Community Engagement Blog

Seen and Heard: children and youth as agents of community change

Youth-initiated participation shows improvements to community life and highlights children and young people’s agency as key to social transformation. Youth engagement is not new. Since the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child almost thirty years ago, which radically shifted global perceptions towards the acceptance of children as subjects in their own right, […]

#CityHallSelfie Tip Sheet

Each year, #CityHallSelfie day drives thousands of residents to city hall buildings across the country. We have teamed up with ELGL and put together a list of tips to help you take participation to the next level.

GDPR compliant community engagement with EngagementHQ

Brand Integrations

Work with us to align the look and feel of your EngagementHQ to your corporate website.

Nova Scotia Health Authority’s online engagement fosters community

Nova Scotia Health Authority’s online community engagement journey reveals vital insights into public involvement in the health sector.

Blending Face-to-Face and Digital Engagement

Good community engagement involves both online and in-person methods. Great community engagement, however, blends the two methods together–giving the community a seamless continuum of ways to participate. 

Single Sign On (SSO)

In this blog, we look at what is Single Sign On, how does it look & why use SSO in EHQ. SSO is an add-on to EngagementHQ and is not included in any standard license.

Places upgrade – Beta

Experience an upgraded Places tool now available for beta testing.

9 reasons EngagementHQ is perfect for Citizens’ Assemblies

EngagementHQ provides a suite of resources for looking after engaging citizens’ assemblies. Here 9 reasons EngagementHQ is perfect for Citizens’ Assemblies.

Survey Analysis

Explore your survey insights with survey analysis, featuring filter, compare and crosstab (cross-tab) functionality.

What can online community engagement do for the small city?

Online community engagement has revealed a whole new world of opportunities and tools for better, wider, and deeper conversations with communities large and small. See how smaller cities are making a big impact with community engagement.

#ELGL19 – Going All In!

“Against the conference backdrop of collaboration and learning, it was simply refreshing to partake in the discussion and be welcomed to the table.” Caity Belta discusses her introduction to the ELGL community as she meets leaders in government across the country.

Mobilised citizens improve public input into environmental policies

Stockholm Environment Institute research finds mobilised citizens key to expanding public participation to achieve sustainability goals.

Building a Table Big Enough for Everyone: Inclusive Strategies for Community Engagement

Fostering equitable spaces for everyone in your community is a lifetime of work, so look at it as a journey that you, and your community take together.  Let’s get started!

Staff Pick: Have Your Say Canterbury Bankstown

Canterbury Bankstown Council is engaging with their community to help plan for the future growth of the Bankstown CBD by developing an integrated transport and streetscape plan. Learn about council’s undertaking on an ongoing multi-stage engagement with their community on a high-value and impactful project and how you can implement their strategy in your own engagement efforts.

NHS Duty to Involve and Digital First Engagement

What if face-to-face patient and public involvement was no longer an option? How does digital first engagement relate to the most regulated field of public participation in the world?

Benchmarking your performance with EngagementIQ

Learn how our new Site Review and Benchmarking service can help you and your team achieve better online engagement results by taking a deeper look at your digital engagement activities. 

What is EngagementIQ?

Learn more about EngagementIQ, Bang the Table’s new range of strategic support and short consulting services.

The Engagement Corner – A New Resource For ELGL Members

The ELGL Engagement Corner is a new, members only engagement site, powered by the EngagementHQ platform. As our valued partner, ELGL shares a common mission with Bang the Table, to foster meaningful connections that benefit local government leaders and the people they serve.

Engagement vs Surveillance – is it engagement if the community don’t know you are listening?

Engagement vs Surveillance – Is it engagement if the community don’t know you are listening?A look at when smart city adoption of technology might start to disengage the community.