Introduction to Co-design

Are you managing invasive species and struggling to align diverse stakeholders?

Unlock the power of collaboration with our introductory course on Co-Design. 

This engaging online program will introduce you to the fundamentals of bringing diverse stakeholders, staff, partners, and community members together to create solutions that truly align with shared needs.

If you want to help your organisation take a different approach, the Authentic Co-design team will help by revealing their strategies.  

Through this course, you’ll explore:

  • The Five Principles of Authentic Co-Design
  • The Authentic Co-Design Framework and its step-by-step process
  • Common challenges and strategies to overcome them
  • The benefits of co-design 

You’ll also discover what makes a co-design process authentic and powerful, when to use it, and when it might not be the best approach. With practical tools and techniques, you’ll learn how to foster trust, build relationships, and achieve alignment—even in the most complex and divided scenarios.

Whether you want to enhance organisational projects or drive meaningful community engagement, this course will guide you in designing impactful processes that deliver better outcomes.

Invest now to transform your projects with the principles of Authentic Co-Design. 

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Course curriculum

    1. Introduction

    2. Co-design and Invasive Species Management

    3. What is Co-Design?

    4. Resource - IAP2 Engagement Spectrum

    5. Resource - Further Reading to Explore

    6. The Benefits of Co-design

    7. Resource - Benefit of Co-design

    8. When to use Co-design

    9. The Cynefin Model

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    1. Using our Approach

    2. Five Principles of Co-design

    3. Your Organisation and the Co-design Principles

    4. The Authentic Co-design Framework

    5. Resource - Authentic Co-design Framework

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    6. The Common Challenges

    7. Resource - Common Challenges

    1. Planning for Co-design Part 1

    2. Activity - Organisation Readiness Assessment Tool

    3. Planning for Co-design Part 2

    4. Activity - Community Planning Tool

    1. Conclusion and Next Steps

About this course

  • $127.00
  • 21 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

Instructor(s)

Community and Collaboration Specialist Max Hardy

I work with leaders and organisations to achieve results through collaboration. I focus on their toughest and most complex projects while building their ongoing capacity to collaborate and engage, across their organisation, with other organisations/stakeholders, and with their communities of interest.Working as a coach, facilitator, process designer, trainer and strategic advisor, my approach is to work with people where they are at, understand their unique, and not so unique, challenges, and to co-create new ways of responding to those challenges.

Dr Anthony Boxshall

Anthony is the Principal and Founder of Science into Action. He is an experienced Executive and Board level scientific leader with expertise in environmental, conservation and climate adaptation science and the practical application of science for decision-making. He has a science PhD and is a qualified Board Director. He is a Melbourne Enterprise Fellow at the University of Melbourne one day/week.  ​ Anthony works in the strategic decision-making space, helping align the delivery and content of strategies so they are implemented and used. He coaches leaders and helps others see signal in the noise to cut through for delivery. He is a strong, clear, and accountable facilitator. He has made a career of demystifying science for communities and all non-scientists. He is adept at co-design processes to enable clear decision-making that brings along all stakeholders.

Community and Stakeholder Engagement Specialist Susan Carter

Susan is an accomplished stakeholder engagement, communications and strategy professional with experience in State and Local Government, infrastructure, research, tourism and environment organisations. Expertise includes the design, implementation and evaluation of online and offline engagement programs and tools for a broad range of stakeholder and organisational programs. Susan's expertise is teamed leadership and a broad range of skills across strategic communication, crisis communication, outrage management, behaviour change, relationship management, advocacy, stakeholder analysis, partnerships, community programs, facilitation, training, strategic planning and collaboration.

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