Podcasts about iap2

In this inspiring episode of the Association Hub Podcast, host Olena Lima sits down with Marion Short, CEO of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Australasia as she shares her story of a comprehensive transformation that touches every aspect of association management. Discover how IAP2, as a peak body for community and stakeholder engagement, navigates the unique challenges of representing a diverse professional community across Australia and New Zealand. Olena and Marion explore the transformations in governance, strategy, organisational culture, and technology adoption. Marion shares insights on the pivotal role of governance in steering such changes, the importance of a skill-based board, and the challenges of leading an association through a period of rapid evolution. With an honest reflection on the highs and lows of her six-year tenure, Marion provides invaluable lessons on resilience, leadership, and the importance of nurturing a supportive team culture. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the dynamics of association leadership, change management, and driving member value in challenging environments. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/associationhubpodcast/message

In this Jane Anderson Show episode, I'm glad to interview Jacinta Cubis. Jacinta Cubis is a facilitation expert who lights up the room and the screen with her energy. She loves being a guide for groups on their journey to make decisions, generate ideas and solve problems. She facilitates for you and builds your facilitation capability to:

Jacques and Jennifer compare ways of thinking about democratic participation in decision-making - one from the more radical and more critical 1960s (Arnstein's Ladder), and the other from the neo-liberal present (the IAP2 scale). They discuss how Arnstein's Ladder takes power into account, particularly the lack of it in certain groups. In contrast, the current IAP2 scale presents itself as politically neutral, and has become popular as a management tool. Ref:Gabriele Bammer, Learning from Arnstein's Ladder and IAP2 scale

Introducing Amy Hubbard How do you convince somebody from finance, legal or engineering that they need to involve the community at the start of that big new project? Amy Hubbard from Capire Consulting Group has lived and breathed community engagement since she left university. As a result, she has a wealth of stories that are just sitting there, ready to pull out for the right person at the right moment to communicate the value of community engagement. Today's show really is a lot about planning for success with community engagement. Amy shares a percentage of time that she believes is a smart amount of time to spend on getting ready for engagement. The number might surprise you. Get your pen and paper ready for this helpful episode, filled with tips and tools to help you better prepare for your next engagement project. In today's episode you'll learn: What it looks like to set up an engagement project for success. Why ‘engagement' means different things to different people and how you can define this more clearly. A look at the Capire Engagement Triangle tool and how to use it. What marrying social impact and engagement looks like in practice. Resources mentioned in this episode Join us for the Talk It Up unconference in February 2022 in Kirikiriroa Hamilton Leave us a voice message Amy's LinkedIn profile The Capire Consulting Group website The Engagement Triangle tool download page (scroll down to bottom of page 1) The IAP2 website Episode 10 - Online Community Engagement - with Bang the Table co-founder Matthew Crozier Sign up for the Movement Makers newsletter Sign up to our fortnightly newsletter and get the insights, tools and powerful whakaaro from people transforming the collaboration space. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beyondconsultation/message

In this episode of Tell Me More: The City of Kingston Podcast, we introduce you to our very own public engagement champion, Debbi Miller. As the Manager of Communications and Public Engagement, Debbi played a key role in the establishment and growth of the City of Kingston's internationally recognized Public Engagement Framework. But after seven years working for the City, Debbi is moving on to new adventures in Frontenac County. Before she leaves, we couldn't resist sitting her down behind the mic to reflect on her work in public engagement, how consistency is key and why everyone should get involved. Get involved Kingston: https://getinvolved.cityofkingston.ca/ Opening Track from YGK Music: Tell Me Twice by the Meringues: https://soundcloud.com/visitkingston/sets/ygk-music-contemporary

