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Reaching young people doesn’t need to be hard, but it needs to be engaging
Youth engagement is becoming an increasingly important part of engagement activities where projects and decisions have an impact on the youth of today and are likely to keep...
To cry or not to cry? When engagement gets emotional
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What do you do when the room you're facilitating is overflowing with emotion? How much emotional resilience do you need in engagement? Imagine...
Four favourite methods to bring your workshop or focus group to life
When delivering a workshop or focus group it can be a challenge to hear from all voices in the room. One way to encourage everyone to have their say this is to use a few tried...
Hidden Persuaders: Prince Harry and Meghan interview
You live in a world where opinions rather than truth seem to carry the public mind. So the Hidden Persuaders take you behind the forces that do this. They are Dr John Harrison,...
Four reasons community engagement matters
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Community engagement matters - it's a two-way street that can deliver benefits to your organisation, your project and, more importantly, to...
How to write a community engagement plan
Writing a community engagement plan can be a daunting task for any project manager or community engagement officer. There’s a lot to consider when planning community...
Building resilience
Resilience comes in many forms, whether it be discovering new skills, building new relationships, being more informed, taking decisive action or working with people who share...
What is community engagement?
Community engagement is the practice of gaining community input or feedback, or collaborating with communities, to make better decisions or to implement changes. The...
The toughest of projects
Last week, someone asked me what “tough projects” meant. It varies. It might be engaging on a policy change to address climate change, working on COVID, or working with...