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.
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4 days ago
A look at when smart city adoption of technology might start to disengage the community. The City of West Sacramento is trying to listen to their community more effectively by using an app to listen to publicly available social media posts. This helps them to identify and deal with issues in a more timely manner. […]
6 days ago
Moonee Valley City Council engaged with its community to help plan the future of Windy Hill, an iconic sport and recreation reserve in Essendon, Victoria. This project is a terrific example of a council undertaking early engagement with their community to inform future planning and development.
2 weeks ago
Engagement Specialist, Billy Trakas, shares strategies to increase your agency’s public participation by implementing inclusive engagement strategies.
4 weeks ago
Byron Shire Council set out to learn how local footpaths, cycleways, and related facilities were working for the community, what was missing, and what needed to go into planning for upgrading this infrastructure to better serve the region.
1 month ago
Looking for new and participatory ways to get people involved in the Business Plan and Budget process, Engage Bayswater invited their community to help inform the City’s annual operating budget for 2019/20. See how this well thought out process can – and should – be replicated by other Councils.
1 month ago
The cities of Boulder, Colorado, and Austin, Texas utilized online community engagement to support policy-based community initiatives. We discuss how effective engagement can bring about sweeping policy change, particularly at the local government level.
1 month ago
Online engagement in healthcare can achieve better patient outcomes and improve the patient experience. Here are ten benefits of a digital first health engagement strategy.
2 months ago
The best public health social media campaigns continually adapt to rolling, and unexpected, trends in social media usage.
2 months ago
Aligned with the Gunning Principles, digital first public participation can bring about fair – and lawful – public consultation. Learn how a digital first approach to consultation will help public bodies stick to the letter of the law and adhere to the legal principles like Gunning One, Two, Three and Four.
2 months 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 […]
4 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.
5 months ago
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