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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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Going deeper than consultation

25/6/2015

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Written by: Joel Levin

For many organisations, community engagement is a set of ‘strategies’ strung together to either gather community opinion or to inform the community of a given scenario. Coming from the community development sector and having worked with community engagement for a number of years, I have often wondered about the overlap and the impact of one on the other.

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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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Going deeper

23/4/2015

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Written by: Joel Levin

In the last article we asked the question…Have you ever walked into a meeting and felt like it was groundhog day, a discussion that has been had and was not going anywhere in particular? We explored the possible reasons for this on a historical level and gave a simple strategy to help meetings build and maintain purpose and focus. Read more from that blog.

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Going around in circles while sitting in your seat

18/3/2015

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Written by: Joel Levin

Have you ever walked into a meeting and felt like it was groundhog day, a discussion that has been had and was set to be had again?

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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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It's the small things

14/1/2015

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Written by: Joel Levin

I spend much of my time working with organisations, their stakeholders and their communities on visions, strategies and problems. In a world where things appear to be getting busier and organisations are asked to do more with less, there is a tendency to focus more on the BIG stuff.

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Rebuilding community relationships

Going deeper than consultation

Embedding engagement - what's all the fuss about?

Going deeper

Going around in circles while sitting in your seat

Early engagement is not as scary as it sounds

It's the small things

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