Nov 27, 2018 | Citizens' juries, Community Engagement, Deliberative, Local government, People, place & governance, Sustainability
The only way? A must for trust in government? Yes says this post, of deliberative style public decision-making. Deliberative citizens’ juries, forums, assemblies and panels are now commonplace. In fact I know two people who have been recruited on to juries in two...
May 18, 2018 | Community development, Community Engagement, Health, It's cultural!, Jane's Walk Melbourne
Following the recent Jane’s Walk Festival, I’m so excited about people ‘walking in community’. That is, walking in the simplest, most ordinary and satisfying way, in places like those where you live or where you go or that you’re interested in. What’s...
Nov 3, 2017 | Community Engagement, It's cultural!, People, place & governance, Planning, Uncategorized
City of Greater Dandenong ensures outstanding engagement with children. They are committed to Child Friendly Cities and Communities Charter, hold an annual forum with children, and a Children’s Advisory Group makes sure engagement with children is age and...
Sep 20, 2017 | Community Engagement, Planning
At a curated session on engaging children ‘How I wonder what you think?’ at the recent Engage2Act unconference, the objectives were to: • highlight voices of children in community engagement, drawing out rationale behind an organisation’s reasons for engaging with...
Sep 12, 2017 | Community Engagement, Handmade books, Local government
Why decide on engaging children? Many assets from buildings and parks to water are of special value to them. They make us sit up. Their perspectives on relevant strategies and services are outside an adult’s way of thinking. Children are a vulnerable group in crowded...
Jul 13, 2017 | Community Engagement, Deliberative
Café formats can bring strangers together for facilitated conversations and put them at ease. They can stimulate lively, informal discussion and bring out all sorts of views, and when well done are deliberative in nature. Such cafes have been used extensively in...
