2020 Core Values Awards Winner | Golden Ball Bridge – North East Victoria
Rethinking our traditional approach to public participation during recovery, the Golden Ball Bridge Disaster Recovery Project, presented us with an opportunity to facilitate community influence in the Regional Roads Victoria (RRV) recovery-decision making process.
New specialised course: Facilitating the Tough Stuff
Building on entry-level facilitation knowledge, this program will stretch participants by immersing them in practicing a range of facilitation tactics. This program unpacks the facilitation skills necessary to successfully facilitate for effective engagement with challenging groups, dynamics and increasing levels of complexity.
The value of face-to-face engagement in an online world.
Technology now connects us like never before – but is our reliance on online engagement coming at the expense of face-to-face connection? Glenorchy City Council is exploring options for in person engagements for those who don’t want to, or can’t, engage online.
The myth of the quiet country life – engaging with our busy rural and regional communities.
The myth of the quiet country life – engaging with our busy rural and regional communities. Renée Madsen looks at some of the myths about engaging with rural and regional communities, with tips for engagement in remote areas that aren’t as quiet as you’d think.
How do we ensure we are meeting those community and stakeholder expectations?
Community engagement is a rapidly evolving practice and engagement professionals are busy people. So how often do we take the time to step back and review how we do business? At the City of Bayswater we have recently undertaken a complete review of our community engagement practice and even we are surprised at how much we enjoyed the process.
Join IAP2 ANZ’s Young and Emerging Professionals Group
One of the key objectives in IAP2 Australasia’s (IAP2A) Strategic Plan is to encourage and support our young and emerging professionals to participate in developing their networks and personal brand in the industry.
2020 Core Values Awards Winner | Sydney Olympic Park Disability Inclusion Engagement
From October 2018 to June 2019, Sydney Olympic Park Authority developed its Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2019/22 for the Sydney Olympic Park precinct. This plan was informed by extensive community engagement on access and inclusion in line with IAP2 core values in both its development and implementation stages till December 2019.
2021 New Zealand Symposium presentations – now available for IAP2 ANZ members to view
Great news for IAP2 ANZ members, we have now opened up the New Zealand Symposium recordings to members. The NZ Symposium brings together engagement practitioners, community development practitioners, communications and marketing professionals and academics to explore the diverse and challenging topic of community and stakeholder engagement.