As federal, state and local governments scramble to support residents, the healthcare industry and others during times of crisis, it can be easy to overlook the needs of small, local businesses that play vital roles in maintaining the fabric and culture of a community. Local governments might actively avoid these supportive conversations, because they are […]
2 days ago
Community-based deliberation is an important element of social cohesion and resilience. Deliberative processes facilitate social learning and dialogue, expose participants to new information, and enable higher quality engagement with important public policy – and with each other. Focusing on key issues in planning an online deliberative dialogue, this eguide will help you to: identify risks, […]
1 week ago
In times of crisis, it is more critical than ever that communities have a trusted source for factual, up to date information. Below are suggestions to help you harness the power of your EngagementHQ site to keep residents informed, meet misinformation with facts, and facilitate discussions over distance.
2 weeks ago
Written for on-the-ground practitioners, engagement professionals and community members, Community Engagement 101 provides accessible explanations that cover the basics and bring an understanding of the principles that underline best-practice community engagement.
1 month ago
Discover ways to deliver on this new living-standards framework and with examples from Rotorua Lakes Council and Queenstown Lakes District Council putting these standards into practice.
2 months ago
As a best-practice method, closing the loop makes your community engagement activities more robust and genuine and can help to drive interaction and engagement with your projects. Learn how to use the EngagementHQ News Feed to close the loop with your participants.
4 months ago
Forty engagement practitioners explore how we build, design and manage online engagement projects and formulate an expert tip sheet for designing digital engagement to build trust and connection.
4 months ago
How do we ensure we are not just using participants as machines to provide feedback, but rather become partners in our decisions? It is important to consider crossing the border of engagement and venturing into the bond of trust.
5 months ago
The global decline of trust in government produces an array of complex questions and challenges for contemporary democracies. Decision-makers are increasingly acknowledging the need to listen to and understand the communities they serve.
5 months ago
An essential resource for twenty-first-century engagement practitioners that shows how to kick start your journey in digital engagement using Bang the Table’s community engagement platform, EngagementHQ.
5 months ago
From what to how to why, an essential guide to understanding fundamentals of community engagement Community engagement can be a complicated concept. Too often, attempts at singular definitions turn the concept of engaging people to have their say on decisions that impact their lives into abstract notions that sideline it’s essence. Emphasis on the lived […]
7 months ago
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.
8 months ago
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