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East Riding of Yorkshire Council (Management Away Day)

The Need

According to the Audit Commission, The East Riding of Yorkshire Council is improving strongly and demonstrating a 3 star overall performance. It has made significant improvements to outcomes over the last year and has the capacity to sustain this improvement.

The council has a strong commitment to the training of its management team, which is why we were pleased to assist in delivering the training element of the 2006 Annual Managers Conference.  It has strengthened corporate capacity, the robustness of its future plans and introduced a new performance management system integrating financial, service and risk management planning.

The Solution

The 2006 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Annual Managers Conference was a large event. Around 350 of the Council’s top managers attended the event, and pixelfountain trained them all! 5 facilitators ran 10 sessions of the Planit-yh Learning Simulation (computer-based resource management model). A prize was awarded to the winning team.

Previously Planit-yh Learning Simulation has been used in Yorkshire & Humber to generate an understanding of sustainable communities with Local Strategic Partnerships. The Learning Simulation itself is a tailoring of Planit-nw.

The day was a great success. We were pleased that the Leader of the Council and Chief Executive praised pixelfountain and, more importantly for the people of East Riding, the teams achievements.

Outcome and Feedback

All the teams scored highly, showing that they had understood the needs of the virtual community, they had collaborated well and modified their strategy as problems and opportunities emerged in the simulation.

The event will build capacity and aid mainstreaming of sustainable development within the Local Authority and its partnerships.