The course structure is also a key element of LAMP’s unique methodology. Nine days of training are delivered across four modules, with three to four weeks between each module, enabling participants to go back to their organisations, roles and communities, test what they've learned and return with real evidence of what works. Learning happens in both the training room and the organisation or community: each feeding each other by design.

There are four Community Conservation LAMP variants...

LAMP is always one methodology but can be tailored to different audiences. Every variant shares the same, carefully curated, foundational leadership and management skills and tools. What changes by variant is the audience, additional specific topics and the pacing.

The Variants:

Community LAMP

For Community members across pastoralist and coastal/marine contexts.

Managers LAMP

For the senior staff of conservation organisations.

Board LAMP

For conservancy board members and governance committees.

Rangeland LAMP

For rangers and herders from pastoralist and coastal/marine communities.

Training of Trainers Programme (ToT)

Forward Consulting developed and now runs a ToT programme that produces LAMP trainers from the communities where LAMP is delivered. The ToT programme blends structured classroom training with live LAMP delivery sessions, where trainees progressively develop their skills in the field. This experiential learning is supported by continuous coaching and mentoring from senior trainers—a proven pathway that our six current Kenyan trainers followed.

The LAMP Documentary 40 mins

LAMP and the journey of trainer Lavias Lekuuk are shown in the documentary Light for Wildlife.

About LAMP

The methodology behind LAMP was originally developed in 2003 as a Change Leadership program. Over the following eleven years it ran across corporate organisations including government bodies and international agencies in the UK, Europe and Africa. In 2014, it was adapted for conservation organisations and pastoralist communities which is where the LAMP survey data comes from.

LAMP is built around one question: what does a person need to experience to permanently change how they think and act? The answer shapes the whole program. LAMP uses a See-Feel-Change methodology and a discovery learning approach, both grounded in adult learning principles. LAMP trainers create the conditions for participants to discover things for themselves, in a setting they trust and at a pace that sticks. The methodology is visual, participatory and hands-on. No lectures, no PowerPoint. This was true of LAMP in the corporate arena, then became particularly beneficial when transitioning into the pastoralist community arena.

About LAMP

The methodology behind LAMP was originally developed in 2003 as a Change Leadership program. Over the following eleven years it ran across corporate organisations including government bodies and international agencies in the UK, Europe and Africa. In 2014, it was adapted for conservation organisations and pastoralist communities which is where the LAMP survey data comes from.

LAMP is built around one question: what does a person need to experience to permanently change how they think and act? The answer shapes the whole program. LAMP uses a See-Feel-Change methodology and a discovery learning approach, both grounded in adult learning principles. LAMP trainers create the conditions for participants to discover things for themselves, in a setting they trust and at a pace that sticks. The methodology is visual, participatory and hands-on. No lectures, no PowerPoint. This was true of LAMP in the corporate arena, then became particularly beneficial when transitioning into the pastoralist community arena.

The LAMP Documentary 40 mins

LAMP and the journey of trainer Lavias Lekuuk are shown in the documentary Light for Wildlife.

The course structure is also a key element of LAMP’s unique methodology. Nine days of training are delivered across four modules, with three to four weeks between each module, enabling participants to go back to their organisations, roles and communities, test what they've learned and return with real evidence of what works. Learning happens in both the training room and the organisation or community: each feeding each other by design.

There are four Community Conservation LAMP variants...

LAMP is always one methodology but can be tailored to different audiences. Every variant shares the same, carefully curated, foundational leadership and management skills and tools. What changes by variant is the audience, additional specific topics and the pacing.

The Variants:

Community LAMP

For Community members across pastoralist and coastal/marine contexts.

Managers LAMP

For the senior staff of conservation organisations.

Board LAMP

For conservancy board members and governance committees.

Rangeland LAMP

For rangers and herders from pastoralist and coastal/marine communities.

Training of Trainers Programme (ToT)

Forward Consulting developed and now runs a ToT programme that produces LAMP trainers from the communities where LAMP is delivered. The ToT programme blends structured classroom training with live LAMP delivery sessions, where trainees progressively develop their skills in the field. This experiential learning is supported by continuous coaching and mentoring from senior trainers—a proven pathway that our six current Kenyan trainers followed.

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