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.
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Online community engagement software comes in many guises with a range of different options for engaging communities and stakeholders. As a minimum standard for any online community engagement software, here are the top 6 things to look for.
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‘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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Human-centred design can afford urban planners processes to see what happens when communities take an active role in designing.
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Elizabeth Taylor and Claire Wilkinson look at how local communities can influence decision-making in liquor licensing.
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Every profession answers the question “What is community engagement” differently. Even those within the community engagement sector, cannot agree.
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Alun Probert, Head of GovCom, weighs up civic engagement in the digital age.
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