Ketso - The Story So Far

Ketso is a hands-on kit for creative engagement

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

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

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

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

… to teaching and learning at all levels

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

Ketso gives everyone a voice

Ketso encourages ‘out of the box’ thinking

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

…to this: sustainable living

Ketso transforms ideas into action

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

… working to develop a vision for a sustainable North Manchester

… and a former landfill site, Moston Vale

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

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

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”

Launched as an enterprise in 2009

An enterprise with a social mission

Transform the way we communicate, collaborate and learn worldwide

Create job opportunities for disadvantaged people in manufacture

How has Ketso been used?

How has Ketso been used?

• Engagement & consultation

e.g. focus groups

e.g. consulting on heritage & health

Ideas can be captured and typed up

…for later analysis.

Enterprising Midlands - Types of Ideas Developed

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Healthy London Types of Ideas

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Sustainable Port - Types of Ideas

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A Sustainable Port in Portsmouth - Ideas by Branch Type

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Activities Ecology Economics Environment Environment (built) Landscapes Society StakeholderEngagement

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

How has Ketso been used?

• Engagement & consultation• Design & problem solving

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

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

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

How has Ketso been used?

• Engagement & consultation• Design & problem solving• Action planning

e.g. steps towards a sustainable Tesco

How has Ketso been used?

• Engagement & consultation• Design & problem solving• Action planning• Teaching & training

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

e.g. undergraduate lectures

e.g. group dissertation supervision

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

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