Bang the Table’s Engagement Manager, Casey Earp, and City of Golden, Colorado’s Senior Planner, Amber Wesner share some tricks of the trade for expanding your audience. Last week I presented at the Colorado APA conference alongside Amber Wesner, Senior Planner for the City of Golden, Colorado, about how the city is using online engagement tools […]
1 year ago
Tags: citizen engagement, community engagement, Online Engagement
When building your engagement site, selecting the right tool is important to your end results. Get ideas on how to choose a variety of feedback tools that cater to different audiences, how to make participation fun and easy, and when face-to-face can support your digital engagement.
1 year ago
Tags: digital-first engagement, tool methodology
The City of Burlington started this conversation with its community when they launched the site in March 2018 to develop the conversation and the relationships online. Since its inception, they have updated the site with more tools and information about festivals and events.
1 year ago
Digital engagement can help achieve better community outcomes and improve the overall public experience. Below are ten reasons to consider transitioning your community engagement practice to an online platform and the value of bringing resident feedback into local government decision making.
2 years ago
While seeking community input on a project that is interactive in the photography competition, Wingecarribee Council are also facilitating the community‘s ability to give feedback on their aspirations for their community’s future.
2 years ago
Local governments are beginning to adopt the mentality that community engagement is a process that happens with the people. Surveys happen to people. Beyond the survey, you will find richer feedback, more meaningful conversations, and more trust between your residents and your organization.
2 years ago
Tags: online community engagement, survey
Youth-initiated participation shows improvements to community life and highlights children and young people’s agency as key to social transformation.
2 years ago
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.
2 years ago
As demand for air travel to and from Melbourne continues to rapidly grow, Melbourne Airport is planning which runway to develop. Find out how they included the community in the process.
2 years ago
Tags: community engagement, feature project, online communication
Nova Scotia Health Authority’s online community engagement journey reveals vital insights into public involvement in the health sector.
2 years ago
Tags: digital engagement, healthcare
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.
2 years ago
EngagementHQ provides a suite of resources for looking after engaging citizens’ assemblies. Here 9 reasons EngagementHQ is perfect for Citizens’ Assemblies.
2 years ago
Tags: citizen assembly, citizen engagement, community engagement, engagement software, Online Engagement, public engagement
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.
2 years ago
Tags: community, community engagement, online community, online participation
“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.
2 years ago
Stockholm Environment Institute research finds mobilised citizens key to expanding public participation to achieve sustainability goals.
2 years ago
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!
2 years ago
Tags: inclusive 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?
2 years ago
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.
2 years ago
Learn more about EngagementIQ, Bang the Table’s new range of strategic support and short consulting services.
2 years ago
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.
2 years ago