Category: Vivian Garde

Rebuilding community relationships

25/7/2015

Written by Vivian Garde

Working with clients who are committed to re-building relationships with their communities, no matter how broken or difficult the past has been, is inspiring. The commitment, courage and work of staff behind the scenes is a reminder that amazing things can happen when people are committed to change.

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Embedding engagement - what's all the fuss about?

22/5/2015

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Written by: Vivian Garde

Community engagement can at times be treated as an add-on to projects and as a way of dealing with outrage or conflict. There are inherent risks in doing this ad-hoc engagement including damaging trust, diminishing reputation and risking that significant projects fall through the gaps.

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Early engagement is not as scary as it sounds

24/2/2015

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Written by: Vivian Garde

For a moment, lets take the benefits of engagement as a given; improvements to the decision-making process, improved outcomes, strengthening relationships with stakeholders and the community, improving confidence in the decision making process, and so on.

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Rebuilding community relationships

Embedding engagement - what's all the fuss about?

Early engagement is not as scary as it sounds

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