GRDC Grower Network -Facilitation training for staff.

Description:

The National Grower Network (NGN) program is designed to capture and respond promptly to grain grower issues and opportunities, ensure GRDC is investing in locally relevant research, and help drive adoption of R&D outputs. In doing so, the NGN also educates stakeholders of GRDC’s role and portfolio of investments and increases visibility of GRDC. The NGN helps to capture ideas, issues, constraints and opportunities for RD&E to enhance grower profitability. To achieve this, the team, with support from a service provider engage with stakeholders through forums that are open to all growers, advisers, researchers and industry parties.

To help GRDC reach overall the outcome for this program an additional output is to provide meeting facilitation and engagement training to upskill GRDC staff and panels is required. Key activities will include organising and delivering workshops and coaching sessions that focus on preparing for and facilitating forums/meetings, assessment of individual strengths and weaknesses, and targets for continuous improvement.

Outcome:

By 30 June 2028, at least 500 grain industry stakeholders (averaging at least 10 growers and/or advisers per event) have participated in the identification and priorisation of local constraints and opportunities for potential investment via NGN forums.

Outputs.

Output 1.

Title: Facilitation training for GRDC staff and panel.

Description: By 30 June 2026 and recurring annually, deliver facilitation training for up to 12 GRDC staff and/or panel members.

• Training will include two national group facilitation workshops per annums (minimum of three hours each) delivered prior to key periods of Grower Forum delivery, and
• Two individualised coaching calls with each participating staff member, one following each key period of forum delivery.

Workshops and coaching sessions will focus on preparing for and facilitating forums, assessment of individual strengths and weaknesses and targets for continuous improvement.