New Kids on the Block! No, not THOSE New Kids on the Block, keep listening, it's ok! Elt and Jonno always welcome fierce competition for all of the global Podcast awards they are inevitably going to receive in the future. Today, Harry & Meghan, inspired by the UK Consult (undoubtedly?), try to take a massive competitive advantage based on their former Royal status and brand by teaming up with Spotify (other streaming services ARE available) in a multi-million pound deal to launch their own podcast. Nothing to worry about lads, as the British press widely report their first foray into Podcasts as "toe-curling" at best. Even Jonno's worst dad jokes haven't quite been received as badly (yet...). Charly's Choons of the Week Elt goes with the gargantuan tune, Liam Gallagher - "Once", featuring his idol Eric 'The King' Cantona. Cracking video! Have a look and listen here. Jonno has been grooving to Let Me Show You - Tall Paul Remix on Spotify. Emerging Trends & Themes in Public Consultation Jonno shares some findings from the IAP2 report in Australia, from our colleague Nathan Connors (shout out to Nathan!). They ran a survey around trends and opportunities for 2021. Practice - Huge continuing increase in online participation and consultation Reporting & Analysis - More sophisticated reporting in relation to engagement data, aligned to Bang the Table's continued mission and always a point for discussion with EngagementHQ evolution in mind Authentic Engagement - Greater demand for "authentic engagement" to include people in decision-making and make them feel that their opinion is valued and appreciated. Jonno Craven's Newsround (click on links below whilst listening to Jonno's expert insight) New walking and cycling schemes out to public consultation - KCC Media Hub - Shout out to Kent County Council for this! PR push or public consultation? Row over calls made about new Dorchester housing scheme Site Launches of the Week in EngagementHQ Jonno & Elt are dazzled, excited and thrilled by Catalyst Housing's site launch, called "The Garden". Have a look here. Mug of the Week? A thoroughly deserved, indeed, a MULTIPLE Bang the Table branded mug award for Anna, Paul and the team at Catalyst Housing - BRAVO! Stats/Infographics of the Week Ben Page, Ipsos MORI @benatipsosmori New - a quarter of people now not looking forward to Xmas - but most of us still ARE! Meldrew Moments For the first time in 30 episodes of the UK Consult, Elt has a work-related Meldrew moment! It relates to a community planning 'consultation' in his local area. In spite of turning into a sieve, a state of mind within which any droplets of grumpiness pass straight through Jonno this week before turning into reservoirs of despair, he still musters a melancholy moment relating to people sending birthday cards late.

Guest presenter Suzy Jacobs joined us for a special edition personal and professional development webinar for IAP2 members and friends in November 2020. As well as being a professional speaker, Suzy is an in-demand coach, and in this webinar she shared her strategies on how to move from feeling stuck and disillusioned to empowered and unstoppable. Suzy takes us through: -Identifying the intellectual, emotional & physical barriers to creating harmony with self, others and the planet. -Exploring the paradox of choice and unpacking the assumptions that keep people unhappy, unfulfilled and under-performing. -Understanding the mechanics of constructing a world view and how to reconstruct it to produce better outcomes. -Choosing a universally applicable, self-first process for creating responsible, accountable communication. About Suzy Jacobs A charismatic entrepreneur and coach with energy and heart, Suzy Jacobs connects with the world as an MC, Keynote Speaker and an inspiring member of our global community. Suzy Jacobs is the driving force behind Activator Academy, a successful entrepreneur, an experienced business mentor and coach. She has spent more than 20 years working across business and franchise ventures, including leading start-ups and producing global events such as She Business, Athena and Fearless. Suzy specialises in working with business leaders, helping them move from being stuck and disillusioned, to empowered and unstoppable. IAP2 Australasia members can find the resources discussed in this and other webinars here: https://iap2.org.au/resources/iap2-australasia-webinars/ IAP2 Australasia Leading the national conversation on authentic community and stakeholder engagement (public participation). IAP2 Australasia is proud to be recognised as an affiliate of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2). We are a member association incorporating individuals, governments, institutions and other entities that affect the public interest throughout the world. As a not-for-profit organisation, our aim is to advance the education of the community by teaching and communicating the principles of public participation and how to achieve effective community and stakeholder engagement. Find out more about IAP2 Australasia, including training, membership, events and other resources, visit https://iap2.org.au/  

