Creating Narratives for Change Festival 2024: Start Something! | Weekend 1

Creating Narratives for Change Festival is an annual community festival for citizens who want to explore change-making in Singapore. Each year, we gather at the civic centre to work on the things that matter to us that need to change.

In Weekend 1, we invite you to start something! Start your change-making process, start a new way of doing things, start small, start big!

Led by 3 Voices of Intent from Common Ground, we will explore 3 key themes centred around our personal, professional and civic lives. Weekend 1 is designed as a full-day experience so that you can gather with other like-minded individuals to kickstart the change-making process in a scaffolded, practical and doable way.

Through lively conversations, interactive activities and workshops, we will work on small solutions to large social concerns together.

Find out more about the 3 themes: here.

• Session 1: Gain a New Awareness | UnPanel
  Myths & Mysteries of Measuring Impact: What are our beliefs around making and measuring impact of community programmes? Which beliefs work, don’t work or will never work the way we wish?

• Session 2: Learn a Skill | Workshop
  Co-Creation is About Balancing Tensions: What must developers & funders of community programmes help each other understand so they can do better work together?

• Session 3: Collab with Others | Co-creative Session
  What if We Could Co-Create Ways to Measure Social Value?: If we could co-create indicators to best capture the social value we create, what would we measure? How do we ensure it’s useful, relevant and meaningful to us?

• Session 1: Gain a New Awareness | Panel
  Marriage is a Choice: What are the key foundations for a love-lasting & resilient marriage?

• Session 2: Learn a Skill | Workshop
  Marriage is a Skill: What do we need to learn and do so that we can build a resilient marriage?

• Session 3: Collab with Others | Co-creation Session
  Marriage is a Collaborative Effort: What are the areas we need to work on together?

• Session 1: Gain a New Awareness | Panel
  Stop, Drop and Talk About Burnout: Why are constructive dialogues key to managing burnout?

• Session 2: Learn a Skill | Workshop
  Managing Myself, My Team and Burnout: What are small but effective ways middle managers can better prepare for constructive dialogues on burnout?

• Session 3: Collab with Others | Co-creation Session
  From Barriers to Breakthrough: How can we co-create the conducive conditions we need for an effective burnout dialogue?

• Weekend 1: Start Something! | 17 Aug 2024, Sat

In Weekend 1, we invite you to start something. Start your change-making process, start a new way of doing things, start small, start big! Over 3 sessions, we will scaffold the change-making process and work on small solutions to big problems together. Choose 1 out of 3 key themes centred around our personal, professional and civic lives.

• Weekend 2: Start Somewhere! | 24 Aug 2024, Sat

In Weekend 2, we invite you to start somewhere, here with us. Start at your desired level of participation, the themes that matter to you, and the communities you want to get to know. Over the day, pick and choose from 10 interactive sessions led by 10 socially-oriented organisations.

View the full programme: here.

Get started on your own change-making journey by choosing from a range of interactive experiences over 2 weekends.

Your contributions will help Common Ground Civic Centre:

• Pay our partners and collaborators an honorarium for their time, effort and skillsets
• Invite individuals from groups or communities who may otherwise not be able to attend due to financial barriers
• Provide light refreshments during the day, partially catered by local businesses in Bedok Central

• Weekend 1 All-day Pass: $75 (excl. GST and platform fees)
  This ticket gives you full-day access to CNFC Festival Weekend 1, which includes CNFC Festival Opening: The Start Point and 1 key theme of your choice consisting of 3 sessions.
• Pay-it-Forward: $75 (excl. GST and platform fees)
  This ticket goes towards an individual, group or community who may otherwise not be able to attend due to financial barriers.
• Early Bird Discount: 15% off
  Chope your spot early and save! Early Bird ends on 21 Jul 2024, Sun.

Purchase tickets: here.

• Weekend 2 Single Session Ticket: $30 (excl. GST and platform fees)
  This ticket gives you access to 1 session of your choice at CNFC Festival Weekend 2 and CNFC Festival Closing: The Pit Stop (RSVP required due to limited slots available).
• Weekend 2 All-day Festival pass:$75 (excl. GST and platform fees)
  This ticket gives you full-day access to CNFC Festival Weekend 2, which includes 3 sessions of your choice and CNFC Festival Closing: The Pit Stop (RSVP required due to limited slots available).
• Pay-it-Forward Festival ticket: $30 (excl. GST and platform fees)
  This ticket goes towards an individual, group or community who may otherwise not be able to attend due to financial barriers.
• Early Bird Discount: 15% off
  Chope your spot early and save! Early Bird ends on 21 Jul 2024, Sun.

Purchase tickets: here.

We are a cultural-change consultancy that leads a civic centre with a mission to create whole communities. We help you work on what's not working for yourself, your people and your organisation so that we can all do better together.

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This event is in collaboration with the Resident Partners of the Common Ground Civic Centre. Our Resident Partners comprise socially-oriented organisations from various sectors, industries and organisation types.

Get to know our Resident Partners:

A rtably | Brave Feats Student Care | Daughters of Tomorrow | Green Nudge | InSchool | Kontinentalist | Myles & More | Playeum | Studio Dojo | Werable

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Common Ground Civic Centre & Consultancy, 21 Bedok North Street 1, Singapore, Singapore