Jul 4, 2014 | Community Engagement, Deliberative, Local government, Participatory budgeting
Citizens juries are a site of adult learning. A common juror response is: There is masses of information coming in! Organisers need to be aware of information overload. At the end jurors always say: We learned so much. There is a big increase in understanding about...
Jun 17, 2014 | Community Engagement, Deliberative, Participatory budgeting, Terms of reference
When you’re putting in the effort to hold a participatory budgeting jury or any citizen jury, you want it to be the best jury possible. The role of the jurors is at the heart of this. Apart from pulling out all stops with catering, what considerations should...
May 28, 2014 | Community Engagement, Participatory budgeting, People, place & governance, Planning
I’m sure that if there isn’t a book out there called ‘Participatory Budgeting for Dummies’, there soon will be! This increasingly popular approach involves the public in decisions about public budgets. It’s been used in countries such as...
Apr 16, 2014 | Arts and placemaking, Community Engagement, People, place & governance, Planning, Sustainability, Urban green space, Walking, Waste
Don’t you love autumn? It’s the perfect time for another Jane’s Walk Melbourne! Join me for a Very Public Doddlejot through the CBD on Saturday 3rd May. If you’re a bit puzzled by jotting, or doddling and want to get a feel for the kind of walk...
Feb 28, 2014 | Community Engagement, Deliberative, People, place & governance
The pic featured on this blog is the opening slide of a presentation I gave to a VLGA forum ‘Community engagement in Local Government, where have we been, where are we going?’ in March 2014. So here’s a classic piece of graffiti on public interest...
Dec 3, 2013 | Arts and placemaking, Community Engagement, It's cultural!, Joint effort - climate adaptation, Stakeholder engagement, Sustainability, Tech tools for engagement, Waste
Councils in Melbourne build community support through engagements across many areas of council business. Arts and sustainability for example. The opening of ‘Small Worlds’ exhibition at Footscray Library last week demonstrated Maribyrnong City...
