001: Marie-Claude Gervais (Versiti) on Losing Control 2019

“The scale of the changes ahead of us makes it especially urgent to involve more diverse people in the conversation.”In this episode we meet Marie-Claude Gervais, Research Director at Versiti to talk about power, inequalities and collaboration. We spoke to Marie-Claude ahead of Losing Control 2019 in Birmingham on 5-6th February where she ran a Teach Me session titled "Powering seldom-heard groups to tackle inequalities". Her session showed how digital communities can be used to engage seldom-heard people to identify their experiences and unmet needs, as well as provide a structured tool for collaboration and co-creation. The session drew on a case study with LGBT, ethnic minority and older cancer patients.Losing Control brings together change makers from all kinds of backgrounds, sectors and positions to discuss and create bottom-up and collaborative approaches to social change. Losing Control is hosted by the Social Change Agency and Practical Governance.For more about Losing Control visit the website www.losingcontrol.org. Visit us at www.thesocialchangeagency.org Follow us on Twitter at @SocialChangeAgHost: Karen Lam, Junior Consultant (The Social Change Agency)Guest: Marie-Claude Gervais, Research Director (Versiti)Producer: Maria Mancuso, Junior Communications Officer (The Social Change Agency) Theme music by Loyalty Freak Music