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You are here: Home » Blog Posts » Did you catch a unicorn?

Did you catch a unicorn?

19 November 2014 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

Did you catch a Unicorn?Well over 120 of us thought spending a morning chasing Unicorns was well worth the time and effort!

Thank you to everyone who brought their imagination, expertise and enthusiasm for doing things differently. Lorna, Joe and Jan-Bert definitely made us think – challenging us to value what we already do and to have the confidence in our skills and knowledge to be brave and continue to do things differently working with people.

As I said, I didn’t sign up to do as I was told, I signed up to make a difference and to remember that people truly are experts in their own lives so by working with people we can make the changes we spend so much time talking about. 

I was at a meeting yesterday and several people were reflecting on the tone of change and optimism which didn’t underestimate the problems and challenges we face over the next few years.

The discussion and feedback will shape our forward strategy and has given us clear indicators of the important issues which we must address over the coming months.

A particular thanks to the staff at EVOC who really did work hard to make this event run so smoothly.

So my hope that we would remember more than the sandwiches has been realised!

You can view the presentation’s given at the AGM on this news article.

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