Aug 7, 2015 | Deliberative, It's cultural!, Planning
As a bike rider, I’m impressed by the force of the road. As a designer and facilitator of citizens’ juries, I enjoy thinking about complexity, multiple interests and power. I don’t think there’s a citizens’ jury on the force of the road coming up any time soon. But...
Jul 22, 2015 | Citizens' juries, Community Engagement, Deliberative, Participatory budgeting
When it comes to familiarising with the nuts and bolts of participatory budgeting, you’ve got your work cut out. First step web search. Lots on the reasons why you’d do participatory budgeting. It’s a great way to ….. But where’s the practical info? Is...
Jul 7, 2015 | Citizens' juries, Deliberative, Local government, Participatory budgeting, Planning
How many times have you heard this old maxim? They don’t know what local government does. A maxim does express a general truth, but the good news is you can disrupt the general truth from time to time, to make the most of great opportunities. Disruptive...
Jun 23, 2015 | Citizens' juries, Deliberative, Local government, Participatory budgeting, Planning
You want to be sure it’s the right decision to run a participatory budgeting jury. It’s a big thing. You want the stars to be aligned, in all the constellations: the senior executive team, the councillors and managers. They may be champions of the approach...
Apr 23, 2015 | Citizens' juries, Community Governance, Deliberative
The US Deliberative Democracy Consortium … Recently published an article on an issue close to my heart, deliberative publicity. Say a Council has a wonderful deliberative event – it could be the Darebin Participatory Budgeting Jury for example. It makes...
Feb 12, 2015 | Citizen committees, Community development, Deliberative, Local government, People, place & governance, Walking
Right now there’s a council officer out there battling with a squeaky wheel. I know this from my research on local government committees, where their role was a frequent theme. The officer is usually acting in the context of strategy and plans. The committee...
