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The Facts You Should Know About Community Engagement

13 Steps to Raising the Right Crowd

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“The energy and enthusiasm generated by the City Edge workshop was extraordinary.”

-- City of Sydney staff

“The ideas and goodwill generated provides a fantastic platform for effecting agreed change in the area. What was important was not just that everyone had their say but that everybody in the room agreed on what we wanted for the future. Inspirational!”

-- Malcolm Gunning, Chair, Kings Cross [Business] Partnership

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Typical Community Development Client

Our approach does not suit all communities or community leaders. Those who tend to be interested are the ones who meet one or more of the following:

Have a desire to effect significant change and move closer to a more exciting and better world where no voice is left out
Are open to learning and see diversity and conflict as potential opportunities
Willing to engage and involve diverse internal and external stakeholders
See collaborative action (as opposed to just collaborative conversations) as a key to development
Have a desire to involve citizens and stakeholders in issues that impact them
Have strong disagreement in the community about issues that affect many
May avoid decisions and experience a lack of trust and counterproductive conflict
Are less interested in how something looks (form) and more interested in actual results (substance)
Display the boldness needed to let go of their own personal agendas and apply leading edge approaches to generate participative community development
See change as a long term exercise rather than something that can be achieved in a short town meeting
Wish to avoid the latest fad approach and instead focus on a long term strategy to ensure enduring change
Have a desire to learn skills necessary to facilitate greater collaboration within their own organizations or groups
Are traditionally open to using external advisers

If a number of these points describe your community or network, we would enjoy the opportunity to talk to you about whether we can help you to make it extraordinary. See our contact details below.