ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITIES

Effective stakeholder and community engagement facilitates understanding between the decision maker and those affected by the decision, issue or opportunity. Multiple perspectives can contribute to a deeper understanding of the issues. By bringing all perspectives to the table - it is far more likely that sustainable decisions can result if all parties are able to reach common ground. Sustainable decisions are those that are:

publicly acceptable
economically viable
technically feasible
environmentally compatible

Good engagement strategies can also assist your organisation by helping you to identify critical issues early and harnessing public and stakeholder support for the final decision.

For many organisations however, the challenge to make these connections seems daunting. This is where we can help.

'Great variety of methods to stimulate thinking and conversation - well done'
Participant, Community Visioning Workshop

'I thoroughly enjoyed last night, the subject matter was interesting, stimulating and trail blazing'
Participant, Community Visioning Workshop

Collective Possibilities brings a wealth of specialist skills in designing and facilitating effective and innovative engagement strategies that foster:

Integrity - when there is openness and honesty about the scope and purpose of engagement
Inclusion - when there is an opportunity for a diversity of perspectives to be freely and fairly expressed and heard
Deliberation - when there is sufficient and credible information for dialogue, choice and decisions and when there is space to weigh options, develop common understandings and to appreciate respective roles and responsibilities

Collective Possibilities upholds the "IAP2" core values and planning processes. We use these framework to customise an engagement strategy that fits with your organisation or community needs. We have extensive experience in facilitating advisory committees, public forums, open houses, workshops, focus groups, interviews and information sessions.