community engagement

Stakeholder Engagement in Controversial Environments

I’ve recently being working on a Stakeholder Engagement Strategy around a controversial issue that’s divided a community. In this case it’s been in partnership with an experienced collegue. This has been extremely valuable in continually checking each others assumptions. Often a key activity in an engagement process is to have […]

Community engagement in the Health Sector

Get along to the IAP2 Australasia breakfast event in Perth on 12th Sept. There’s a Panel session on how the Health Sector is trying new ways to engage, connect and deliver services. I’m a member of IAP2 and they deliver high quality events thaty are excellent learning experiences. I also […]

How to Improve Community Engagement

I was at the People’s Forum on Carbon Tax in Perth last night. Picture this. A room of 220 randomly chosen members of the public. The session was being televised live on Sky News. Each person wanted to ask a question of the Prime Minister, who was there for an […]

Improve your facilitation skills

Your Winter Facilitation newsletter is now out! If you’re looking to improve your skills in: Facilitation Community engagement Building teams Effective promotion ..then you’re in the right place! In your Winter Facilitation newsletter, find out about: How to double your survey response rate Measuring effectiveness of your community engagement processes […]

Add to your Facilitation Skills

Your Winter Facilitation Newsletter is out soon! If you’re looking to improve your skills in: Facilitation Community engagement Building teams Effective promotion ..then you’re in the right place! In your Winter Newsletter, find out about: How to double your survey response rate Measuring effectiveness of your community engagement processes Team […]

Challenges facing facilitators

At last! The moment you’ve been waiting for…with greater theatre than a Black Caviar finish at Royal Ascot… In a moment you can hear about the results from the Global Facilitation Survey. Here’s a snapshot: Responses came primarily from Australia as well as New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore, Vietnam and […]

Stakeholder engagement case study

Hi folks, I’ve just returned from an IAP2 event held here in Perth. The event provided some great insights into a complex stakeholder engagement project relating to a major road project. I undertook an independent review of the engagement process for Main Roads WA. So here’s a short presentation about […]

Tips for dealing with difficult participants

One of the BIG questions I get asked when running the Crash Course in Facilitation is….”what are your tips for dealing with difficult participants?” Great question – and there’s usually a multi-step answer. The first step is to understand ‘difficult’. Is the participant going out of their way to be […]

Global facilitation survey

Are you working with groups and teams? Facing challenges? It’s time to talk. This Global Facilitation Survey will bring together the key challenges that facilitators like you are facing right around the world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVibKqR0X-Q Please take just 11 minutes of your time to complete the survey. Once done you’ll get […]

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