May 24, 2018 | Citizens' juries, Local government, People, place & governance, Planning, Stakeholder engagement, Sustainability
I’ve been a facilitator for many citizens’ juries and helped out at a few. Often I take 20 or 30 photos at each one. Lately I’ve realised that the same three photos tell the story of every jury I’ve been part of. It doesn’t matter that...
Jul 7, 2016 | Collaborating, Community Engagement, Stakeholder engagement, Water
Participation is a term that means a lot to me as a community engagement professional. Here’s a fresh way of looking at it. New ways, new people Today many water companies and local governments are grappling with sharing their business planning: • in new ways...
Dec 3, 2013 | Collaborating, Food, Health, People, place & governance, Stakeholder engagement
What kind of change do you see when good stakeholder alliances are at work? A recent Food Alliance gathering heard from Kindling Trust Manchester’s Chris Walsh. He said their alliance has enabled: Generation of detailed technical knowledge and evidence...
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...
Nov 28, 2013 | Community Engagement, Planning, Public transport, Stakeholder engagement, Sustainability
As a community and stakeholder engagement professional I’m attracted to notices advertising stakeholder engagement activities and inviting feedback. I’m a public transport user and was waiting 35 minutes for a bus one weekend in September when visiting ...
Sep 16, 2013 | Community Engagement, Stakeholder engagement, Tech tools for engagement
Ever used Dotmocracy? # Note Dotmocracy is now known as Ideas Rating Creator Jason Diceman, describes it as a simple method for recognizing points of agreement among a large number of people. I’ve used the dotmocracy sheets in large and small groups, in...
