Outside the Box

Gathering members' or other people's views

There are lots of occasions when you might want to find out what other people think about your service or project, or about an idea. Or you might be looking for ideas - what they want the service to do, or what they would like to see in the future for this area.

Sometimes you could do it yourself, but you donÕt have the time. And sometimes it is better if it is someone else who asks some different questions and helps people to think differently.

• We can help you plan out what you want to ask people about - what are the best ways of doing this in your circumstances?
• We will also help you look again what you already know - since people often et fed up repeating he same things.
• We can facilitate group sessions or events, talk to people individually - whatever works for your situation.
• We can do it in a way that draws in members of your group - sharing the tasks, or helping them learn new skills and confidence so you have the option of doing more yourselves next time.
• We will help you feed back to people.
• We will help you work out what to do with the information you have gathered - the next stage in the process of listening to and engaging with people.