Stakeholder Engagement

Articles and resources on planning and delivering effective stakeholder engagement for WA government, industry and regional organisations. Covering stakeholder mapping, engagement strategy, IAP2 principles, and how to design processes that build trust and deliver agreed outcomes.

Western Australian Soil Health Strategy Webinar

A webinar regarding the draft Western Australian Soil Health Strategy was held on the 27th January, 2021. It aimed to provide participants with a deeper understanding of the reasoning behind the draft strategy goals in order to provide feedback via the online survey. You can watch the webinar replay below. […]

Why I’m running 60km during Movember

Let’s jump in and support Movember G’day folks – it’s time to support Movember! I try not to be too needy and rarely ask you for anything (just to occasionally laugh at my jokes!) But now I’m on to the serious subject of Movember. It’s all about awareness and supporting […]

Three fast tips for online stakeholder engagement.

Today I want to give you my three fast tips for online stakeholder engagement. I’ve been doing lots of online stakeholder engagement work lately and  I’ve learned some valuable things that I want to share with you now, specifically in regard to running online workshops. Tip 1 – Encourage responsibility […]

How to help your clients. Shifting beyond business as usual to the ‘here and now.’

Top tips on how to help your clients in a changing environment Now more than ever it’s important to be thinking about how to help your clients beyond the scope of your ‘normal’ work. As I’ve mentioned before, I occasionally ‘volunteer’ at my wife’s café, here in Perth. We’re thankful […]

Client engagement has to continue – here’s how

Dealing with client engagement in changing circumstances I hope you’re fit, well and focused right now – that’s where I’m putting my energies, especially around client engagement. I’ll get straight to the point today to let you know of some strategies that you can easily use to continue to work […]

How to deal with push back statements

Ever experienced a push back moment? You’ve no doubt been in a meeting or workshop when you hear someone saying, “we can’t”, “you can’t” or “it won’t”. My Gen Y buddies tell me these are push back statements.   They’re often used as a strategy by meeting participants when things […]

Should Cattle and Sheep Eat Small Trees? A Role for Forage Shrubs in Australia.

Insights from a project that tried to understand which forage shrubs species work best and where. The SERCS* project established demonstration sites in three states across Australia. It aimed to help farmers to better identify and understand the establishment methods and management techniques required for successful performance of forage shrubs […]

Eight Tips for Managing Meeting Participants

In some meetings we get people who are keen and enthusiastic and love to express their ideas – repeatedly. It’s always good to get participation and input, we need to make sure that all people are given the opportunity to participate. Below are some ideas (generated by members of the […]

Build your Community Engagement Skills

Well done to the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) for putting on another great conference in Adelaide. In case you missed it, I’d highly recommend tapping in to the resources and programs of IAP2 in the future. The video of conference highlights shows what an excellent promotional tool video […]

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