Logan City Council (Queensland, Australia) has launched its community forum on the Tygum Park Masterplan. The draft plan has been prepared to guide the future development of recreational facilities within and around Tygum Park. For many years, Council has talked about upgrading the facilities at Tygum Park to provide a variety of recreational opportunities for … Continue reading
Archive for March, 2009
Clarence Valley Food Community Forum
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by Crispin Butteriss - March 30th, 2009
The Clarence Valley produces a diverse range of food products. In addition to traditional fresh fruit and vegetables, the range includes some iconic lines such as Yamba Prawns, Wooli Oysters and award winning value added product. The Clarence Valley also boasts award winning restaurants and cafés that feature local produce. Clarence Valley Council has established … Continue reading
Before you Blog
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by Crispin Butteriss
- March 29th, 2009
This is the second in a series of three posts about public sector blogging. This time I’ll deal with a few of the things to think about before you start. 1. Who will have delegated authority to post? This is an absolutely critical issue. As I mentioned in my previous blog the benefits of blogging, … Continue reading
Completing the contract
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by Matthew Crozier - March 29th, 2009
Something that is often neglected when Government organisations consult the community is completion of the process by letting the community know about the results and what will happen next. Too often the participation process finishes to be replaced by silence, often for many months, before a decision emerges. It was refreshing to see how Broken … Continue reading
Blue Mountains City Management Plan
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by Crispin Butteriss
- March 28th, 2009
The Blue Mountains City Council Management Plan Community Forum is now live. The Management Plan describes Blue Mountains City Council’s strategic focus over the next four years and provides information about how that strategic intent will translate into action on the ground, particularly in 2009-2010. It represents the Council’s response to implementing the community endorsed … Continue reading
Nine Benefits of Blogging
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by Crispin Butteriss
- March 27th, 2009
This post is a redevelopment of earlier blog I contributed last year. It is based on our experiences to date with the “project news” blog we added to the Bang the Table template last year, a great post on www.webcontent.gov, and some “random” thoughts of my own. A blog is essentially an online diary that … Continue reading
Edmonton City Centre Airport Lands Public Involvement Site
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by Crispin Butteriss
- March 23rd, 2009
The City of Edmonton has launched the first stage of it’s online community engagement platform for the development of land within the airport precinct. Right now the site has a project manager blog alongside a range of static content. As the need arises community forums will be opened to discuss specific issues.
Second Life as a community engagement tool???
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by Matthew Crozier
- March 23rd, 2009
I was asked by someone recently whether I had experience of Second Life the online virtual world being used as an engagement tool. The answer was no, though I did hear of it being used that way some time ago. Eager to learn more and brim full of curiosity I created an account and leapt … Continue reading
Help Us Buy a Buffalo
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by Crispin Butteriss
- March 19th, 2009
Ever since we started Bang the Table, Matt and I have been looking for a way to support causes that parallel our own values. Around a week ago we were on the phone (again) trying to nut out what corporate gift we should make to put into the “show bags” of attendees at the upcoming … Continue reading
It's all about the speed…
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by Crispin Butteriss
- March 15th, 2009
Found this in webworld today. Nothing to do with the relationship between community engagement and web 2.0, but worth a look. Becky Hirst Consulting: It’s all about the speed…
Market research is NOT community engagement
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by Matthew Crozier
- March 14th, 2009
I’ve been hinting in a number of recent posts at the dangers of passing off market research as community engagement. I see this trend as something that is very worrying. There is obvious appeal for managers and boards and Councils in market research – it feels very safe. People only answer the questions they are … Continue reading
A correction and update on Newcastle
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by Matthew Crozier
- March 13th, 2009
Back in December I wrote an article Red Faces in Newcastle about the sad spamming of the Newcastle City Council website. I caught up with the Newcastle team this week and realised from my discussion with them that I made a few factual errors in that article. In fact – the site that got spammed … Continue reading
