Supporting women in all industries of the workforce is an essential component of achieving gender equality. Allowing women to lead and affect real change ensures that this support is not just symbolic - instead, it represents genuine efforts to recognise and learn...
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How hybrid engagement is changing the way we engage with our audiences
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 the term “hybrid engagement” has become a buzzword. People are working from home, virtual events are more common, and digital collaboration communication technology has advanced more quickly that it may have done...
Equity-Centred Community and Stakeholder Engagement
“Equality is giving everyone a pair of shoes. Equity is giving everyone a pair that fits” Unknown Engagement is more than simply informing stakeholders of key organisational decisions. It’s about nurturing relationships, building trust, and cultivating shared visions....
Environmental engagement for people, planet and profit
Environmental sustainability is a world-wide concern. Communities are demanding action from governments and businesses alike on local, national and global levels, and they want to be involved. They want to actively engage with organisations in making decisions that...
The personal lessons engagement taught us in 2021
We’ve made it through a most interesting year. A year of engaging with communities, communicating with transparency, and, let’s face it, making our way through a maelstrom of mandates, masks, and maintaining social distancing. We wrapped up the year with our...
The Great Resignation: Employee Engagement in a Post-Pandemic World
The Great Resignation has fast become kitchen table talk. The media talks of job vacancies going unfilled for months and productivity hitting the floor. How can organisations use employee engagement to stop your staff quitting their 9 to 5’s? Whether or not you...
Stories of our Regional and Remote Communities
Travelling into regional and remote communities in 2021 we heard many stories of heartbreak resulting from devastating natural disasters.Like one person’s plight to shift 1000s of dead cattle off a property devastated by flood waters.Not only did they lose their...
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 this. A community member has bravely taken the microphone. They’re shaking but determined...
Tackling tough problems – improving staff morale
The executive manager shook his head. “I don’t know what to do. The annual staff survey results aren’t good. Staff morale is falling.” It wasn’t the first year. Morale had fallen in previous surveys. What should they do? At that point nobody knew. The answer lay in...