We are very pleased to welcome Daniel Smith, Sustainable Labs Officer at the University of Birmingham, to discuss the impressive work that has been going on at the educational organisation.

We are going to be talking about lab reuse, behavioural change, and a gigantic balloon!

Topics: University, People, Sustainable Labs

Storytelling is a powerful way to help us find personal meaning within a shared context, engage us in a journey and giving us a reason to believe.

By sharing inspiring stories that illustrate the desired changes you’re striving to make, you’ll give people a personal role to identify with and the motivation to change.

Yes, it’s an art; a skill; but with practise and focus you can achieve great things using stories.

 

In the work environment we often tell out story by the water cooler, via power point or in a meeting,  so we have written this article to reflect the work scenario. 

 

Bullet points do not inspire... stories do! The boss of Amazon has banned Power Points in meetings as they do not engage. He encourages story telling. 

Here’s five things not to do when creating and telling your stories in the work scenario of meetings presentations or public speaking!

 

 

Topics: Buy in, People

We welcome Daniel O’Connor to the podium to tell his story...

If you are a frequent reader of the Warp It Blog, you will know that Daniel is the proud founder of Warp It, a man who has dedicated his adult life to resource efficiency and ending the curse of wastefulness. This mantra has led him through a very interesting journey, which he has shared below.

 

This story is being retold in the hope of giving others a way forward if they are problem solvers, change makers and/ or seeking to be an entrepreneur. 

Topics: FAQ, People

John Bailey, Head of Sustainability at the University of London is a long time friend of ours. He has been on a cycling mission around France, with his wife Sophie and sister Julia, to raise money for their respective charities.

Topics: People

Here at Warp It, we’ve got some thoughtful users.

Thanks to the epic feedback we receive we are constantly improving our offering . We’ve changed how we support the embedding of the service into culture introduce useful new features, improve our user experience, and help grow the world of reuse.

Topics: What we love, People

As you might have seen we organise regional workshops to help organisations make reuse mainstream. We had the honour of having Fiona Daly, Sustainability Lead at NHS Improvement,  talking about how to get things done in large bureaucratic organisations.  She is an expert at creatively finding funding for projects that would otherwise stay on the wish list. (See here for example.) 

Topics: NHS, Sustainable healthcare, People

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Warp It are pleased to welcome Mike Hodkinson from Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Mike is here to add some insight into why his organisation opted to improve the reuse of surplus furniture and equipment, and how it has solved some of their waste stream issues.

Topics: NHS, Case study, Sustainable healthcare, People

Reuse within and between organisations. Warp It Workshop. 

Improve your reuse program! Making reuse mainstream! Adopt circular economy practices.

Topics: Events, People

Are you joining us to learn about how to set up and improve reuse programs?

 

Here are the speaker profiles and what you will learn....

Mike Howroyd

 

Mike is the Sustainability Projects Officer at the University of Leeds, and will be talking to us about how to set up a reuse system, how to get buy-in from senior management, and what ongoing resources you may need to make your reuse system a success. Last year, Mike joined us for  a great interview , and we’re pleased to welcome him now for this workshop.

Topics: Events, People