Join us for an audio replay of a webinar Q&A-style conversation with former international athlete, SBS presenter and human rights advocate, Craig Foster about his experience in engaging with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) and minority communities. Craig will provide insights into his own challenges and successes to help engagement practitioners understand and better connect with their communities. Craig Foster, multiple Logie winner for excellence in sports broadcasting and human rights advocate, Bachelor of Laws, Masters International Sport Management, Member Australian Multicultural Council, social justice advocate and campaigner including #SaveHakeem to free a young Bahraini refugee from a Thai prison, #GameOver for the release of asylum seekers and refugee detainees and #PlayForLives to promote a humanitarian response from the sports industry to COVID-19, joins IAP2A's webinar series: Keep on Engaging. Moderated by Kylie Cochrane: Director - IAP2 Australasia; Chair - IAP2 International and Managing Principal, Communication & Stakeholder Engagement – Australia and New Zealand, Aurecon. About Craig Foster Former Socceroo, Broadcaster, Sport & Social Justice and Human Rights Advocate Following a celebrated football career as Australia's 419th Socceroo & 40th Captain, Craig has become one of Australia's most respected broadcasters with an 18-year, multi Logie winning career with Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Australia. Craig is perhaps equally as well known for his work beyond the field and screen, through the social programs he has developed as well as his advocacy for sport and human rights, refugees and asylum seekers and humanitarian causes. Craig sits on the Multicultural Council of Australia and has a keen interest in multiculturalism and inclusion, and works across a vast range of social programs. From indigenous rights and self-determination, homelessness, domestic violence and refugee advocacy as a Human Rights and Refugee Ambassador for Amnesty Australia, Australia Committee member with Human Rights Watch and Advisory Council member of the Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW. Craig developed a primary school initiative to facilitate inclusion with the Australian Government for Harmony Day, is a former Chairman, Life Member and CEO of Professional Footballers Australia (PFA), Australia's representative body of the Socceroos, Matildas and professional players around the world and has led a number of sport and business missions abroad with the NSW Government and the Australian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Craig's social justice advocacy extends to several high profile campaigns including #SaveHakeem to free Bahraini refugee Hakeem al-Araibi from a Thai prison for which he was a Finalist for the Australian Human Rights Commission Medal, #GameOver to call for the resettlement and freedom of around 500 refugees and asylum seekers indefinitely detained by Australia in PNG and Nauru for almost seven years and #PlayForLives which is a humanitarian response by global sport to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, the Australian Financial Review recognised Craig as a ‘True Australian Leader' and the Sydney Morning Herald as one of the ‘People that Defined 2019'. Craig holds a Master's in International Sports Management, a Postgraduate Degree in Football Management, a Professional Coaching License and a Bachelor of Laws. This webinar was recorded on 9 April, 2020. IAP2 members can view the video replay for free. Log in to the IAP2 Australasia website to access the replay.   IAP2 Australasia Leading the national conversation on authentic community and stakeholder engagement. IAP2 Australasia is proud to be recognised as an affiliate of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2). We are a member association incorporating individuals, governments, institutions and other entities that affect the public interest throughout the world. As a not-for-profit organisation, our aim is to advance the education of the community by teaching and communicating the principles of public participation and how to achieve effective community and stakeholder engagement. Find out more about IAP2 Australasia, including training, membership, events and other resources, visit https://iap2.org.au/

Join us for an audio replay of a webinar Q&A-style conversation with practical information about current community sentiment and how to adapt your approach to engagement in the COVID-19 environment. Our panel shared tips and insights on: Community sentiment right now and what people are thinking and feeling. How to work with people with heightened anxiety. Social distancing versus social isolation – how are people coping? What do we say once we reach our audience? Adjusting the messaging, tone and language. What about the timing, do we need to adjust? Breaking down barriers and building trust in communities, we are in this together! The role of engagers in connecting communities.   Speakers Stu Reeve – Managing Director, Micromex Research & Consulting Louise Mitchell – National Consultant Disaster Recovery Social Recovery Reference Group (SRRG) C- Emergency Management Branch Department of Health and Human Services Chloe Groser – NZTA Practice Manager Engagement and Communications at NZ Transport Agency Moderated by Kylie Cochrane, Director – IAP2 Australasia; Chair – IAP2 International and Managing Principal, Communication & Stakeholder Engagement – Australia and New Zealand, Aurecon This webinar was recorded on 9 April, 2020. IAP2 members can view the video replay for free. Log in to the IAP2 Australasia website to access the replay.   IAP2 Australasia Leading the national conversation on authentic community and stakeholder engagement. IAP2 Australasia is proud to be recognised as an affiliate of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2). We are a member association incorporating individuals, governments, institutions and other entities that affect the public interest throughout the world. As a not-for-profit organisation, our aim is to advance the education of the community by teaching and communicating the principles of public participation and how to achieve effective community and stakeholder engagement. Find out more about IAP2 Australasia, including training, membership, events and other resources, visit https://iap2.org.au/    

