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 […]
2 days ago
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 […]
3 days ago
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. […]
4 days ago
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.
1 month ago
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.
1 month ago
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.
1 month ago
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 […]
2 months ago
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 […]
2 months ago
“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 […]
2 months ago
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.
2 months ago
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 […]
2 months ago
Learn about some simple tips for managing last minute panic engagement to ensure you still get the engagement outcomes you require.
2 months ago
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 […]
3 months ago
Find out about some of the key challenges facing practitioners as the world transitions to digital-first community engagement and learn strategies to help you find your way through the maze.
3 months ago
Urban myths exist in every aspect of our lives, even our professional one. Every industry has popular myths and I’ve heard my share of data privacy and data security myths in the online community engagement space – from using a simple website to a one-time installation of security software as ways to address security and […]
3 months ago
Low performing public participation functions as a self-fulfilling prophecy in large transportation projects, find Ted Grossardt and Keiron Bailey.
3 months ago
In the emerging trend of community-based smart initiatives, Tooran Alizadeh envisions crowdsourced smart cities.
3 months ago
Facilitating effective online dialogue is a refined skill that requires careful consideration of process, issue framing, participant behaviour and a deep understanding of dialogue principles. In this article we look at 4 key issues to consider before hosting an online dialogue. 4 key issues to consider for online dialogue 1. Framing and Contextualising This first […]
4 months ago
Use single sign-on to help you drive participation to your online engagement portal and grow your database while creating a more streamlined service offer for your community.
4 months ago
Recent study reveals e-participation directly influences perceptions of tolerance and common good.
4 months ago
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