From our company’s inception through today, it is with absolute enthusiasm that we pave the way for digital engagement.
Bang the Table was founded because, no matter how well-designed the off-line consultation process, inevitably it only reaches a small segment of a community. The online space provides the opportunity to give vastly more people access to information and enable them to have their say. It drives inclusive, transparent, and measurable community engagement processes that empower collaborative learning, discussion, and debate.
The mission
Robust democracy requires real public participation. Our mission is to enable this participation as a fundamental pillar of well-functioning 21st century democracies by forging constructive relationships between communities and the institutions of government.
Our leadership team
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We’re passionate about helping public leaders forge meaningful connections with their community. Many on our team, including our founders, started in public engagement. We understand the complexities of your work because we’ve done it. We’re committed to driving best practice digital engagement around the world and built EngagementHQ to support you.
Very few people showed up to town hall meetings and the loudest voice in the room usually won the argument. We imagined a better way, bringing democracy online. And in 2007, we built EngagementHQ.
Bang the Table was founded in Australia. We were among the first to develop an online platform for local, state and federal governments. Our mission was to empower communities with an equal voice on important matters. EngagementHQ is still being used by many of our first clients as they set the stage for digital-first community engagement around the world.
As the number of organizations using EngagementHQ grew, so did our focus on product improvements and customer experience. We opened our India office in 2011 with a team dedicated to improving our client’s experience. Our team of engineers and support professionals continues to grow and delight our clients around the world.
A natural fit with our mission, Canadian governments and municipalities were doing the hard work to engage their communities in traditional form. We launched EngagementHQ in Canada in 2014, helping the Government of Canada and organizations of all sizes listen to and make informed decisions based on community feedback.
While the practice of community engagement is still new in the US, many organizations both small and large use the same principals to gain feedback from residents and stakeholders. In 2016, we opened the doors to our new corporate headquarters in Boulder, CO. We work to educate on best practice engagement and the value of having a dedicated platform, online.
We brought EngagementHQ to the UK market in 2018. While our British clients are seasoned at community engagement, we work to expand their use of online tools and the level of engagement and feedback they receive from ongoing consultation.
A bright future with a big impact
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The combination of the EngagementHQ platform and expert-led services is quite simply, the most powerful end-to-end online participation solution on the market.
The move will give Granicus a variety of tools for collecting public sentiment — polling and surveys, website analytics, etc. — as well as tools to understand that data and personalize user experiences.
Two Australian GovTech innovators, Bang the Table and OpenCities, have been acquired by Granicus, a US provider of cloud-based civic engagement technology and services for the public sector.
This is an annual list compiled and published by Government Technology as a compendium of 100 companies focused on, making a difference in, and selling to state and local government agencies across the United States.
Over the past 12 months, we have seen the destruction of sacred Aboriginal sites at the hands of both governments and multi-billion-dollar corporations. The same thing happening to the Sydney Opera House or Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Building is inconceivable.
The ELGL Haverford Award celebrates the top companies that work with local government. ELGL members say: “Bang the Table is the only company I have ever really been 100% satisfied with."
Shortly after partnering with a budget simulation company, Bang the Table is now integrating its resident engagement, feedback and analysis tools with the public communications platform offered by Granicus.
Bang the Table and Balancing Act are selling their software together, offering local government customers a platform to get citizens involved with detailed, do-it-at-home budget simulations.
This is the first in a series of three articles on exploring the results municipalities can achieve by adopting a broad-based approach to community engagement.
The GovTech 100 is an annual list compiled and published by Government Technology as a compendium of 100 companies focused on, making a difference in, and selling to state and local government agencies across the United States.
Nothing beats face-to-face communication. But digital consultation is an effective and affordable way to reach community members often left out by more traditional consultation methods, according to Bang the Table director and CEO Matthew Crozier.
Online civic engagement can yield powerful results, but the maker of a platform and two of its clients caution agencies that technology is no substitute for planning and utilization.
As the reach of technology across the government and public sector has simplified processes and streamlined workflows, better tools and platforms that facilitate higher levels of engagement from the public and communities are becoming available.
We talk to several marketing leaders about the steps they and their brands are taking to get employees more actively engaged with customer experience excellence and innovation.
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