🗓 UPCOMING EVENTS:

CoDesignCo members are invited to discuss Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering in February. In this book, Parker sets forth a human-centered approach to gathering that encourages everyone to create more meaningful and memorable experiences for work and play. Free from design jargon and with a much broader remit, it’s interesting to think how we might apply these ideas in a co-design approach.

As a CoDesignCo event, the purpose of this gathering is not only to discuss ideas from the book and consider how to apply them in our work. It is also a chance to strengthen our ties with fellow designers and facilitators, beyond the book and our immediate work context. We’ll allow ample time for conversation in small groups as well as whole group discussion.

We’re offering two different times to join the learning club, to accommodate different time zones and keep the group size small enough to allow meaningful dialogue.

We won’t be recording the sessions but will invite participants to collectively document relevant points.

We expect everyone attending to read at least one chapter from the book (in addition to the brief introduction), or engage with a related text (e.g. a podcast interview about the book or ‘The New Rules of Gathering’ guide), in advance of the session.

This Learning Club is free for Kea members and $16.50 AUD for Galah members to participate in.

Members are welcome to invite a friend or colleague to join a session with them. Non-members are asked to contribute $33 AUD to our running costs.

(If you would like to join CoDesignCo, please sign up here.)

We would love for you to join us for this 2-hour interactive online gathering.

Option 1: Thursday 22 February at:

6pm-8pm AEDT (Melbourne/Sydney). That’s:

🌎 For those in the UK/Europe: 7am - 9am in London (BST).

Find out what time this is for you.

Option 2: Friday 23 February at:

10.30am-12.30pm AEDT (Melbourne/Sydney). That’s:

🌎 For those in the US/Canada: Thursday February 22nd, 3.30pm-5.30pm Pacific Time / 5.30pm-7.30pm Central Time / 6.30pm-8.30pm Eastern Time.

Find out what time this is for you.

Please note that registrations will close when each session is full, or five days beforehand, to give everyone time to read at least a bit of the book before we meet.

🗓 REGULAR EVENTS:

A nook is ‘a small space that is hidden or partly sheltered’ (Cambridge Dictionary).

Join us to retreat from your busy schedule and connect with a few peers.

These are loosely structured sessions for CoDesignCo Kea members to get to know each other and offer support or input.

You can bring a specific question or challenge to share. Or just come along with an open mind, ready to connect with whoever else is there!

We schedule a session every 1-2 months (in between other community events), and confirm the date and time the week before via Slack.

⏰ NEXT NOOK: Friday 15 March, 12pm- 1pm AEDT (Melbourne/Sydney daylight savings time).

That’s 10am-11am AWST (Perth) / 11.30am-12.30pm ACST (Adelaide/Darwin) / 2-3pm NZ time.

For those in the US/Canada: that’s the evening on Thursday 14th.

🌏 In a different timezone? Find out what time this is for you.

No RSVP necessary; we will share the Zoom link via the #Events channel in Slack, so you can drop in if you like.

If you would like the calendar invite, respond via the Slack post the week before the event.

Feel free to bring whatever kind of food or drink is appropriate for your time zone!

CoDesignCo Kea members who would like to connect with other members and/or have something you’d love help or input with.