Coaching and Mentoring
Staying Relevant and Impactful in a Constantly Changing World
At AwhiWorld, we empower you to navigate our constantly disrupted world with clarity and creativity. Our coaching and mentoring programs range from spiritual guidance, participatory design, place-based storytelling and supporting specific skills in cutting-edge tech.
Whether you’re a creative, entrepreneur, or change leader, our mentors equip you with the tools to stay ahead and thrive.
Our approach uses holistic methodology, ensuring you’re ready to tackle challenges and seize opportunities in any environment.
AwhiWorld’s dedication to fostering innovation and collaboration has helped me to push the boundaries of my creativity.
– Sharyne Lewis
Coaching and Mentoring
Flexible Packages
One to One Coaching is delivered in packages of 3, 6 or more sessions – price by application. Delivery is online, in person or in a hybrid format and we can work across time zones to allow for international collaboration and support.
Topics include AI literacy and AI for a Change, designing immersive experiences, catalysing system change with emerging technologies and transdisciplinary principles and practice.
We can also tailor offerings and our experience to your needs.
Our practitioners have experience in a wide range of sectors, including social change, business and organisational consulting, community development, and arts and creative technology.
Their unique skill set assists in providing holistic support to you and your project or goal.
“AwhiWorld has been a strong support and connection in my creative journey. Through their work, I’ve felt supported and connected to a global community of like-minded [people].
AwhiWorld’s efforts in building networks and fostering collaboration have enriched my creative process, inspiring me to explore new ideas and push the boundaries of my artistic expression.”
– Tracey Willms Deane.
FAQs
Our programs are ideal for entrepreneurs, creative professionals, community leaders, and anyone looking to navigate the complexities of the digital era. We cater to individuals and organisations seeking to enhance their capabilities and adapt to a rapidly evolving technological landscape.
Our coaching and mentoring sessions can be conducted in person, online, or through a hybrid model, depending on your preferences, needs, and location.
We offer flexible scheduling to accommodate busy professionals and organisations around the globe.
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Projects with Coaching and Mentoring
Alternative Reality Gardening Lab 24
ARG Lab 24 Opening a Portal to Creative Innovation and Resilience From May 17th to May 25th, Te Tai Tokerau delivered the Alternative Reality Gardening Lab 24 (ARG Lab 24) - a showcase for our Awhi Incubator Project. It featured an exciting mix of new enterprises, innovative art forms, and technological advancements across various sectors.…
Creative Innovation Clinics
Creative Innovation Clinics About the Pop-Up Clinics AwhiWorld partnered with Creative Northland to deliver creative innovation clinics in Whangarei, Rawene, and Dargaville in March/April 2024. These dynamic events ignited the imagination and empowered creatives to explore the endless possibilities of innovation. Those who attended discovered the latest in 3D scanning, printing and…
Whangarei Night Lights Festival Mini VJ|PM Lab
Whangarei Night Lights Festival Mini VJ|PM Lab This year AwhiWorld used Whangarei Night Lights Festival as a live base for training Awhi Incubator Participants in VJ-ing and Projection Mapping. Fresh from a day-long seminar within BIOS, participants had two weeks to prepare content, with support and coaching from Kim Newall. They then performed their images…
Future Fibres Seminars & Workshops
Future Fibres Seminars and Workshops at BIOS Future fibres will be at the centre of research in AwhiWorld's upcoming BIOS lab in May/June this year. We are excited to partner with Professor Frances Joseph of Intra-Action Initiatives & AUT University's Huri Te Ao/The School of Future Environments to deliver a series of FREE Future Fibres…
BIOS Creative Innovation Lab
BIOS - Creative Innovation Lab May/June 2023 AwhiWorld took over the Mair Gallery at Whangarei Art Museum and turned it into a leading-edge creative innovation lab from May 27th to June 18th. The gallery transformed into a large-scale immersive, interactive installation with multiple content zones, including: science-art-tech installations, including international collaborations a future fibre zone…
Creative Tech Training for Creatives
Artists who need a little help to move into a digital or interactive space can now get the support they need via AwhiWorld’s new creative technology training course – Creative Tech for Creatives. It’s an introduction to creative technologies like: The workshop forms a public offering from AwhiWorld to spread the word about the Awhi…
Future Fibres – E-Textile Workshop Rawene
AwhiWorld’s latest event involved playing with light, responsive inks and light-activated threads in an e-textile discovery workshop in Rawene. The workshop was a community partner Awhi Incubator project funded by Ministry of Culture and Heritage. We explored thermo, hydro and photochromic pigments and threads, Arduino sensors, fibre optics and other future fibres in our workshop…
The Awhi Incubator
The Awhi Incubator Project From May 23 to May 24 the Awhi Incubator Project provided free coaching, mentoring and training for selected cross-disciplinary practitioners and creative technologists who live in Northland, NZ. The aim has been to raise the profile of the innovative local arts scene and connect to national and international networks. Dr Maggie…
Impact 22| Creative Technology Labs and Workshops
AwhiWorld is proud to be supported by Creative Northland to run community-based labs and workshops in creative technology around Te Tai Tokerau in the summer of 2022. Showcasing various technologies (3D scanning, printing and projection; vinyl cutting; augmented reality; Arduino; & Vjing), the workshops and pop-ups are designed to support creatives to expand their practice…
AwhiFlora Augmented Reality Workshops
Augmented reality and emerging technology is not something you associate with grass-roots Pacific Island culture and tradition. However, AwhiFlora opened a portal between those worlds. For this project, we worked extensively with Tracey Aramoana, a long time AwhiWorld collaborator with a strong background in digital literacy programmes. In addition, we were introduced to the beautiful…
PlantLab 22 | Creative Innovation Pop Up
PlantLab was a unique and innovative project that served as a creative hub, installation, and post-COVID CBD regeneration initiative. The project was created through online content and a physical experience at a (formerly empty) retail shop in the Strand Arcade, Whangarei, NZ. During the project, a diverse group of artist-scientists, cultural creatives, and creative technologists…
Projection Mapping Workshops ’21
AwhiWorld facilitated two Introduction to Projection Mapping workshops in Kerikeri and Mangawhai in 2021. Each one day workshop provided a hands-on introduction to all aspects of projection mapping (mapping and manipulating scenes; integrating content, masking, multi-scene creation). Participants were encouraged to make their own content using mobile devices, with specific training given in stop motion…