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The Design 4 Conservation method: facilitating change from a multispecies perspective

Design for Conservation (D4C) is a methodology that enables participative problem-solving for environmental conservation and sustainability challenges. This toolkit enables participants to address complex challenges in a creative, non-linear way, taking into consideration multiple stakeholder points of view – human and nonhuman – and the complex interactions between emotional, spiritual, and scientific approaches. The methodology balances work and play, fostering trust among participants, and creating a safe space for multiple world views to co-exist.

Learning outcomes:
In this workshop you will be introduced to the Design for Conservation methodology and gain insight into the following topics:

An overview of global challenges, systems thinking, sustainability principles and place-based approaches
The 5 stages of the D4C methodology and the tools that each stage offers
Mental models, the importance of indigenous wisdom, and how to harness the power of multiple worldviews for innovation.
Case study and application examples.

Who is this workshop for?

Designers, design and creative directors, studio owners, design teachers, professional facilitators, or anyone with an interest in designing with planet in mind.

Costs for this workshop

DA Friend | Member $250.00 (plus gst + bf)

Non-member | $350.00 (plus gst + bf)

Meet the presenter
Gabriela Nuri Baron is a Design strategist and educator focused on Conservation, Sustainability and Social Innovation with 15+ years of experience. She is an Industrial Designer with a Master from Politécnico di Milano and a PhD in Environmental Engineering. Gabriela harnesses the power of purpose and co-creation for resilient innovation at the intersection between people and the natural environment. She was one of the founding members of the Design program at the University of Auckland, and is currently the Associate Dean of Sustainability for the Creative Arts and Industries Faculty.

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If you’re a DA Friend and would like to attend this workshop, email info@designassembly.org.nz for your access code.

Want to see this workshop in your region?
Register your interest for early 2024, email kate@designassembly.org.nz with name, location, how many of your team are interested and if you are a DA Friend member or not.

Stepping out on your own can be daunting for even the most experienced designer, running a business calls for many hats to be worn every day along with doing the work. This course is designed to give you ideas and inspiration to get a head start into freelancing, with lessons and tricks I’ve learned along the way.

What do you get?

Practical first hand knowledge of running a successful business.
Worksheets to create and take home your own design process and generate leads.
Confidently put your best self out there to work with clients.

Who is this workshop for?

Anyone considering freelancing, whether you are junior or leaving agency life, looking to work from home, or fit work in around children.

Course outline

• Finding a niche | defining your ideal client
• Creating clear systems and processes
• How to build healthy relationships with clients
• Creating a killer lead magnet
• Selling value not time
• Why should you learn from me?

I started my first design business 13 years ago to prove my eye disability was no barrier to doing design work and score me a job. Since that point I’ve always had my own clients, some I still have to this day. I’ve been fortunate to design a number of well known FMCG brands and much of that was due to my clear processes and knowing how to speak to people and build relationships.

Just being good at design is only half the equation when it comes to working for yourself. Balancing working in and on the biz is tricky and much of it can’t be taught at uni. It’s an on the job experience with plenty of ups and downs.

I now run a busy well known FMCG creative agency and I’d love to be able to pass on the learnings of a lifetime to other great creative brains in a fun collaborative environment.

See you there!
Laura

Costs for this workshop
DA Friend | Member $250.00 (plus gst + bf)
Non-member | $350.00 (plus gst + bf)

Not a DA Friend? Sign-up to help DA help you! We’ve got options for everyone.
If you’re a DA Friend and would like to attend this workshop, email info@designassembly.org.nz for your access code.

Want to see this workshop in your region?
Register your interest for early 2024, email kate@designassembly.org.nz with name, location, how many of your team are interested and if you are a DA Friend member or not.

The Happier, Healthier Business Canvas is a tool developed by Streamtime CEO Andy Wright and Design Business Council’s Carol Mackay and Greg Branson.

Following years of creative agency business management and consulting and building on more recent research and accreditation in workplace wellbeing, Carol, Greg and Andy have joined forces to create a diagnostic tool to help manage happier, healthier creative businesses.