  Design means change and change means loss of the old. Even if a new design is better in every way, there is no design so perfect that you can “flip a switch” and step into the new instantaneously. Change takes time. And in that space between the old and the new there is a sense of loss. I've been doing my own work around trauma and healing it, and I couldn't agree with more with Bree Groff's sentiment that “Sometimes you have to step into the darkness with people” in order to heal things. Don't fear the pain and loss, anticipate it, embrace it, design for it. Today's episode features Bree Groff, who at the time of the recording was transitioning from CEO of Nobl, an organizational change consultancy to Principal at SY Partners, a transformation agency based in NYC and SF. Our conversation focused on a few key ideas around organizational design. Design, in the end always seems to require deep empathy and co-creation for it to be a success. Bree points out that the conversation about Org design should include as many people as possible, in order to make the change process as co-creative as possible. If you haven't checked out the IAP2 spectrum, I'll link to that in the notes. Bree has identified six key types of loss to consider when designing organizational change:  Loss of Control Loss of Pride Loss of Narrative Loss of Time Loss of Competence Loss of Familiarity I really love this framework to help focus our attention on the key needs of people we're designing change for. I highly recommend you also check out Krista Tippet's interview with Pauline Boss on ambiguous loss to learn more about loss and how to process it. I'll link to it in the show notes. I'm also really excited to be working with Bree on a special project: She'll be joining the Innovation Leadership Accelerator as a guest mentor. The ILA is a 12 week intensive workshop and coaching experience to help you grow as an organizational leader. I'll link to the application in the notes as well.   Enjoy the show! Bree's Website br.ee finite and infinite games by James Carse https://jamescarse.com/wp/?page_id=61 “anyone who must play cannot play” The IAP2 Spectrum of Power in Collaboration https://www.iap2.org/ On feedback:  Adam Connor & Adam Irizarry Designing a Culture of Critique http://theconversationfactory.com/podcast/2018/9/2/culture-of-critique Being Soft on the People and Hard on the Problem (in negotiations and in life) Robert Bordone on turning negotiations into conversations http://theconversationfactory.com/podcast/2017/9/27/robert-bordone-can-transform-negotiations-into-conversations Krista Tippet on Ambiguous Loss https://onbeing.org/programs/pauline-boss-the-myth-of-closure-dec2018/ The Innovation Leadership Accelerator http://theconversationfactory.com/innovation-leadership-accelerator

(https://www.theh2duo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Water-in-Real-Life-Larry-Schooler.png) Dr. Larry Schooler is the father of two and husband of one. He is also a mediator, facilitator, consensus builder, and public engagement consultant. He spent eight years developing and overseeing the public engagement division for the City of Austin, one of the first of its kind in the country. He is now director of consensus building and community engagement at CD&P, a Texas-based consulting firm. He’s also a senior fellow at the National Civic League and the Strauss Institute for Civic Life at the University of Texas, and a subject matter advisor for 100 Resilient Cities. He divides his time between Texas and Florida and enjoys long walks on the beach, long runs on marathon courses, playing the piano, and rooting for Houston sports teams. His first book, on public engagement in truth and reconciliation and how the public can help resolve big conflicts, is due out later this year. Top Takeaways: How important your mindset is when developing your public engagement strategy–a little open-mindedness goes a long way. Ways Larry gets people over common hurdles of the fear of public engagement. His tip on how to diffuse a situation at a public meeting where you feel a little uncomfortable Larry reminds us not to assume everything is fine just because no one shows up to your public meeting. Plus is your communication a preventative care visit or is it a trip to the emergency room? Show notes: [7:07] Why do water utilities need to participate in public engagement? “People who are affected by a decision ought to be able to affect that decision.” [8:05] If you’re going to ask me to do something to change my habits or pay more for something or going to change the terms of the relationships we have as citizen or government, I think the outcomes are a lot better when the folks being affected are giving a chance to have a voice in it. [8:44] Going to a primary care vs. emergency room. There may not be a ton of urgency or motive to go to the primary care doctor but it’s a much more cost-effective way to handle your health than waiting to have to go to the emergency room that is usually extremely time consuming, expensive, and can be traumatic. [12:33] It’s about the abstract concept of trust building and the more concrete concept of relationship building. [13:30] Core Values Awards (https://www.theh2duo.com/72mc) by IAP2. A lot of the best practices are coming from Australia and Canada.   [15:13] “I’m willing to support this because the process was fair.” A member of the public spoke at council and said that even though they didn’t agree 100% with the recommendations the utility was given to council, they were willing to support it because they could tell that the process had been fair, people had been given the opportunity to give input, and all the sides were taken into consideration. [17:20] Go in with an open mind. Don’t begin a process with decisions made that you’re then going to ask the public to give an opinion on. That doesn’t mean that no decisions can be made because there will be areas that concern public health, public safety or finances that you can’t bend on completely. Only ask about the things that you would be influenced by what they told you. Make sure you then close the feedback loop and demonstrate what you did, based on the feedback you received. [20:09] Most of the time when cities or public utilities are looking for feedback, people are presented with technical information that isn’t easy for everyone to respond to. Keep it simple and basic so you don’t create a barrier for someone to give feedback. [23:21] Don’t assume just because no one shows up to your public meeting it means that everything is cool. [25:52] When agencies have gotten it wrong. Project delays and cancellations cost the city 15 million dollars. If you...

