With the evolution of online tools for engaging citizens in government business a whole range of descriptors have emerged for this practice. The virtual town hall is one of these but it has its roots in the existing processes of local government which traditionally have engaged the community (well a small and mostly angry part […]
2 years ago
Today we presented a webinar with our good friends at ELGL (Engaging Local Government Leaders) about managing outrage using online tools. Online engagement of your community can be used to both manage and prevent outrage and yet so many cities appear to be fearful about using this effective management tool. This has a lot to do […]
2 years ago
Small cities and large governments alike are finding that offering an online space for citizens to express their opinions is a necessity for successful community engagement. Countries like Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom have been effectively engaging communities online for years. However, it’s still a fairly new concept in the US with […]
2 years ago
Celeste Young, Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies, weighs up deliberative democracy,’ democracy deficit’ and the radical potential of citizen’s juries.
2 years ago
Jason Diceman, Facilitator and a Senior Public Consultation Coordinator for the City of Toronto, discusses avoiding ‘groupthink’, reliability of collective results and a more involved deliberative process in his new creation, Feedback Frames.
2 years ago
Online deliberation has attracted a great deal of academic attention over the past two decades as various governments have explored its potential to contribute to public policy development.
3 years ago
‘Citizen engagement requires good communication – but good communication alone is not citizen engagement’. Alec Walker-Love, Europe-based communications specialist with a background in urban mobility, reflects on a practitioner research report on citizen engagement and urban transformation.
3 years ago
In his research into primary processes of public consultation, community engagement researcher, Dr John May opines that the 90-9-1 rule reveals underlying patterns of inequality are fundamental to community engagement.
3 years ago
Nicola Saltman and Kimberly Crawford, Sustainable Communities, Waverley Council, discuss social research, behaviour change theory and innovative engagement approaches to inspire positive environmental action in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs.
3 years ago
Alli Magidsohn, creative strategist, interviews Ray Boyle, co-founder of Our City, a start-up non-profit based in Oakland, California that works with public art and design to transform civic engagement and empower citizens to improve their communities.
3 years ago
Mark Dean, Australian Institute for Industrial Transformation, Flinders University, charts co-design’s efficacy as a model of public engagement in urban renewal and regeneration initiatives in Northern Adelaide.
3 years ago
Engagement scholars and practitioners descended on Melbourne for the Engage to Transform, Engagement Australia’s 13th annual conference, held on July 18-19. Hosted by Victoria University, the conference keynotes explored the nexus between engagement and transformation.
3 years ago
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