Sometimes engagement can be tough but Mo the Motel Cat reminded me that in many ways, the toughest engagement is the most important.
resilience in engagement
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...
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 common goals. Having worked in several regional areas across Queensland in 2020, one thing...
Stop doing these things in your engagement practice
Every day and in every industry we are continually adding ideas or processes. But so often we forget to stop doing things we've always done. When we review or audit community and stakeholder engagement within organisations, we see how passionate our engagement...
Engaging The Community More To Gather Data
In community engagement, we often talk about involving the community in decision making, from providing feedback on options, to deliberating in forums or on citizens juries, or even voting.
What Having A Toddler Has Taught Me About Community Engagement And Communications
The flipside to being the parent of a toddler is the tantrums. As any parent, at any time, will tell you, there is nothing like a toddler tantrum to test your newfound Zen-like state. The best possible time for a tantrum too is at maximum inconvenience for you…
How can you build resilience when you work in community engagement
It’s Saturday, and you’ve had a long week already but you’ve got to manage a community drop in session.
The local community is angry. There’s an action group, and a particularly angry man.
