Our Client Liaison and resident Videographer, Rob Brock, has been busy. Check out his latest masterpiece, a demo narrated by Tam Shardlow of our participatory budgeting tool, Budget Allocator.
Archive for September, 2010
We’re in the news!
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by Crispin Butteriss - September 24th, 2010
Bang the Table has made it into the auspicious pages of the Australian Financial Review. Under the heading, “Ratepayers Gain Outlet for Grievances”, writer Christopher Jay talks about Bang the Table’s experience helping local government to take its consultation processes online. My favourite line is the quote from Gosford City Council’s Gary Chestnut; “By using … Continue reading
Cultivate Your Community Panel – Tips Sheet
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by Crispin Butteriss
- September 24th, 2010
I blogged earlier this month about the spread of local government community panels and a few ways to enhance their use for community engagement. We have just gotten around to producing a tips sheet on the subject titled “Cultivating your Community Panel”. It’s available as an electronic download from the EngagementHQ Resources section of the … Continue reading
EHQ Demonstration Video
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by Crispin Butteriss
- September 21st, 2010
We challenged our Client Liaison, Rob Brock, to set up a new site on EngagementHQ in less than three minutes. Check it out.
A Sneak Peek Over the Horizon
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by Karthik Reddy - September 17th, 2010
As usual our tech team have been busy finding ways to make EngagementHQ more useful and more robust. This month our director of all things technological, Karthik Reddy, provides a sneak peak at our upgraded reporting functionality including the new comment tagging feature. The guys have also been busy building in extensive automated testing and are about to release a “gem” back to the Open Source community as a thank you.
vlog: Peter Ghin on Valuing Culture in Community Engagement
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by Crispin Butteriss
- September 17th, 2010
Bang the Table Director, Dr Crispin Butteriss, caught up with Peter Ghin one of the founders of Melbourne based firm Cultural Value. Cultural Value specialises in deep engagement and dialogue for organisations working in the cultural development and arts sectors. Peter has a background in the performing arts, strategic planning, organisational change and counselling. Crispin … Continue reading
Is online community engagement “real”
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by Crispin Butteriss
- September 16th, 2010
I am sometimes confronted by a prejudice in my travels; that the relationships developed through online community engagement are less real than those created via face-to-face engagement processes. Like most prejudices I believe it is based on fear and misunderstanding. Earlier this week I was lucky enough to be asked to chair a mini-conference in … Continue reading
The Risks involved with using Internet Explorer 6
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by Bang the Table Team - September 16th, 2010
We at Bang the Table are constantly being confronted by the reality that while just 5% of visitor traffic is from people using IE6 most of them are from government agencies! Stuart Strathdee, Chief Security Advisor for Microsoft Australia explains here why it’s time to let go of the past and update to IE8. Why … Continue reading
Writing great web content: The long and the Short of it
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by Bang the Table Team
- September 16th, 2010
Author, web content strategist and e-learning trainer, Rachel McAlpine from NZ organisation Contented, reminds us that when it comes to web copy, less is more. Here’s a mantra for writing web content: long, long, short, short, short, short, short. Would your auntie understand what you’ve written? If not, fix these problems first. Long, clear, informative … Continue reading
Providing Community with a Level Playing Field
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by Andrew Crowley - September 16th, 2010
I get my greatest kicks from being able to positively influence planning and achieve great outcomes that everyone in the community has played a part in. But over the 16 years that I’ve worked in local government, I think it’s getting harder and harder to reach people using only traditional face to face methods. And … Continue reading
We heart FLOSS
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by Karthik Reddy
- September 16th, 2010
Yes, I have just returned from my half-yearly catchup with the dentist but that is purely coincidental. The FLOSS I refer to has nothing to do with dentistry and everything to do with software. FLOSS stands for Free Libre Open Source Software, commonly also referred to as FOSS. The Libre is to emphasize the freedom … Continue reading
Ten Top Tips for Creating an Engaging Online Consultation Space
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by Tamara Shardlow - September 10th, 2010
There is much more to a successful online consultation than having a pretty website. Yes, a site needs to look smart and deliver the goods design-wise, but with the main objective being to rally community participation, it’s crucial that you deliver a site based on sound methodology and highly engaging content. Of course, there is … Continue reading
NZ Forestry Standards Consultation Launched
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by Crispin Butteriss
- September 6th, 2010
Last Friday evening we were very pleased to launch a new site for the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment – Manatu Mo Te Taiao. The consultation is looking for stakeholder feedback on the proposed national environmental standard for NZ Plantation Forestry and represents an Open Data Engagement Pilot by the Ministry.
Using Facebook and Twitter for Community Engagement
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by Matthew Crozier - September 4th, 2010
I gave this presentation at the Australian Marketing Institute Conference on 3 September. It deliberately goes back to basics and drills below the strategic to give some hands on tips. As always with presentations it is the words rather than the slides that set the context so I have added a few key points below … Continue reading
