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...
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...
Apr 4, 2017 | Arts and placemaking, Citizens' juries, Deliberative, It's cultural!
Coming together to think. It’s an important time. Say it’s your family and you own a property in common, and now it looks like time to sell. Say it’s your community and there’s a planning proposal that’s going to affect the amenity of a special place. Say it’s your...
Oct 12, 2016 | Citizens' juries, Collaborating, Deliberative, Planning, Tech tools for engagement
Deliberative democracy enthusiasts in my world are in an exciting collaborative space this month. Open State. The 2016 Adelaide Festival of Ideas giving energy and focus to a future democracy and society. ‘Exploring citizen voice and the notion that government...
Jul 21, 2016 | Citizens' juries, Deliberative, Local government, People, place & governance
A great night at Victorian Facilitators’ Network (VFN) this week, exploring deliberative democracy. VFN is fertile soil for us Victorian facilitators with seeds sown, watered and nurtured month by month. There is no membership, just a place for everyone. VFN is a...
Aug 11, 2015 | Community Governance, Deliberative, Local government, Participatory budgeting
Nobody would pretend the insistent and persistent don’t influence local government. At a council meeting you see the lady in the front row you saw at the last meeting, and at the one before that. She takes out her crochet. You put a strategy out to consultation and...