Hey there Conversation Designers! Welcome back to the Conversation Factory, Season Three! I've got some amazing interviews lined up for the coming weeks and months and I'm excited to get cracking. Douglas Ferguson is a deep and brilliant facilitator, entrepreneur and technologist. Douglas and I met at the Google Sprint Conference and got to know each other a lot better when he came to NYC to join my Facilitation Masterclass. It's always humbling to see the caliber of leaders who come out the masterclass. Douglas's Innovation Agency, Voltage Control, is hosting a Facilitator Summit in Austin May 23rd and I'm excited that he invited me to do a session on Narrative Models for facilitation. We're also co-hosting a pre-conference Masterclass. I'm really excited about it and I hope you can make it out. Learn more and get tickets here: https://voltagecontrol.co/the-facilitation-master-class-with-daniel-stillman-douglas-ferguson-c827a62d8a71 Douglas and I go deep on Innovation, Co-creation, sprinting and he talks about his journey as a facilitator and how he keeps learning and growing. At minute 19, we dive into why and how diversity helps groups solve problems and towards the midpoint Douglas reveals his facilitator's secret resource: Camp counselor activity books. By minute 35 we muse about a leader as someone who sets the cadence of work, and who makes sure that cadence doesn't become a rut or burnout. At minute 40 we talk about the Austin facilitation summit and why we're co-running a masterclass together. Finally, at minute 53 we talk about how to talk to a CTO and how, not surprisingly, they are people. Some other episodes you can dig into to learn more: ·        Kai Hailey, head of the Google Sprint Master academy on the importance of Ethics in a Sprint culture http://theconversationfactory.com/podcast/2018/9/26/building-sprint-culture ·        Dee Scarano, who's a Design Sprint Trainer and Facilitator at AJ and Smart, for more background on the sprint and being an awesome facilitator http://theconversationfactory.com/podcast/2018/8/3/everyday-design-sprints-dee-scarano-aj-smart ·        Paul Pangaro, professor at Carnegie Mellon University about cybernetic theory in conversations http://theconversationfactory.com/podcast/2017/12/16/professor-paul-pangaro-on-the-cybernetics-of-conversations-and-a-theory-of-everything   Things we dig into, and some links to help you dig even deeper: Co-Creation cultivates Advocacy, ownership and Mutual Understanding https://voltagecontrol.co/co-creation-is-a-powerful-tool-for-digital-transformation-5cfd942702bf Co-Creation builds requisite Variety/Diversity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_(cybernetics) IAP2 spectrum as a model for the spectrum of co-creation https://www.iap2.org/ Complexity Theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complexity_theory_and_organizations Liberating Structures, a model for modular workshop mechanics http://www.liberatingstructures.com/ Cynefin (kuh-nevin) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin_framework The power of Making and Sharing Tools (The Voltage Control Sprint Scorecard) https://voltagecontrol.co/the-voltage-control-design-sprint-scorecard-503b1fc1b8be The History of Design Sprints and the power of AWE (Accelerated working environments) Jake's Book: https://www.thesprintbook.com/ Google's Toolkit https://designsprintkit.withgoogle.com/introduction/overview Timeboxing and Raising the Stakes More on Holocracy in my Interview with Sally McCutchion http://theconversationfactory.com/podcast/2017/6/6/sally-mccutchion-on-holacracy-and-self-management-at-all-levels-of-organization Liberating Structures: Troika Consulting http://www.liberatingstructures.com/8-troika-consulting/ Liberating Structures: 1-2-4-All http://www.liberatingstructures.com/1-1-2-4-all/ Note and Vote as a Modular Component (thinking alone before thinking together) https://www.fastcompany.com/3034772/note-and-vote-how-google-ventures-avoids-groupthink-in-meetings To Engineer is Human https://www.amazon.com/Engineer-Human-Failure-Successful-Design/dp/0679734163/ Places to Learn about Douglas and Voltage Control: voltagecontrol.co twitter.com/voltagectr https://www.instagram.com/voltagectrl/ https://www.facebook.com/voltage-control https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasferguson/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/voltage-control  