While there are many ‘tools’ and ‘business models’ out in the world, the team recognised that a holistic profitability and wellbeing canvas with relevance for the nuances of creative businesses – was missing.

In this workshop, Andy will share the use cases for the canvas.

You will learn:

• The principles behind running a business making a healthy profit with happy people.
• Where to start when addressing the challenges in your business, what questions to ask, what data to interrogate and what to do next.
• Example scenarios including: how to manage an underperforming junior designer, how to address being busier than ever without the profit to show for it, how to work out if you can afford to expand the team.
• How to use the canvas and ‘workshop’ a specific problem relating to your current business challenges.
• How others are tackling their challenges, in a confidential, not outside these walls space.

All attendees will receive a PDF copy of the canvas along with qualifying questions and context for each element.

This workshop is for:

• Creative industry business owners
• All management and leadership levels
• People with direct reports
• The canvas covers the balance between individual leader strengths, business models AND team strengths, motivations and areas for development. If these (or some of) fall under your remit, then this workshop is for you.

This workshop will be followed by the Tāmaki Makaurau edition of the DA LUNCH CLUB. Book them back-to-back here for an immersive day out working on yourself and / or your business.

See this link to the DA Lunch Club event.

Costs for this workshop

DA Friend | Member $350.00 (plus gst + bf)
Non-member | $450.00 (plus gst + bf)

Not a DA Friend Member?

Sign-up to help DA help you. We’ve got options for everyone.

If you’re a DA Friend and would like to attend this workshop, email info@designassembly.org.nz for your access code.

Want to see this workshop in your region?
Register your interest for 2025, email kate@designassembly.org.nz with name, location, how many of your team are interested and if you are a DA Friend member or not.

Design Assembly presents the 2024 module of Johnson McKay’s ever-popular Te Ao Māori workshops.

Johnson will be updating the content for this year’s full-day workshop to keep it current and make it relevant to everyone; whether you are just starting out on your Te Ao Māori journey or have attended his workshops in the past.

You will enjoy the inspirational and hospitable surroundings of the amazing Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae at Unitec’s Mt Albert Campus and come away with new insights and knowledge about incorporating Te Ao Māori into your design practice.

Feedback from previous workshops

“Really loved the workshop. I wish I had been able to do the second day. I feel like it was a great day, and really want to do more now. Will be looking out for more workshops to attend. I would definitely recommend it to others.”

“The best course or workshop I’ve been to in 10 years. Informed, engaging and hyper-authentic presenters in Johnson and Sarai.”

More information to follow!

Costs for this workshop

DA Friend | Member $495.00 (plus gst + bf)

Non-member | $695.00 (plus gst + bf)

Not a DA Friend? Sign-up to help DA help you! We’ve got options for everyone.
If you’re a DA Friend and would like to attend this workshop, email info@designassembly.org.nz for your access code.

Want to see this workshop in your region?
Register your interest for early 2024, email kate@designassembly.org.nz with name, location, how many of your team are interested and if you are a DA Friend member or not.

DA WORKSHOP TĀMAKI MAKAURAU

Elevating Design Leadership: From Manager to Coach

Do you manage people or lead a team in your role? 

Design Assembly presents a workshop to support you to navigate the challenges and opportunities you face leading people in your work.  We all can remember the best and the worst boss we ever had.  If your job is as only as good as your boss, how do we give our leaders the right skills to support their people well?

In a profession that thrives on innovation, collaboration, and pushing the boundaries of creativity, your role goes beyond just being a manager of people. It’s about becoming a coach, a mentor, and a catalyst for growth.  If people grow, studios and the work grows.  The ability to lead, inspire, and guide your people can make all the difference.

