Quite a lot of you reading this will have done company 'team bonding', or 'team leadership' days. They go by a variety of names but you'll know what happens...everyone rolls-up at a venue, sometimes you're split into groups and then you're set a series of tasks. The general idea is that you solve something and try to beat the other groups.
But how about if you were asked to do something which actually had a bearing on real life and that the people who were hosting the event really did have practical experience in what you were doing.
That’s what you’ll get with CSI Training & Events. Angela Davies and Dionne Watson have come up with various scenarios whereby you have to use all of the core skills needed by an investigator, to solve a crime.
And what you will be doing will be very realistic because both Angela and Dionne previously worked for Northumbria Police in the Scientific Support department as Crime Scene Investigators. Further, they continue to keep their skills up to date in the field, by working as Disaster Response Consultants, only recently responding to an incident in North Africa.
They also have a passion for education, especially the STEM subjects…Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, and they want to bring those subjects to life and motivate people.
“We work with people of all ages and abilities,” says Angela. “We go to schools, colleges and universities as well as working with companies. We like to show those in education, how the STEM subjects they are being taught really do have an application in the real world, opening their minds up to a host of potential career opportunities.
Angela and Dionne have fine-tuned their CSI events for younger children. For example they will often use a set text or a fairy tale like Alice in Wonderland and then weave a plot into how a problem can be solved. Clever but effective because it makes the sessions fun for the children who don’t realise that they are learning investigative scientific skills.
For companies looking for something a bit different, CSI offers a unique opportunity for delegates to become investigators for the day, working together as a team, to solve true to life crime scenarios. “As well as fun, there’s a serious side because our events can help you to develop key skills that are so useful back in the workplace, adds Dionne.
In addition to CSI, the pair are working hard in their digital sister company, Crime Scene Assist. We also want to make forensic awareness second nature for first responders and improve overall forensic standards. We do that through practical learning but also via our recently launched forensic awareness App, Crime Scene Assistant. It is, in effect, a digital training solution resource for First Responders and will improve overall Forensic Standards. The App is a scene aide memoir and learning tool, designed for anyone who has the potential to be the first in attendance at a crime scene.”
In other words, for fun and practical learning log onto their website, www.csitrainingandevents.com For serious, real world learning and access to a quick reference tool, log onto www.crimesceneassist.com
This will be particularly useful for current and previous police officers, firefighters, emergency medics, security personnel, fraud investigators, lawyers, customs officers and indeed anyone who is interested in crime scene investigation. Oh, and if you’re busy researching for qualifications or want to keep up to date with latest news, there’s a free educational/ careers page on the CSI Training and Events website. You can download plenty of valuable information.
It doesn’t matter whether you are a teacher and would like to help your pupils enjoy some practical scientific learning or a lecturer who wants to show students some real life scenarios, or a company boss who wants to give their team a fun day out where everyone will actually learn some seriously valuable skills and have a great time doing it…you’ll find everything at CSI.