Dan Popping, Engagement Manager with Bang the Table, explores the importance of having an overarching Engagement Framework for your organisation alongside Jane Pole-Bell from the City of Mandurah in Western Australia. But, what is an Engagement Framework and how can it help gain momentum and support my organisation's public participation efforts? In this podcast, we dive into the five key components of an Engagement Framework: 1. Governance 2. Capability and Support 3. Process 4. A Central Portal 5. Continuos Improvement "Our framework and strategy follow the IAP2 process, so we have leveraged the framework that already exists and the best practice already out there," Jane Pole-Bell, Corporate Communications Manager, City of Mandurah.

On the show today, an interview with the Global Chair of the International Association for Public Participation, Kylie Cochrane. IAP2 is a federation of regional IAP2 organizations such as IAP2 USA and IAP2 Canada. Kylie Cochrane is the Chair of the overarching federation. And while we were both at the IAP2 North America Conference in Victoria, she sat down with me to talk about IAP2, its changing structure, major issues in the P2 practice and a look into the future. Our discussion covered: • The change process IAP2 is going through • The areas of greatest activity. • The enhancement of credibility and respect that has been accorded to the practice of public engagement that has resulted from the establishment of the Open Government Partnership • The need for P2 practitioners to evolve our practices and tools to keep up with the interconnected activist groups' sophisticated use of social media and technology

Kylie Cochrane, Chair of the International Association for Public Participation, talks with Joseph Thornley about the IAP2 and the international public engagement movement.Continue Reading → The post Inside P2 013: An Interview with Kylie Cochrane, Chair of the International Association for Public Participation appeared first on FIR Podcast Network.

Getting outcomes from engagement. Kit Cole is a public engagement consultant and a board member of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2). She discusses the value and types of engagement, plus the importance of engagement in local government. Kit also compares the approaches to engagement in big, urban cities like Los Angeles versus small, rural communities like Brownsville, Oregon. Prior to becoming a consultant Kit worked for public utilities, Waste Management Inc. and the California state government. 

On the last afternoon of the North American Conference of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2), Joseph Thornley sat down for an interview with outgoing IAP2 Canada President Bruce Gilbert.Continue Reading → The post IAP2 Canada President Bruce Gilbert on the public participation practice appeared first on FIR Podcast Network.

During the IAP2 North American Conference in Victoria, Joseph Thornley sat down with outgoing IAP2 Canada President Bruce Gilbert to discuss the accomplishments during Bruce's three years as President and what's next. The growth of IAP2 Canada's membership at a time that many organizations are seeing declining growth; The reasons that the growth in IAP2 Canada's membership has been greatest in Western Canada while the east has lagged - and what can be done to promote growth in the east; The first Canadian skill symposium as a harbinger of an increasing emphasis at the region level to skills and expertise transference; The importance of IAP2 Canada providing a training program that is provided in both English and French; The importance of the new certification program and the challenge of promoting it to practitioners and employers; And his next challenge? Bruce is staying active in IAP2 as Canada's rep on the IAP2 Federation, where he will continue to participate in the change exercise. And beyond that, as a former senior official in the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Bruce wants to reach out other senior government officials to prozelityze the merits and benefits of senior participation.

