Peter Kenyon has had 25 years of experience working in the field of community change and renewal.  Such opportunities has enabled him to design, implement, test and refine a variety of community change and renewal methodologies and tools in a wide range of urban and rural communities throughout Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, and in another 40 countries.  Peter provides services in terms of animation / motivation, facilitation, project design and implementation, and training.

Peter is interested in 'making things happen' at the community level.  He is not interested in being part of a process of producing yet another report that sits on the shelf - he seeks involvement with communities who are seeking change and are ready and prepared for the effort and costs in making that change a reality. 

Finally, given Peter's extensive involvement in community change, he seeks to value add to any work assignment by linking that community to useful resources, best practice experiences and helpful networks.

Specific Services 

Motivational Addresses            Public Meeting Facilitation                             Community Futures

Facilitator Training                     'Business After Hours' Learning Circle      Strategy Design, Implementation and Evaluation

Study Tours                                  Specific Program Delivery:

• The Business Retention and Expansion program
• Community Builders Program
• Youth at the Centre
• C.R.E.A.T.E (Creating Rural Entrepreneurial Attitudes Through Education)

 Costings:     Click here for a guide to developing a budget to undertake any of the above services.

Specific Services 

          Motivational Addresses   

        Presentations to a variety of possible audiences: 

·        community resident meetings

·        local government councils

·        business community forums

·        youth gatherings

·        state, national and international conferences 

Common theme topics include: 

·        'Ingredients of a healthy and enterprising community'

·        'The process of community change and renewal'

·        'Community actions that stimulate the local economy and local jobs'

·        'Let's get those tills ringing'

·        Positively outrageous customer service 

·        Banish the bland – dare to be different in terms of marketing

·        'Putting young men and women at the centre of development'

·        'Becoming more than a dot on the map'

·        Generating local tourism opportunities 

        Public Meeting Facilitation     

Facilitation of community events which seek to identify, prioritise and implement future community directions.  In particular, Peter relishes the opportunity to expose community audiences to brainstorming, 'out of the box' thinking, asset mapping, opportunity identification, prioritisation through fun values clarification exercises and action commitment. 

Most recently, Peter has been involved in facilitating large 21st Century Town Meetings.

        'Community Futures'      

Working with a local taskforce, Peter acts as an animator, facilitator and trainer for an intensive three day community planning process which enables a community to explore in depth:

• Who are we?

• What have we got?

• What do we want?

• How do we get it?

• How do we know when we have got there?

Through the use of a range of tools and fun exercises, and maximum resident participation, a community identifies their preferred future, and the actions, strategies and resources to get there, ie, the creation of a Community Road Map.

        Facilitator Training      

Peter has designed and presented a range of training courses aimed at demystifying the concepts and methodologies associated with the facilitator role in community change and renewal.  Such training courses aim at challenging attitudes, enhancing knowledge base and developing new skills.  Participants are presented with a range of practical tools and methodologies. 

In addition, Peter facilitates a service of ‘skills development workshops’ in terms of themes like community engagement strategies, asset based community development (ABCD), appreciative inquiry techniques and public presentation skills etc.

        'Business After Hours' Learning Circle      

Peter facilitates a series of meetings with groups of local business people interested in 'getting the tills ringing more' - specific sessions (6.00pm - 8.30pm) are held on Marketing, Customer Service, Staff Motivation, and Business Networking.  Each session provides a smorgasbord of practical ideas to build more dynamic businesses.

Strategy Design, Implementation and Evaluation           

The Bank of I.D.E.A.S. relishes the opportunity to engage in the design, implementation and evaluation of strategies from community based initiatives to national/international projects. For example, the Bank of I.D.E.A.S. has been involved in helping facilitate the formulation of National Youth Strategies in 22 countries, and the design of numerous national and state government program initiatives.

        Specific Program Delivery      

The Bank of IDEAS has designed or adapted a range of programs which communities

may find useful methodologies.  These include: 

·       The BEAR program (Business Expansion and Retention Program)  - an initiative which provides a useful approach for a community to dialogue with their business community in terms of enhancing the local business environment and identifying what helps and hinders local business activity.

·        The Community Builders Program - a grassroots leadership program that enables the development of local leadership within a cluster of communities. 

·        Youth at the Centre - a program initiative that enables communities access to a range of tools and processes which build youth participation, leadership and entrepreneurialism. 

·        C.R.E.A.T.E (Creating Rural Entrepreneurial Attitudes Through Education)  - a school based program aimed at strengthening the skills and attitudes of young people in small rural communities.

The Bank of I.D.E.A.S. has coordinated the design and pioneered the implementation of these programs in a variety of settings in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.  Peter is able to make available training with resource guides for each program. 

        Costings         (Back to top)

            The following is a guide to developing a budget to undertake any of the above services: 

·        Current consultancy day rate - $1,850.00 (plus GST)

·        Travel cost - for interstate assignments, usually this cost can be shared by linking with other communities

·        Accommodation expenses

·        Resource guides

·        Workshop expenses, eg, advertising, catering etc