1. Who are we and what do we do?
We’ve got a background in education and training, counselling and psychotherapy, design and planning from school to college to university to adult groups and workplace. wordkit offers a range of services, including Mindful Writing workshops, personal development and training as well as a Writers Register (in co-operation with Lapidus). wordkit also reviews projects and does impact assessments.
2. How do we work?
wordkit takes a simple approach. We start from where you are right now. We ask good questions to get to what’s really important. We use your words and thoughts as a basis for your own development. We work on a one-to-one basis, with groups and organisations.
3. Are we experienced?
We’ve worked with schools, colleges, universities, prisons, charities, the BBC, learndirect, the library service, public and private sector companies. Our message is always the same whoever we work with, we believe you are your best resource. Keep realistic and look for practical ways forward that work for you.
4. What do we understand by ‘deepest and best’?
People often don’t realise what they know, or have forgotten what they know and buy into ideas that promise results in the future. wordkit likes to stay in the present, with the present, accessing what’s deepest and best in you right now as a wonderful starting point for change and development.
5. Why do we go on about ‘in the moment’?
It’s easy to wish things were different and we all have a tendency to project into a more desirable future where all problems are solved, but where we are right now is where we are. We have nothing else. wordkit starts there and stays realistic.
6. Why do we feel writing is so important?
At wordkit, we are keen on writing things down as we believe that not only is the act of writing a crucial step in looking at things more dispassionately and realistically, but the very act of writing can free us from old ideas and old beliefs that have stopped us going forward. Not everyone is a confident speaker and wordkit listens to the quietest voices through writing things down. wordkit captures everyone’s words and harmonises these into effective communication. So much that is published nowadays is third-hand and slick. wordkit believes in crafting raw words into communications which speak directly to the customer and make an impact.
7. Do we offer good value for money?
wordkit attempts to be of best value to its clients and offers a sliding scale of costs. The positive results achieved by our clients give us good reason to believe in what we do. In a nutshell: wordkit offers excellent work for a fair price. It’s the added value wordkit brings to its clients that counts. We offer a package approach. Our work always includes a written report and mini-guides written by you for you as well as any on-the-spot training and workshop work.
8. Where would we be useful?
Are you happy with the way you communicate yourself to the world? Have you got a meeting coming up and could do with some fresh ideas to get things going? Do you need some ideas for a presentation? Are you unhappy with your documents but don’t know why? Would you like work reviewed or assessed for impact in the community or for funding? Are you stuck in a rut?
9. Your problems are knotty! How could we help?
wordkit starts with where you are. The knottiest of problems requires the simplest of approaches. No ready-made formulas or tried-and-tested solutions, just you and where you are right now. We start from here. We keep it realistic and practical. What works for you? The answer lies here. Not in glitz, not in technology, but in you. wordkit doesn’t believe in wasting time on theories and how things have worked elsewhere, what’s important is you and this moment.
10. What’s a typical scenario for wordkit?
wordkit works with a charity concerned with peace in the Middle East. We designed workshops for them to run themselves as part of committee meetings. The result: the whole committee has been included in the change process in an open and inclusive way, low key and fun, but asking difficult questions. The charity was able to explore ways forward to communicate themselves better in their literature. In doing so they had an opportunity to explore their own values. What came from that was the need for long-term planning and more clearly expressed shared values.
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