This blog records the Festival of Ideas held by the Innovation Exchange. The entries are currently in reverse order - with oldest ones at the start. Here’s the first.

At the bottom of the page are links taking you to older or more recent entries

One of the session ideas for discussion was how people with learning disabilities could run their own oranisation.

Facilitator Gene Payne explains how the open space sessions will work

The group exploring Who needs the Lottery explain their ideas, and say the big challenge id developing their business model further.

Facilitator Gene Payne explains the theory and practice of Open Space as a way of running creative events so participants set the agenda.

Grace explains how she will be looking for stories during the afternoon

Facilitator Gene Payne explains we will be shooting video during the day

John Craig, director of the Innovation Exchange, offered a briefing on background research at the Festival of Ideas on April 30

Cabinet Office Ed Miliband, responding to comments from participants in the Festival of Ideas on April 30, agreed on the need for better channels of communication between innovators, services commissioners and policy makers.

John Craig, director of the Innovation Exchange, reflects at the end of the morning session of the Festival of Ideas on April 30 on the need to balance structured discussion and informal conversation. Sometimes, he said, it is best to just get out of the way and let people talk.