8 steps for co-designing with communities | Paul Stepczak | TEDxNantymoel

Are our services fit for purpose? That’s the question Paul Stepczak poses in this enlightening talk. With increasing pressures on existing services in a constantly changing world, Paul explores if it’s now time to overhaul how services are designed to ensure they fully involve the people they are meant to support. As a community practitioner for over 20 years, working in the fields of community engagement, asset-based community development, co-production and community innovation, Paul believes that radical change is critical and sets out how we can do this in his insightful TEDx talk, ‘8 Steps for Community-led Codesign’.

Currently working for Wales’ largest development agency, Cwmpas, on the Start Something Good® project, Paul shares his learning from a combination of his past experiences and, most recently, having delivered over 40 social hackathons to find fresh ideas for social change. Paul (https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulstepczak/) has been a community development practitioner for over 20 years. Within that time, he has worked at a local level for the Welsh Government’s “Communities First” project in Rhondda Cynon Taf, and the People’s Health Trust’s “Local Conversation” project in the Afan Valley. Paul was also the Project Manager for Oxfam Cymru’s “Sustainable Livelihoods” project across Wales and a freelance consultant to public services, specialising in community engagement. For the past six years, Paul has worked for Cwmpas, formerly known as the Wales Cooperative Centre.

As a Business Growth Consultant, he continues to support communities and public services work more cooperatively by advocating a culture that involves better use of digital, enterprise and innovation to find fresh ideas for social change. As part of this role, Paul delivers 'Start Something Good®', a programme that brings people together to develop fresh ideas for social change. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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