Online engagement rises to the global affordable housing challenge
Housing is a human right. But solutions to current affordable housing scarcity might be better served by an online community engagement approach.
Sally Hussey
1 day ago
50 Ways to Promote Your Engagement Project
Great consultations require vision, planning, courage, knowledge, teamwork and execution. Getting people to your online engagement project might seem daunting at first, but with a few creative ideas and a trusted strategy, you can bring thousands of eyes to your project, giving your community an easy way to participate, on their time. Here are 50 ways to help promote your engagement project.
Bang the Table
1 week ago
The Gunning Principles and Digital First – Staying out of Court in an Online World
Jonathan Bradley listed out the 4 gunning principles of online public consultation & how digital first approach will help public bodies to the consultation.
Jonathan Bradley
2 weeks ago
‘Let’s Talk Kamloops’ takes the conversation to the community in its online engagement
The City of Kamloops online engagement hub, Let’s Talk Kamloops, has seen over 21,000 visits and 6800 engaged, informed, and aware participants since its launch in mid-2018.
Yamini Zerfas
4 weeks ago
Thinking beyond the survey: Cambridgeshire’s transport planning is mapping its future
Consult Cambs, the online consultation hub for the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP), is thinking beyond the survey to add a whole new dimension to how community and stakeholders can set out ideas for their shared future.
Yamini Zerfas
1 month ago
How the City of Casey built historic advocacy campaign success
In his recent webinar with Bang the Table, Sid Wynen reveals how the City of Casey crafted and delivered the Commit to Casey advocacy campaign, securing $1 billion and $3.6 billion in direct and indirect funding prior to the Victorian election. Drawing on his extensive experience in community engagement, advocacy, and public policy – and […]
Yamini Zerfas
1 month ago
Activating aspirations: Local Councils’ advocacy drives social transformation
While community-led advocacy is central to the push for social change, council-led advocacy is key ‘to driving change that not only meets community priorities. But it can enable a deeper engagement with communities in the ongoing transformation of neighbourhoods and cities.
Sally Hussey
2 months ago
Moving Beyond the Survey
Digital engagement offers a convenient way to listen to, and gain feedback from, public and community stakeholders. For meaningful connection to happen, we need to create a safe online place for public debate. A place to exchange ideas A place to learn from other people A place to read and watch videos about important matters […]
Jonathan Bradley
2 months ago
Between the spectra: Arnstein’s Ladder plugs the gap of IAP2 spectrum
Adopting Arnstein’s 1969 Ladder of Citizen Participation alongside the current widespread use of the IAP2 spectrum might help governments engage more meaningfully with their citizens, recent research suggests. In Australia – indeed globally – governments increasingly recognise the need to shift toward more inclusive decision making processes. But there remains, what Aaron Davis and Jane […]
Sally Hussey
2 months ago
How taking the conversation online transformed engagement in the City of Kingston, Ontario
Get Involved Kingston, the City of Kingston’s new engagement hub, has seen 6000 registered participants tuning in to have their say on local projects and priorities. Complementing the City’s offline participation opportunities, Get Involved Kingston’s online engagement has further opened up new dimensions in how the community and City staff talk about projects and ideas. […]
Yamini Zerfas
2 months ago
2018 in Review – Bang the Table
At times, 2018 felt like an apt year for reflection on digital engagement. It would be impossible to overstate the importance of community engagement in the current global climate. And yet, its increasing focus has driven not only deeper engagement with communities and residents but buoyed the dramatic shift toward digital-first engagement.
Matthew Crozier
3 months ago
EHQ Year in Review 2018
Before we launch into what we expect to be a very exciting 2019 for EHQ, it’s worth taking a moment to look back at the year gone by and review some of the updates you might have missed.
Nathan Connors
3 months ago
Humanising urban environments: why urban renewal projects need local communities’ interventions
Without question, local communities play a pivotal role in urban renewal. Moreover, there is a discernible impact arising from a community-engagement approach to contemporary city-building, where support for social capital is prioritised.
Sally Hussey
3 months ago
Speak up Fayetteville: Fayetteville’s new public engagement portal has plenty to talk about
Speak Up Fayetteville, the dedicated public engagement site for the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, keeps the community coming back for more as a one-stop hub for a growing array of projects and involvement opportunities. Linda Deberry, Communications Program Manager, reveals that a centralized engagement tool, a strategic overlapping of projects timed to cross-pollinate participation, and […]
Yamini Zerfas
4 months ago
Inclusive Strategies for Community Engagement – Designing a Better Public Meeting
I spent the last week traveling through Eastern Canada with Bang the Table’s North American Engagement team and our Co-Founder and Impact Lead, Crispin Butteriss, PhD. We got together to share ideas, plan for the future, and hear a series of presentations on Crispin’s emerging ideas and concepts regarding the practice of digital deliberation and digital first […]
Meghan Ruble
4 months ago
What’s the secret to Let’s Talk Parker’s exceptional response from the community?
“EngagementHQ has been a hit in our community, helping to turn innovative ideas into reality!” – Dannette Robberson, Town of Parker, Colorado In the first six months following the launch of Let’s Talk Parker, the town’s new online engagement portal, local residents have weighed in on 11 projects, 1082 surveys, and 320 quick polls. The […]
Yamini Zerfas
4 months ago
Why Canada’s Cannabis Act is a green-field opportunity for online engagement
With Canada’s recent legalisation, the mainstreaming of recreational marijuana has municipalities cultivating online engagement as residents weigh in on whether to allow private cannabis retail stores.
Sally Hussey
4 months ago
Working with NextDoor
With the recent arrival of NextDoor in Australia, it’s a matter of time before local governments are going to be approached to pay to use the network as a platform for community engagement. We have quite a lot of experience from clients who use NextDoor in the USA and we thought it might be useful […]
Matthew Crozier
5 months ago
How to manage panic engagement?
Learn about some simple tips for managing last minute panic engagement to ensure you still get the engagement outcomes you require.
Katie Toohey
5 months ago
2018 Digital Cities Survey Winners; 3 Bang the Table Clients Recognized
We are very proud to announce that three of our US clients have been recognized by The Center for Digital Government (CDG) as winners of the 2018 Digital Cities Survey. Congratulations to Bellevue (WA), Boulder (CO) and Fort Collins (CO) who were all winners. All three of these cities have chosen Bang the Table’s EngagementHQ […]
Matthew Crozier
5 months ago
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