Community Engagement for Innovation
Learn how to build community support, drive adoption and strengthen your impact.
You have a strong solution, but traction is slower than expected, uptake is uneven, the community isn't engaging the way you hoped.
In just one month, you and your team can build practical skills to improve adoption, strengthen relationships and reduce the risk of failure.
What you'll cover
- 01
Module 1
Understanding Context
- 02
Module 2
Power and Position in Innovation
- 03
Module 3
Building Trust
- 04
Module 4
Sharing Decisions
- 05
Module 5
Ethics, Assumptions, and Representation
- 06
Module 6
Planning for Long-Term Success
“I’d recommend it to any project manager or operations professional looking to build more inclusive and better-scoped project designs.”
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“The emphasis on understanding historical context in the Global South stood out to me as a real strength, and one that isn’t addressed often enough in this space… when implementing a project in South Africa, a first consideration should be ensuring there’s a deliverable focused on creating jobs for Black South Africans, given this was systematically denied under apartheid. This also aligns with B-BBEE regulatory requirements, which in turn makes local communities and local government more receptive to the project. I thought this was a valuable and necessary framing.”
Bongeka Gumede
Grants & Project Manager, Vittoria Technology
Innovators + Researchers
Working on community-dependent projects where uptake and trust determine success.
Practitioners
Strengthening adoption, building evidence, and scaling programmes in the field.
Funders + Organisations
Designing inclusive monitoring, evaluation, and accountability frameworks.
Your instructor
Dr Emma Heywood
Founder, The 80:20 Pathway
15+ years working with communities across the Global South, Francophone West Africa, conflict and crisis contexts. Specialising in communications, behaviour change, and community engagement. UN advisory experience.
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Join practitioners building better engagement.
Four weeks. Two hours a week. Real-world tools you can use immediately.
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