1. Ketso - The Story So Far

2. Ketso is a hands-on kit for creative engagement

3. ‘Ketso’ means action in Lesotho, where it was invented in 1995 by Dr. Joanne Tippett

4. Ketso has been used in contexts ranging from Tesco (180 staff)

5. … to engaging with stakeholders of all ages and backgrounds in health related issues

6. … to community development and engagement in Jordan, Rwanda, South Africa & Bangladesh

7. … to teaching and learning at all levels

8. Invented in Southern Africa because women didn’t speak (in mixed groups)

9. Ketso gives everyone a voice

10. Ketso encourages ‘out of the box’ thinking

11. Ketso was used in Southern Africa to help communities change this...

12. …to this: sustainable living

13. Ketso transforms ideas into action

14. Ketso was validated in PhD research in Manchester, with community members

15. … working to develop a vision for a sustainable North Manchester

16. … and a former landfill site, Moston Vale

17. Local enthusiasm from the planning process moved the site from the 30 th on the list….

18. ... to first. The site received £1.7 million of Newlands funding.

19. Reaction from North Manchester Resident “Because a lot of people are like me and they are not good at speaking if there are more than two or three people around, but they have things to say. This is magnificent at getting people to participate, and very important”

20. Launched as an enterprise in 2009

21. An enterprise with a social mission

22. Transform the way we communicate, collaborate and learn worldwide

23. Create job opportunities for disadvantaged people in manufacture

25. How has Ketso been used?

26. Engagement & consultation

27. e.g. focus groups

28. e.g. consulting on heritage & health

29. Ideas can be captured and typed up

30. …for later analysis.

31. Ketso makes ‘spreadsheets’ fun again (prioritising 192 sites for Local Development Framework)

32. How has Ketso been used? Engagement & consultation Design & problem solving

33. e.g. business planning & enterprise education (Durham, Cambridge, Birmingham, Sussex, Newcastle, Liverpool, Manchester)

34. e.g. community planning, such as designing a park, regeneration strategy, or neighbourhood

35. e.g. developing a research strategy (e.g. research centres and & EU projects)

36. How has Ketso been used? Engagement & consultation Design & problem solving Action planning

37. e.g. steps towards a sustainable Tesco

38. How has Ketso been used? Engagement & consultation Design & problem solving Action planning Teaching & training

39. e.g. transferable skills for researchers (project and time management, spotting plagiarism)

40. e.g. undergraduate lectures

41. e.g. group dissertation supervision

42. e.g. study skills for G.C.S.E. students

44. Six takeaways - engagement Everyone has a voice - Give everyone a way to make an input at the same time Individual and group time - Give people time on their own to develop their ideas before sharing them Activity-led - Give an activity for each stage of the process Start with the positive - Ask what is going well? What works? End with solutions not problems - Give some time to develop solutions to problems Action - Remember the takeaway messages & action points