Canada's National Capital Region is getting its own chapter of the International Association for Public Participation. And this week's Inside P2 guest host, Peter Wilton, is leading the steering committee that is launching it. We talk about plans for the newly established chapter, which include both events and social media channels. If you are a public participation practitioner or research in the NCR, find more information or sign up to participate in the IAP2 NCR chapter. Peter is a Senior Consultant at Hill+Knowlton Strategies, based in Ottawa Canada. Prior to joining H+K, Peter was a Public Engagement Advisor at the Nova Scotia Health Authority. Originally he hails from Newfoundland, where he earned a Master of Science (MSc) in Applied Health Services Research. Linkworthy Check out these sources that provide context for this week's discussion. Peter Wilton on Twitter and LinkedIn IAP2 National Capital Region Website IAP2 NCR on Twitter It’s your turn Inside P2 is produced by Joseph Thornley. I’d love to know what you think about the topics in this podcast, topics you’d like me to cover in future podcasts and people you’d like to hear from. Leave a comment at the bottom of this blog post Join the Inside P2 Facebook Group Tweet to @InsideP2Podcast Email InsideP2Podcast@Gmail.com Subscribe Subscribe in Apple Podcasts Subscribe in Google Play Music Subscribe in Spotify Reviews help others to find this podcast. If you like this podcast, please review Inside P2 on Apple Podcasts. Inside P2 010: A new IAP2 Chapter for Canada's National Capital Region by Joseph Thornley is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Canada’s National Capital Region is getting its own chapter of the International Association for Public Participation. And this week’s Inside P2 guest host, Peter Wilton, joins Joseph Thornley to talk about what’s in store for members of the new chapter. The post Inside P2: Canada’s National Capital Region gets its own IAP2 chapter appeared first on FIR Podcast Network.

Integrating real world facilitation with online engagement Rebecca Sutherns, CEO of Sage Solutions, co-hosts this week's podcast.  Rebecca shares her insights into the value of facilitated conversations with stakeholder groups and the challenge of facilitation in an era in which people are more focused on the screens of their mobile devices than to the people who may be sitting only feet away. She talks about integrating the richness and value of in-person experiences with online experiences that will reach larger numbers of people. This presents not only the challenge of asking questions to obtain useful responses across media, but also the challenge of interpreting data sets that will vary in both number and richness of data. Let's Talk IAP2 Last September at the IAP2 North American conference in Denver, IAP2 kicked off an examination of its organization and business model. This has been underway at an elite level, driven by a "Change Committee" drawn from North America, Australasia, Indonesia, Southern Africa and Latin America. This week, IAP2 sent an email to members like us inviting us to provide our input on a set of strategic directions that were established by the Change Committee. The intent is to gather member input via the Let's Talk IAP2 website for the next few weeks and then for a consensus decision from national and regional affiliate boards at IAP2 in Victoria. Both Rebecca and I are looking forward to providing our input. However, for me, the fact that IAP2 is consulting members so late in the process, and only consulting members, as opposed to the groups that it is "involving", such as trainers, or empowering (both of those terms are defined in the IAP2 spectrum) elevates my puzzlement at the top-focused nature of IAP2. It is the only membership-based organization that I have participated in that treats members as peripheral to decision-making. That's ironic, when you think about the mission and mandate embodied in the organization's name - the International Association for Public Participation. IAP2 is important to me -- I hope they get it right. Let's Talk IAP2 launched August 8 and runs to August 27. Find out more information at Let's Talk IAP2. Sidewalk goes off the rails? Sidewalk Labs is planning to build a model smart community in Toronto. But their approach to community relations and public participation has undermined trust and raised opposition in the community. Linkworthy Check out these sources that provide context for this week's discussion. International Association for Public Participation Let's Talk IAP2 Sidewalk Toronto scrambles to prepare for public meeting, as criticism mounts, James McLeod Google affiliate's grand ambition runs into Waterfront Toronto's reality, Jennifer Wells Rebecca Sutherns on Twitter Sage Solutions It’s your turn Inside P2 is produced by Joseph Thornley. I’d love to know what you think about the topics in this podcast, topics you’d like me to cover in future podcasts and people you’d like to hear from. Leave a comment at the bottom of this blog post Join the Inside P2 Facebook Group Tweet to @InsideP2Podcast Email InsideP2Podcast@Gmail.com Subscribe Subscribe in Apple Podcasts Subscribe in Google Play Music Subscribe in Spotify Reviews help others to find this podcast. If you like this podcast, please review Inside P2 on Apple Podcasts. Inside P2 009: Nothing About Us Without Us is For Us by Joseph Thornley is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Public participation (P2) is a core principle of contemporary politics and policy and is used to involve people and communities in problem-solving and decision-making discussions. In order to understand the importance of P2, we talk with Kylie Cochrane this week on the role it plays in infrastructure projects, the future of P2 in the digital age and ways governments can do public participation effectively. Both an International Board Member for the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) and the Global Lead for Communication and Stakeholder Engagement at Aurecon, Kylie is a bit of a rock star in the world of public participation. Discussed in this episode: Social Triangle Theory at the heart of infrastructure projects Trust decreasing in Australia and how public participation can save it Building a community and making them stay Effectively using storytelling and creating a strong narrative The future of IAP2 Australasia working with the United Nations Find contentgroup on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Read more about best industry practices from our blog and weekly newsletter.