In this workshop, we will focus on practical strategies to help you transition from being a manager to a coach by giving you essential skills such as;

• Setting clear expectations
• Briefing designers effectively to get great results
• Supporting your team with sensitivity.  How do adapt your style to theirs to get the best from them
• Tackling potential sticking points and overcoming problems
• How to give constructive feedback to allow the design process and project to keep moving forward. The best managers set individualized expectations and give individualized feedback
• Discover how to align your leadership approach with your team’s needs and aspirations, ensuring that you not only get the results you desire but also nurture a culture of growth and creativity

Join us on this transformation and get ready to unleash the true potential of your design leadership skill set.  

Who is the workshop for? 
Anyone who has a direct report.
Creative leads, senior designers, design directors, creative directors, studio managers, account managers and studio owners  

What you will get? 

• Practice of the coaching techniques and tools in a workshop environment to then take back directly to your day to day role.  This is not conceptual or theory, but practical application The three coaching conversations and the questions to ask your team

• Comprehensive reference notes built from 10 years of coaching leaders, of the tips and tricks to move from Manager to Coach

• A profile tool to help understand yours and your team’s learning, appreciation and communication styles to give you guides on how to adapt your coaching approach to the needs of your team

Previous workshops’ feedback from the DA community:

“I found the example coaching questions included very helpful and will try to incorporate them in to my catch-ups with my team. I would be keen on my team also doing the questionnaire for themselves as I found there were helpful insights in my report and was surprised by some of them.” – Mary Adams, Pōneke workshop attendee

“Smaller group, workshopping with different partners, Jase kept it very work-related. It was very encouraging and motivating.” – Camilla Lau, Pōneke workshop attendee

Cost of Workshop
Professional | Non-member $450+gst
DA Friend $350+gst (with access code)

Venue | Studio One Toi Tū, 1 Ponsonby Road, Auckland

Meet your facilitator: Jason Biggs — The Strengths Collective

Jason helps workplaces and their people hum through coaching, workshops and self-sustaining tools that help you short circuit the process and DIY. His method helps to identify and play to yours, your teams’ and your organisation’s strengths, have better, regular and more impactful coaching conversations, and focus on the important stuff. Jason has worked in the corporate sector for over 20 years, marketing brands like NESCAFE, KLEENEX and HUGGIES. He thrives helping people understand why they do what they do and to leverage this to get what they want. He’s a commercial guy at heart so that means delivering good business outcomes. In the last ten years he’s coached hundreds of people either as individuals or teams and worked with organisations such as Spark, Nestle, Freightways, New Zealand Blood Service, Chapman Tripp, Downer, Fonterra, Kiwicare, The Tile Depot.

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Thanks to our Design Assembly Partners BookPrint, mychillybin, Portfolio, Rocketspark and Streamtime.

Not a DA Friend? Sign-up to help DA help you! We’ve got options for everyone.
If you’re a DA PLUS friend and would like to attend this workshop, email us for your access code events@designassembly.org.nz

Please note: at this stage this is the only ‘Redesigning Aotearoa’ workshop we will be running this year

Redesigning Aotearoa

Design Assembly in partnership with Ira is delighted to announce ‘Redesigning Aotearoa’ | a workshop at Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae Unitec in Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland on Friday 23 June 2023.

This workshop is a full-day, immersive experience dedicated to developing cultural intelligence and creative solutions through a Te Ao Māori worldview.

The only cultural workshop created specifically for those who work with brand, internal culture development and creative services, the workshop will support participants to engage with Tikanga Māori and understand how culture can be a superpower in designing uniquely Aotearoa brands and businesses, products and experiences.

“Te Ao Māori is not just for Māori. It’s a way of seeing the world that can enrich all New Zealanders – culturally, socially, environmentally and economically.”
Johnson McKay, Head of Strategy & Culture, Ira.

This workshop was created by Johnson McKay and Sarai Morris of Ira – a Māori-led strategic and creative agency. Ira brings Te Ao Māori approaches to co-design inspirational brands, products, and experiences from diverse perspectives.

“We no longer live in a one size fits all world. It takes cultural intelligence to bring diverse perspectives together to co-design transformative solutions.”
Sarai Morris, Cultural Strategy & Engagement, Ira

To find out more about the presenters click here https://ira.nz/whanau

There is also an introductory workshop in the series called; ‘Welcome to Te Ao Māori’ on the preceding day Thursday 22 June 2023. To find out more click here.

