Participants

Back to Life is designed for professionals, entrepreneurs, and practitioners engaged in all facets of tourism and hospitality in New Zealand. 

Participants will share a common desire to blaze a new and different trail to co-design and build a form of tourism that delivers real net benefit to the host communities and nourishes the hearts, souls, minds and bodies of the people touched by it.

Purpose

We believe meaningful, positive change will happen when enough individuals - be they host suppliers, social entrepreneurs, policy-makers, planners, NGOs, marketers, managers and concerned residents - step up as change agents, sense-makers, and guides willing to help each other learn and activate a different future.

Our purpose is to attract such a group into an online community of kindred hearts and minds where they can learn new ideas and practices, share experiences, voice fresh insights, imagine different futures and tap into the intelligence of the group.



Format, Timing and Access

The program will consist of 7 courses addressing the various pathways towards building a truly regenerative recovery.

In addition to pre-recorded material (text, links, papers, videos, quizzes) , each course will comprise a 90-minute, interactive webinar every 2 weeks that includes: 

• a presentation from Anna Pollock and Michelle Holliday 

• real-life stories, case studies

• small group discussions

• Q&A 

Recordings of webinars will be made available to all members of subscribing organisations.

The courses are under development at present and will be developed sequentially with the first course available in first week of June.

Preparatory material, designed to increase awareness of the need for change,  will be made available here beforehand. 

Access
The program is being developed in partnership with the regional tourism associations (subscribers) so that they can make it available to all their members at no charge. Check with your RTO to see if they have become a subscriber. If yes, then you will be asked to sign on to this site to access the courses. 

 

Benefits & Outcomes

Back to Life is an introduction to a regenerative way of thinking and acting appropriate to the post Covid19 context. It is designed to share knowledge, develop skills and boost the confidence of would- be change makers and leaders (hosts) who wish to co-create a thriving tourism sector in New Zealand. Participants will:

  • Gain a robust framework for making sense of the changes and challenges affecting tourism;
  • Learn how to apply a practical, systems view of tourism that will enable its net benefit to communities to be increased and demonstrated;
  • Learn from concrete and inspiring examples of regenerative development practices in tourism and other relevant sectors;
  • Experience facilitated learning through group discussion and personal exercises designed to develop listening, observation, communication and leadership skills;
  • Enjoy the space and support to practice imagining new possibilities and seeing the familiar through fresh eyes;
  • Obtain guidance as to how to develop the skills of hosting local communities in shared exploration and discovery; and
  • Enjoy the company and inspiration of working together as a diverse community of action-oriented learners aligned around a common purpose.

 

Availability

The course is under development. Click the button below to browse the course modules.
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