In May this year we held our 6th Annual Community Reporter Conference in the form of a ‘hackathon’. A hackathon is a space were people can come together to explore a problem and co-create solutions. The event brought together a group of 56 experts to explore the question “How can we make lived experience storytelling practice more accessible and inclusive?”. Experts included people with lived experience of some of the issues being discussed, researchers, creative practitioners and storytellers, public engagement professionals, evaluators and workers in the third and public sectors.
The event focused specifically on how storytelling could be:
Through a series of creative and participatory activities, the attendees worked together to explore the barriers and identify solutions that were summarised in a short report. Here’s a short video overview of the day…
You can also listen to an audio executive summary of the learning report here. The event was funded and support by NCRM.