Tickets are strictly limited and will sell out fast, so book today to secure your place!

Cost for the one-day workshop:

Professional | Future DA Friend $650 +gst

DA Friend | $450 +gst

Student Friend | $100+gst

Redesigning Aotearoa | Outline of Workshop Programme

Mā te rongo ka mōhio | By listening comes knowledge

Mā te mōhio ka mārama | From knowledge comes understanding

Mā te mārama ka mātau | From understanding comes wisdom

Mā te mātau ka ora ai | From wisdom comes life

Mātauranga is knowledge. It is spiritual, scientific, cultural and creative experiences passed down inter-generationally. It informs the priorities in Te Ao Māori – the Māori world view and shapes Tikanga Māori – cultural process.

Our purpose for developing these workshops is to ensure that the principles and perspectives of Te Ao Māori continue to inspire the communities of Aotearoa.

These workshops are a safe space to gain cultural understanding and the support of experts to help embed your learning into how you deliver and design culturally authentic outcomes.

Participate in learning sessions, break-out group work and personalise the principles to suit your own context and needs.

Explore solutions to questions like:

How do we define organisational strategy that aligns to Treaty commitments and aspirations to remove inequitable barriers to Māori self-determination?

How do we shape organisational culture to value Māori cultural values?

How do we communicate brands, products and services in a way that engages Māori whānau and communities?

How do we represent Māori voices and values visually and in design, photography and video?

Redesigning Aotearoa | Workshop Schedule

8.15am | Arrive at the Marae

Whakatau
8.30am
We start our day with karakia and waiata to kick in the positive vibes.

Wahanga 1
Te Tiriti-centric solutions

Understand the history and context of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, how it’s been misunderstood and how it can shape the future of Aotearoa, if we value the commitments made to Māori in it.

Understanding the history and relevance of Te Tiriti O Waitangi

Breaches of Te Tiriti O Waitangi historical and present impacts

Māori aspirations for self-determination

Examples of Treaty strategies that can transform Aotearoa

Wahanga 2
Elevating Cultural Creativity

Explore the beauty of Māori creative expression and how to elevate not appropriate culture.

Cultural appropriation versus cultural elevation

Rautaki – Strategy: How to bring Te Tiriti and cultural values into developing strategy for brands and businesses.

Ahurea – Culture – How to bring te reo Māori and culture into your organisational culture

Auaha – Creative – How to bring culture into your brand, campaigns and visual language.

Wahanga 3
Continuing Beyond The Workshops

Open discussion about the things learned, what’s been challenging, how do we resolve those questions and continue to learn beyond the workshop?

Whakamutunga
4pm | Closing karakia and waiata

To secure your tickets for ‘Redesigning Aotearoa’ on 23 June please click here

To see information about ‘Welcome to Te Ao Māori’ on 22 June please click here

Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions by emailing events@designassembly.org.nz

Please note: at this stage this is the only ‘Welcome to Te Ao Māori’ workshop we will be running this year

Welcome to Te Ao Māori

Design Assembly in partnership with Ira is delighted to announce ‘Welcome to Te Ao Māori’ Workshop at Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae Unitec in Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland on Thursday 22 June 2023.

This workshop is a full-day, immersive experience dedicated to developing cultural intelligence and creative solutions through a Te Ao Māori worldview.

The only cultural workshop created specifically for those who work with brand, internal culture development and creative services, the workshop will support participants to engage with Tikanga Māori and understand how culture can be a superpower in designing uniquely Aotearoa brands and businesses, products and experiences.

“Te Ao Māori is not just for Māori. It’s a way of seeing the world that can enrich all New Zealanders – culturally, socially, environmentally and economically.”
Johnson McKay, Head of Strategy & Culture, Ira.

