How to avoid community backlash – Shelley Crestani
Shelley Crestani leads a company of engagement specialists. In her words, they are “true engagement people, not comms people or planners in disguise. Don’t find out what the community will tolerate but find out what it is that the community needs.”
Challenges and opportunities for embedding engagement within councils
Imagine flicking a switch and suddenly your entire council organization understands the value of community participation.
Core Values Awards 2019 Finalists
The moment we have been waiting for…. The finalists for the 2019 Core Values Awards have been announced.
2019 Call for Director Nominations | IAP2 International and Australasia
The International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) is a global organisation which seeks to promote and improve the practice of public participation or community and stakeholder engagement, incorporating individuals, governments, institutions and other entities that affect the public interest throughout the world.We are opening up the call for Director Nominations for both IAP2 International and IAP2 Australasia.
Expressions of Interest Young and Emerging Professionals Working Group
Are you a young or emerging community and stakeholder engagement professional and would like to play a key role in shaping the future of this IAP2 program?
From the CEO July – building cultural competence and authentic engagement
We are also looking inwards and reflecting on how we can continue to build cultural competence and authentic engagement with Indigenous and diverse cultures here in Australia and New Zealand.
NZ Symposium 2019 – It’s a wrap!
It was really quite satisfying to spend a couple of days with engagement colleagues growing our collective body of knowledge (matauranga) at our recent Symposium. The Matariki theme was focused on new beginnings and particularly relevant in that Christchurch is a city that has had more than its fair share of ‘engagement’ recently. Mostly due to the huge effort to help our people recover, rebuild and regenerate after a damaging series of earthquakes.
From the Board July with Tony Clark
From the Board July with Tony Clark