This category contains old posts by Bang the Table staff about various aspects of public engagement practice. It is for shorter pieces that do not fit into the Opinion section.
Jonathan Bradley listed out the 4 gunning principles of online public consultation & how digital first approach will help public bodies to the consultation.
2 weeks ago
Digital engagement offers a convenient way to listen to, and gain feedback from, public and community stakeholders. For meaningful connection to happen, we need to create a safe online place for public debate. A place to exchange ideas A place to learn from other people A place to read and watch videos about important matters […]
2 months ago
At times, 2018 felt like an apt year for reflection on digital engagement. It would be impossible to overstate the importance of community engagement in the current global climate. And yet, its increasing focus has driven not only deeper engagement with communities and residents but buoyed the dramatic shift toward digital-first engagement.
3 months ago
Before we launch into what we expect to be a very exciting 2019 for EHQ, it’s worth taking a moment to look back at the year gone by and review some of the updates you might have missed.
3 months ago
I spent the last week traveling through Eastern Canada with Bang the Table’s North American Engagement team and our Co-Founder and Impact Lead, Crispin Butteriss, PhD. We got together to share ideas, plan for the future, and hear a series of presentations on Crispin’s emerging ideas and concepts regarding the practice of digital deliberation and digital first […]
4 months ago
With Canada’s recent legalisation, the mainstreaming of recreational marijuana has municipalities cultivating online engagement as residents weigh in on whether to allow private cannabis retail stores.
4 months ago
With the recent arrival of NextDoor in Australia, it’s a matter of time before local governments are going to be approached to pay to use the network as a platform for community engagement. We have quite a lot of experience from clients who use NextDoor in the USA and we thought it might be useful […]
5 months ago
Learn about some simple tips for managing last minute panic engagement to ensure you still get the engagement outcomes you require.
5 months ago
Find out about some of the key challenges facing practitioners as the world transitions to digital-first community engagement and learn strategies to help you find your way through the maze.
5 months ago
Urban myths exist in every aspect of our lives, even our professional one. Every industry has popular myths and I’ve heard my share of data privacy and data security myths in the online community engagement space – from using a simple website to a one-time installation of security software as ways to address security and […]
5 months ago
Ideation taps into community creativity to identify problems, locate solutions and build relationships to enrich conversations. In their recent webinar, Nathan Connors and Johannes Kresling reveal how ideation can transform engagement. They illustrate how ideation can nurture valuable community relationships for ongoing and future projects, keep people invested in engagement, bring clarity to challenges, and […]
6 months ago
A milestone resource, Ireland’s new ‘Framework for Public Involvement in Clinical Effectiveness Processes’ brings public participation front and centre in healthcare decision making.
8 months ago
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