Build Your Own Group Work Resources eWorkshop

If you go to God google you will find heaps of activities, ice-breakers and group games that you can use in the groups you run. Some of them are pretty darn good. But if you want your activities to hit the mark every time (or most of the time for most of the participants) then devising your own will give them a freshness and relevance that no shop-bought item can deliver. So we will look at producing your own strategies and activities made specifically -for your workshop and your participants’: Physical, conversational, ‘theatrical’ (with a small ‘t’), reflective, image-based including use of still image, photos and video.

We will also, with no need at all for any technical know-how, go through ways of creating your own audio-visual resources; at a low or no cost.

We’ll take a look at:
On-line whiteboard animation videos, using Videoscribe
On-line video-making software Animoto. which requires zero editing skills. Upload pics and vids and it all happens for you. But there are a couple of things to bear in mind as you do so
Prezi: An alternative to Powerpoint, and a vehicle that can embed both Animoto videos and Videoscribe.

When: Wednesday 16th March 2022 from 9.30am-4.30pm.

Where: Online, delivered via Zoom. You will receive a Zoom link prior to the workshop where you will be able to access the eWorkshop.

Cost: The early bird booking fee (before the 2nd March 2022) is $330.00 (GST included). The full price after the 2nd March is $385..00 (GST included).

To register: Register and complete payment. A Tax Invoice will be emailed to you. The payment needs to be completed before the workshop occurs, for the registration to be fully confirmed.

Facilitator: Peter Slattery

Many years ago, Peter did a B.A. in Social Science and an M.A. in Psychology. He says he thoroughly enjoyed his time at university and freely admits to having learned something. He also says that the past 30 plus years of working with young people, especially with those having a hard time of life, have taught him a lot more, and given him some ideas about how to make use of what he learned at university. Today, Peter works freelance across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, with occasional jaunts into Asia, North America, the U.K. and Europe. He continues working with young people in all the places you expect to find them; within all the school systems, as well as within refuges, rehab centres, the many forms that youth programs take and in juvenile justice settings. Having done this work for a long time now, Peter finds himself in demand as a trainer of workers, as a supervisor and mentor, and seems to be constantly invited to speak at conferences both within Australia and overseas. He has published extensively in both the E and the hard-copy worlds. He says he considers himself extremely lucky, and thinks of his work as an uplifting challenge, a privilege, a joy and often, just a lot of fun.

Feedback from previous workshops

We collect feedback from participants at the conclusion of each workshop we facilitate. You can find summary data on our feedback page. Some of the feedback collected from 175 participants between 2012 and 2018 in Peter Slattery’s Groupwork and Young People workshop includes:

“Pete is great – engaging – informative.”

“All of the content was important and relevant. I really enjoyed building confidence with group-based stuff.”

“There are activities that I can use straight away and I am looking forward to positively adapting the way I engage groups.”

“Excellent mix of hands on activities and learning backed up by theories about why it works.”

“I loved all of it – such a privilege to spend this time with you and learn from your knowledge and stories Pete.”