Category Archives: workshops
“When ALISS met IRISS”
Back in the summer, Peter worked with Lisa Pattoni from The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS), Snook and others in Kirkintilloch to help mental health service users to map their local ‘assets’ – the things that help them to … Continue reading
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Mapping Edinburgh’s Self Management Resources
We’ve all got good information about our local community – organisations, people, places and events. How can we capture this information and map these local assets? Our next event will look at how we can map the health and wellbeing resources … Continue reading
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Putting Kirkintilloch on the map
“Yes, yes, it’s all very interesting…but, um, what is it that ALISS actually does?” “well, you know, all those things going on locally that can help us to stay well, ALISS will help to make them more findable on the … Continue reading
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#nhss11
I reckon we’re reaching the limits of how quickly we can run through the workshop format! During yesterday’s session at the NHS Scotland event we only had about half an hour to squeeze in some ALISS-style idea generation. But it … Continue reading
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Town Hall Meeting
Interesting things are afoot in Renfrewshire. ALISS was invited along to take part in the yesterday’s Disability Network Day at the very grand Paisley Town Hall where there was some lively discussion, great participation and some creative thinking. The event … Continue reading
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One Hour Service (Design)
What does the future hold for self management support? That was the theme of a workshop we got involved in at the Better Health and Wellbeing for People with Long Term Conditions conference at the Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre, Glasgow … Continue reading
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Everyone’s talking about Assets
There’s quite a lot of policy discussion currently focusing on the ‘assets approach’ and the potential of empowering individuals and communities in Scotland. For example, an ‘Assets Alliance’ held an inaugural session in Glasgow in December 2010; the LTCAS Annual … Continue reading
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A technical workshop on community curation of ALISS resources
One of the things that has had us thinking hard is the question of how communities of interest would ‘curate’ (i.e. sort and make sense of) the information on resources that was posted to the Engine by helpful members of … Continue reading
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ALISS ‘at large’ in Renfrewshire
This is our affectionate name for a number of activities locally that spun out of our Open Innovation Process in spring 2010. We’re delighted that this has happened. A number of creative ideas were generated at an ALISS-style workshop at … Continue reading
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The Engine: collaborative development & testing in use
Last week (the 03rd. June) we had a good day with a selection of existing providers of information directories. Andy provided the context, then Derek outlined the Engine’s main technical characteristics, and suggested options for working together to test it … Continue reading
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