This workshop was created by Johnson McKay and Sarai Morris of Ira – a Māori-led strategic and creative agency. Ira brings Te Ao Māori approaches to co-design inspirational brands, products, and experiences from diverse perspectives.

“We no longer live in a one size fits all world. It takes cultural intelligence to bring diverse perspectives together to co-design transformative solutions.”
Sarai Morris, Cultural Strategy & Engagement, Ira

To find out more about the presenters click here https://ira.nz/whanau

There is also a second workshop called ‘Redesigning Aotearoa’ on the following day Friday 23 June 2023. For more information about this please click here

Tickets are strictly limited and will sell out fast, so book today to secure your place.

Cost for the one-day workshop:

Professional | Future DA Friend $650 +gst

DA Friend | $450 +gst

Student Friend | $100+gst

Welcome to Te Ao Māori | Outline of Workshop Programme

Mā te rongo ka mōhio | By listening comes knowledge

Mā te mōhio ka mārama | From knowledge comes understanding

Mā te mārama ka mātau | From understanding comes wisdom

Mā te mātau ka ora ai | From wisdom comes life

Mātauranga is knowledge. It is spiritual, scientific, cultural and creative experiences passed down inter-generationally. It informs the priorities in Te Ao Māori – the Māori world view and shapes Tikanga Māori – cultural process.

Our purpose for developing this workshop is to ensure that the principles and perspectives of Te Ao Māori continue to inspire the communities of Aotearoa.

The workshop is a safe space to gain cultural understanding and the support of experts to help embed your learning into how you deliver and design culturally authentic outcomes.

Participate in learning sessions, break-out group work and personalise the principles to suit your own context and needs.

Explore solutions to questions like:

• How do we define organisational strategy that aligns to Treaty commitments and aspirations to remove inequitable barriers to Māori self-determination?
• How do we shape organisational culture to value Māori cultural values?
• How do we communicate brands, products and services in a way that engages Māori whānau and communities?
• How do we represent Māori voices and values visually and in design, photography and video?

Workshop Schedule:
‘Welcome to Te Ao Māori’

8.15am | Arrive at the Marae

8.30am | Pōwhiri | Welcome Ceremony

Be welcomed onto Te Kotahitanga Marae at Unitec, Auckland in a pōwhiri and participate in whakawhanaungatanga – the art of building relationships.

Wahanga 1: Te Ao Māori | World View 

Understand what informs a Māori cultural identity and world view. The importance of maintaining cultural, environmental and community balance through the principle of tapu and mana.

• Wairuatanga: The spiritual foundations for te ao Māori
• Tapu and Mana: Critical concepts that govern all aspects of te ao Māori
• Tūranga: Community roles and responsibilities that shape how te ao Māori operates daily in Māori contexts.

Wahanga 2: Tikanga Māori – Cultural Processes 

How does the Te ao Māori view inform Tikanga Māori – processes that bring diverse people together to co-design outcomes together?

• Pono, tika, aroha: three balancing factors in developing and applying Tikanga Māori
• Specific Examples of Tikanga Māori
  • Pōwhiri: gender based roles and are they changing
  • Rāhui: restoring environments and people
  • Mātauranga: protecting and valuing knowledge in a digital era
  • Hohou Te Rongo: inclusive practises to resolve disputes
  • Tangihanga – death and transition into the next life
  • Matariki – environmental and community balance

Wahanga 3: Evolving Tikanga 

How is Tikanga Māori changing? What are the positive and negative influences on that change? How can we support an indigenous culture to be revived to retain its unique way of seeing the world?

• Balancing individual liberties and collective responsibility
• Gender identity and cultural roles within te ao Māori
• Evolving use of te reo Māori and how knowledge is shared
• Cross cultural collaboration for new and exciting outcomes

Whakamutunga

4.30pm – Closing karakia and waiata to settle the learning before going home for the day

To secure your tickets for ‘Welcome to Te Ao Māori’ on 22 June please click here

To find out about the subsequent workshop ‘Redesigning Aotearoa’ on 23 June click here

Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions by emailing events@designassembly.org.nz