1: Self-Direction
Enable participants to steer their own courses and shape their own agendas to suit their purposes and needs. Other Information:
Walk Your Talk events are held in ‘Open Space', a lightly facilitated process in which there are no designated experts or
leaders. You steer your own course as the day(s) unfold, and shape your own agenda to suit your purpose and need. People learn
together by walking and talking, sharing passions, curiosities, hopes, expertise and questions.
Stakeholder(s):
- Entrepreneurs: Whether you are an entrepreneur or an executive, an artist, activist, inventor or investor, a consultant, student or a policy
maker, you'll leave feeling re-vitalised, more motivated and clear. Without fail, at least one person has some kind of transformative
experience inspired by the rest of the group, which in turn inspires us all.
- Executives
- Artists
- Activists
- Inventors
- Investors
- Consultants
- Students
- Policy Makers
- Robin Alfred: Walk Your Talk was originally created by Robin Alfred, Charlie O' Malley and Paul Simpson, who were brought together by Social
Venture Network (Europe) and inspired/encouraged by Paul Dickinson. Set up as a conference, WYT aimed to serve cutting edge
entrepreneurs creating new models of organisations that hold the promise for an environmentally and socially sustainable society.
The idea was to run events with a strong emphasis on the process of peer-to-peer learning and support, which also concentrated
on the practical (walking) as much as the theoretical (talking). For the first three years, it was held at Findhorn in Scotland.
- Charlie O' Malley
- Paul Simpson
- Paul Dickinson
- Mike Zeidler: In 2005, the Findhorn team decided they could no longer host the event. Mike Zeidler asked who else would be interested in
keeping Walk Your Talk going, and has been the main organiser ever since. To date, all events have been held at Buckland Hall
in the Brecon Beacons, with the generous sponsorship of Inspired Lives and modoto and promotional support from The Association
of Sustainability Practitioners (ASP).
- WYT Participants: Anybody with an interest in (or passion for) balancing financial, social and environmental needs in their work. You will leave
refreshed, inspired, motivated and equipped with some kind of action plan.
Objective(s):
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