Since the decade-old GFC, tactical urbanism has filled a vacuum left by massive declines in investment in urban regeneration by private and government stakeholders. Mark Dean weighs up recent literature, and shows how, as strategies of community engagement, tactical urbanism can enhance an engaged citizenry. Tactical urbanism: Raising knowledge and awareness of urban environmental and […]
11 months ago
Conflict around transport infrastructure planning processes reveals the crucial relationship between public infrastructure and democracy.
11 months ago
Capire Consulting Group’s Koel Wrigley takes us through some simple steps to better manage qualitative feedback collected in community engagement activities including; identifying the right times to seek qualitative input, managing contributions, coding and organising feedback collected and reporting on the findings.
11 months ago
In February 2017 the City of Lakewood, Colorado launched LakewoodTogether.org, their first comprehensive community engagement site powered by EngagementHQ.
11 months ago
Barwon Water, based in Geelong, one hour South West of Melbourne, is Victoria’s largest regional urban water corporation, and provides water and sewerage services across 8,100 square kilometres to more than 298,000 customers.
11 months ago
Online engagement platforms can help Alberta municipalities meet the new requirements of the Municipal Government Act. The clock is ticking on Alberta’s new regulations for local community engagement. The revised Municipal Government Act calls for local councils to create and adopt a comprehensive public participation policy that captures why, when, and how councils will involve […]
11 months ago
Find out how City of Yarmouth in Canada used ideation to generate community ideas for a smart city funding competition.
11 months ago
Use a community reference group as a tool in your online community engagement.
11 months ago
Learn how City of Hobart used EHQ to advocate on behalf of their community to ban single use plastics.
11 months ago
Christopher Wilson’s review of open government partnership (OGP) commitments in 61 countries reveals intentions for largely one-sided conversations – and a minor facilitating role for technology.
11 months ago
In an era of increasing urbanization, twenty-first century city-building exacerbates divisions. Urbanite societies are plagued by poverty and social exclusion – not to mention the insidious corporatization that surrounds the embrace of the Smart City. So how does the future city include all citizens, not just the wealthy elite?
12 months ago
CrowdLaw platforms may encourage representative democratic participation – but they do not necessarily deliver it, finds review.
12 months ago
Presented by Engage 2 Act board member Andrew Coulson, this webinar looks at the ‘Adopt a Councillor’ concept and explores how it works by looking at how the City of Traverse in the United States successfully implemented the program.
12 months ago
Surveying your community is a great way to get feedback for your next budget consultations and utilising Q&A can help clarify your communities concerns. In this article we look at how the City of Gold Coast in Australia is using surveys to consult on their 2018 budget and how City of Oshawa in Canada used […]
1 year ago
If you’re a local government organisation, it’s highly likely that you will be required to consult on an annual operating budget with your community and ratepayers. This is generally to ensure community members support your levels of spending and that they suitably reflect your communities priorities. Getting budget consultations right can take some perfecting and […]
1 year ago
Yu-Che Chen and Michael J. Ahn offer a bird’s-eye view of digital technology in public service in the Routledge Handbook on Information Technology in Government.
1 year ago
Social media is a very useful tool for getting the word out to the community about what you are up to but that it has limitations that are important to recognize as you develop your strategy for social media use.
1 year ago
It is finally here! Global Community Engagement Day. We thought we would celebrate by doing a company-wide poll of who Bang the Table employees thought were important influencers in the world of community engagement. Though we couldn’t cover all of them, there were a few that really stood out. Becky Hirst – Becky is the President […]
1 year ago
New digital tools may fail to achieve the effectiveness and aims of citizen engagement, finds Canadian study.
1 year ago
EngagementHQ’s Participant Relationship Management (PRM) tool allows you to use time-based filters to keep your community database current and active. These filters help you keep the door open to your community by actively engaging with new participants and those who’s interest has slipped. In this post, we look at two simple ways you can use […]
1 year ago
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