Earlier this year Christchurch City Council launched the Your Library, Your Voice campaign to get the community involved in helping design its new central library following the 2011 earthquakes. Between February and June 2011 a series of earthquakes and aftershocks devastated much of Christchurch, New Zealand’s second largest city. In all, 185 people were killed […]
5 years ago
There is no questioning that online community panels are fast becoming a key part of local government community engagement strategies. Online community panels offer many benefits in terms of engagement marketing efficiency and effectiveness, and from a research perspective, they can offer some rigor around the demographic diversity of those being engaged. The question that […]
5 years ago
Your community panel’s growth can be turbocharged using a variety of strategies. One sure fire method is to embrace a little controversy and engage the community about highly emotional issues. The single most often asked question I hear in relation to online community engagement is, “how do we get more people to get involved in the […]
5 years ago
Western Bay of Plenty District Council and Christchurch City Council are leading the way in contemporary community engagement practice in New Zealand by engaging citizens online about their long-term plans. Planning for the long-term Under the New Zealand Local Government Act 2002, local authorities are required to produce a long-term plan, covering a ten-year period. […]
5 years ago
The Australian Government’s consultation about the need for a national disability insurance scheme provided the perfect context to demonstrate how gathering rich personal stories online can drive profound public policy change. In 2013 the Australian government introduced legislation to create a national disability scheme. The new system was the single biggest change in Australia’s disability […]
6 years ago
Early this year Bang the Table joined forces with the NewDemocracy Foundation and the NSW Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to support the creation of an online citizens jury portal as part of a unique experiment in participatory democracy. Last week saw the publication of the findings of the PAC report on “The Economics of Energy […]
7 years ago
The title of this blogpost is taken from a comment / story posted on a consultation site we are currently running for the Australian Government. Way back in 2010 I wrote a post titled “Is online community engagement real” in response to a feeling I sometime get that there is a sense within the community […]
7 years ago
The art of online community engagement is just that. An artform. We are always banging on to our clients about making sure they select the right online tools for their desired outcomes. And that’s only half of it. Choosing the right tools is one thing, it’s HOW you use them that makes an impact…regardless of […]
7 years ago
Chain Valley Coal has embraced consulting online about mining activities with the communities of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.
9 years ago
They say a man’s home is his castle. So when Hornsby Council made the decision to try consulting online about urban consolidation we expected some serious community feedback. attracted a large amount of visitors and opinions when it consulted its community online for Stage 1 and Stage 2 of its Housing Strategy. Tamara Shardlow spoke […]
9 years ago
Rachel Trigg is one of the first of a growing number of Corporate Development Managers to have used Bang the Table’s EngagementHQ forums to consult their community on the Council’s strategic plan; first at Waverley Council in 2009, and just recently with the Marrickville Council in 2010. Tam: So Rachel, can you tell me exactly […]
9 years ago
Adrienne Murphy, the Environment Officer from the Blue Mountains City Council talks about the lessons from one Council’s first steps into online engagement. Learnings that includes early experiments in engaging its local community online about the Council’s long-term management plans. The Blue Mountains City Council is responsible for one of the largest municipal areas in […]
10 years ago
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