May 24, 2013 | Community Engagement, Deliberative, Stakeholder engagement
IAP2 notified me this week that an abstract I submitted for their annual conference was up on Survey Monkey and I should vote for my preferences in a chosen stream … and because I had an abstract in of course I had to take a look! But once my voting was over I...
May 17, 2013 | Collaborating, Community Engagement, Deliberative, It's cultural!, Planning
Jane Jacobs was a luminary of critical thinking about cities. Her influence can be strongly felt in the city of Melbourne. I’ve joined in the global celebration of her legacy to offer a Melbourne walk on the first weekend of May. There’s something in it for anyone who...
May 17, 2013 | Collaborating, People, place & governance
Collaboration is in the byline where I work at Hub Melbourne – Driving innovation through collaboration. Want to find out about Mail Chimp? In a quandary about a contract? Out to connect with influential urban gardeners? These are some areas where I’ve had help with...
Apr 12, 2013 | Community Engagement, Deliberative, People, place & governance, Planning, Stakeholder engagement
New from the blogs …. a great piece from Project for Public Spaces on place governance. “Stronger Citizens, Stronger Cities: Changing Governance Through a Focus on Place” states that some elements that can shape stronger places are: Affirmative...
Jul 18, 2012 | Community Engagement, Handmade books, It's cultural!, Translating the scientific stuff
You may have noticed that deliberation often emerges when people are doing things together. Spending time in a car driving to a meeting out of town, participating in a working bee or stuffing envelopes. In a recent workshop, Jade Herriman and I got people cutting and...
Jun 6, 2012 | Deliberative
Susie Orbach’s book Towards Emotional Literacy is ‘a conversation with those interested in the relationship between emotional issues and public and private life’. Some musings on public life are: Emotions and Political Literacy, Hysteria Politics,...
May 10, 2012 | Deliberative
There are special demands when engaging the community on new plans in languages other than English. How to get across not just BANNING … but also the strategy information that’s relevant to retailers and everyone who goes to the shops. The ACT government...
Apr 4, 2012 | Deliberative, It's cultural!
Linda Carroli in her PlaceBlog has posted about the possibilities of deliberation for streetscaping. Her question is: Wouldn’t deliberation among people round about be great to get a great result for this site? I’m right with her! A letter from Council...
Mar 28, 2012 | Community Engagement, Deliberative, Planning
Canada Bay is the fastest-growing suburb in the inner west area of Sydney – increased density and the baby boom apparently. The Council has chosen a deliberative process to bring communities into decision formation for the coming four years. The Council will...
Mar 23, 2012 | Deliberative
I’ve been thinking about how conversations are started face to face and in social media that may gather force and influence change. So many good reasons here.
