designer and Developer and the subject matter expert facilitators to review and adapt the workshop for online delivery.
Output: detailed workshop PPT with comprehensive speaker notes for the facilitators and handouts.
Learning Specialist Professional Development Program, Victorian Department of Education and Training
Client: Wavelength Learning (NZ/AU)
Brief: blended digital learning design and development.
Approach: worked closely with Wavelength’s senior learning experience designer and subject matter expert to design and develop the five experiential courses that make up the program, each course blending discrete eLearning packages with facilitated live online workshops.
Outputs: storyboards, video scripts, wireframes, facilitator guides, slide packs, handouts, learning transfer, and job aids, e.g. action plans, group activities documents, quick reference guides, and templates.
Virtual workshop conversion
Client: Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD) (NSW)
Brief: conduct a comprehensive review of the Instructional Design workshop. Convert the Instructional Design workshop and Adult Learning workshop from in-person to live online.
Approach: in collaboration with two other learning designers/subject matter experts (based in NSW and QLD), we reviewed the Instructional Design workshop and redesigned the two in-person workshops to be delivered in a virtual environment.
Outputs: workshop PDFs, word docs, and PPTs. Participant guides (word doc and PDF). Facilitator guides (word doc and PDF).
AIRSystem Learning Trail
Client: Victorian Asbestos Eradication Agency (VAEA)
Brief: create an online/instructor-led learning program on Salesforce for users of the new Victorian government asbestos register (Salesforce).
Approach: worked closely with the VAEA subject matter experts to design and develop the course.
Outputs: storyboards, facilitator guide, student guide.
Technical courses:
Marine Propeller Propulsion
MD6380 Rotary Drills
GRADE for Next-Gen excavators
Client: Global Dealer Learning Caterpillar Australia
Brief: provide learning design support to work collaboratively with the Dealer Learning Team to design, write and develop the Marine Propeller Propulsion course (instructor-led, five-day technical training) for delivery to technicians at Caterpillars global dealerships. Review/update the course materials for two other five-day technical training courses: MD6380 Rotary Drills and GRADE for Next-Gen Excavators.
Approach: a collaborative effort with the Caterpillar project team and subject matter experts (Melbourne, Singapore, Sweden, Finland, and the USA) to develop/review/update the courses.
Outputs: 1) pilot program - Marine Propeller Propulsion, Louisiana USA. 2) Student guides, detailed technical information with comprehensive graphics (avg.100 pages). 3) Instructor guides, including session plans, activities, assessments, and PowerPoints.