All Outputs (7)

There's an app for that! Utilising technology to gamify student engagement (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Williams, R., & Sutherland, N. (2022, June). There's an app for that! Utilising technology to gamify student engagement. Presented at UWE festival of Learning, 2022, UWE, Bristol

What can video games like Pokémon teach us about improving student engagement? In this session you will learn how to utilise underexplored features of Instagram and Blackboard to gamify the student experience and ultimately increase engagement. These... Read More about There's an app for that! Utilising technology to gamify student engagement.

"I feel like I am part of a community": Creating social presence at a programme level through Facebook groups (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Sutherland, N., & Williams, R. (2021, June). "I feel like I am part of a community": Creating social presence at a programme level through Facebook groups. Presented at UWE Festival of Learning, 2021, Bristol

In this presentation we reflect on the importance of creating social presence at a programme level, specifically in virtual environments. Briefly defined, social presence is the degree to which participants feel like they feel a part of, and know oth... Read More about "I feel like I am part of a community": Creating social presence at a programme level through Facebook groups.

'Studying Leadership Ethnographically: Reflections of a first-time ethnographer' (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Sutherland, N. (2015, December). 'Studying Leadership Ethnographically: Reflections of a first-time ethnographer'. Paper presented at International Studying Leadership Capacity Conference, Lancaster

The last two decades have seen an increase in the number of ethnographic writings in Organisation Studies more generally, however, similar developments have not been mirrored within Leadership Studies, where – despite a recent interpretivist ‘shift’... Read More about 'Studying Leadership Ethnographically: Reflections of a first-time ethnographer'.

Using a 'Twist in the Tale' to teach critical leadership studies: Reflections and implications (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Sutherland, N., & Edwards, G. (2014, July). Using a 'Twist in the Tale' to teach critical leadership studies: Reflections and implications. Paper presented at 6th Developing Leadership Capacity Conference, Lancaster

This paper augments recent discussions around teaching Critical Leadership Studies (CLS) by suggesting that tutors should not only consider the content of CLS-centric teaching, but also how the narrative of critical modules impacts on efficacious lea... Read More about Using a 'Twist in the Tale' to teach critical leadership studies: Reflections and implications.

Reflective walking and leadership learning (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Edwards, G., Zundl, M., Turner, A., & Sutherland, N. (2014, July). Reflective walking and leadership learning. Paper presented at 6th Developing Leadership Capacity Conference, Lancaster

This paper takes a relational (e.g. Cunliffe and Eriksen, 2011) and community (e.g. Edwards, 2011) perspective of leadership learning and development as a basis for problematizing the monotheistic and unitary link made between self-development and le... Read More about Reflective walking and leadership learning.

Leadership without leaders? (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Sutherland, N. (2013, July). Leadership without leaders?. Paper presented at International Conference in Critical Management Studies, Manchester

Although there has been growing interest in Organization and Management Studies (OMS) and Critical Management Studies (CMS) in Social Movement Organizations (SMOs) in recent years, there is little research examining the organizational processes of an... Read More about Leadership without leaders?.

Activist ethnography and social movements: Opportunities and potentialities (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Sutherland, N. (2012, August). Activist ethnography and social movements: Opportunities and potentialities. Paper presented at 7th Ethnography Symposium, Liverpool

A criticism recently directed at social movement literature is that movement activists are often disappointed by what they find in social movement theory (Howley, 2008; Plows, 2008; Jasper, 2010; DeFilippis et al, 2010). It fails to address practical... Read More about Activist ethnography and social movements: Opportunities and potentialities.