5000+ Moving City Forum
Becky Hirst recently facilitated a Forum for 5000+ which is a design-led project for the redesign, renewal and reactivation of inner Adelaide. This video shows some of the the highlights of the forum.
It’s time for a conversation
I’m always fascinated to observe community action over issues of importance. Community activism and lobbying is usually a text book case of a frustrated community who isn’t being heard, no matter how loud they shout. So they have to shout louder. And louder. But is anyone listening? I’ll use an example from within my local [...]
Involve me, I understand
Back in 1999 a young graduate embarked on her first role in community work. The role was Community Involvement Officer for a Neighbourhood Centre in an area of high deprivation, dense housing, poor access to services and so on.
Always a facilitator
This article resonated with me and I chuckled at Carla’s observations of the facilitation skills used in hosting a party! Perhaps now my friends will now forgive me for those times they’ve been forced to wear name badges when they’ve come to my parties?
Online community engagement – It’s a dogs life
At a recent visit to the vets I read that one year of a dogs life is the equivalent of seven human years. Can a similar comparison be made about experience in the world of online community engagement?
Location-Based Networking – A future in Community Engagement?
The most popular tools of our current time are obviously Facebook and Twitter but recently I’ve become fascinated by Foursquare… and I think it might have some potential uses in community engagement.
South Australia Associate for Bang the Table
I am delighted to announce that Becky Hirst Consulting has become an Associate of the internationally renowned online community engagement company, Bang the Table. Bang the Table provide independently moderated online forums for discussing public policy.
Harvest Ideas through Twitter
I heard about the fabulous myidea4CA website a few weeks ago (thanks Bang the Table!) and am inspired by the way the people of California are able to contribute their ideas to move California forward via Twitter, with the responses all collated on the one website.
Community Immunity?
The question I have, is do the ‘community’ identify as being the ‘community’ that we refer to so often? If people don’t know that they are part of the targeted community, they probably won’t get involved.
One big happy community?
One of the easiest traps we can fall in to in our work is popping people in to neat little categories that support our strategic targets and goals. Whilst people do have commonalities and specific needs that should be considered, we must not think that an entire community can be worked with in the same way.