IAP2 USA President Leah Jaramillo talks with Joseph Thornley about the IAP2’s National Dialogue initiative, its focus and objectives, its origins, where it will happen and its culmination at the IAP2 North American Conference in September. Resources IAP2 USA IAP2 Canada IAP2 North American Conference Download the National Dialogue organizer’s guide The post Inside P2: IAP2 National Dialogue on Polarization appeared first on FIR Podcast Network.

IAP2 USA President Leah Jaramillo talks about the IAP2's National Dialogue initiative, its focus and objectives, its origins, where it will happen and its culmination at the IAP2 North American Conference in September. We seem to live in times in which the volume has been turned up and the listening has stopped. In the wake of the US election, opposing camps have built polarized world views based on conflicting arrays of alternative facts. The members of the US chapter of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) experience the disfunction of public discourse on a daily basis in their work promoting and facilitation public engagement with government. Now, IAP2 USA is organizing a National Dialogue among its members and interested community groups to discuss the current environment for public participation. The dialogue will take the form of meetings across the summer culminating in a discussion at the IAP2's North American Conference in Denver in September. In this episode of Inside P2, IAP2 US President Leah Jaramilo talks to Joseph Thornley about this initiative. One more thing I neglected to ask Leah in the interview who had contributed to the development of the concept. She send me a note after our interview to let me now that, "The IAP2 USA Board members who were involved in developing this as a program for national distribution are Kit Cole, Cathy Smith and Wendy Green Lowe. Thanks are also due to IAP2 USA Executive Manager, Amelia Shaw & Staff for all their assistance and to Lewis Michaelson who co-facilitated the pilot event in San Diego with Wendy Green Lowe." Thanks all round to these folks for making this initiative happen. Resources IAP2 USA IAP2 Canada IAP2 North American Conference Download the National Dialogue organizer's guide It’s your turn Inside P2 is produced by Joseph Thornley. I’d love to know what you think about the topics in this podcast, topics you’d like me to cover in future podcasts and people you’d like to hear from. You can contact me in several ways Leave a comment at the bottom of this blog post Join the Inside P2 Facebook Group Tweet to @InsideP2Podcast Email InsideP2Podcast@Gmail.com Keep listening. Keep considering what you hear. Keep responding. Subscribe Subscribe in iTunes Subscribe in Google Play Music Reviews on iTunes help others to find this podcast. If you like this podcast, please review Inside P2 on iTunes.

On today's episode of Inside P2 (Inside Public Participation), I highlight some of professional development resources you may want to take advantage of in the coming year. I cover conferences that will give you insight into today's best practices in P2 and also provide you with the opportunity to meet face to face with other P2 practitioners from across North America and even Australasia and Europe. I also talk about the IAP2, a professional association that will deliver professional development and networking opportunities. And I point to other online P2 resources you should bookmark. Links to resources mentioned in this episode: Conferences IAP2 US Skills Symposium, February 27- March 3, 2017, San Diego IOPD 2017 Conference, June 16-19, 2017, Montreal International Organization on Participatory Democracy (IOPD) Office de Consultation Publique to Montreal IAP2 North American Conference, September 6-8, 2017, Denver Association International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) IAP2 USA IAP2 Canada IAP2 Australasia Online Resources Journal of Deliberative Democracy Open Government Partnership Paris conference sessions on YouTube It’s your turn Inside P2 is produced by Joseph Thornley. I’d love to know what you think about the topics in this podcast, topics you’d like me to cover in future podcasts and people you’d like to hear from. You can contact me in several ways Leave a comment at the bottom of this blog post. Tweet to @InsideP2Podcast Email InsideP2Podcast@Gmail.com Keep listening. Keep considering what you hear. Keep responding. Subscribe Subscribe in iTunes Reviews on iTunes help others to find this podcast. If you like this podcast, please review Inside P2 on iTunes.

Why the Inside P2 podcast Welcome to Inside P2, the podcast for public participation practitioners hosted by me, Joseph Thornley. Each week I hope to talk to you about best practices, case studies, and research in effective public participation. Sometimes I'll be on my own. Sometimes, I'll have guest hosts. And sometimes, I'll post interviews. The format of the show will include both a discussion of a principal topic or interview along with one or more brief #IP2Noted items, quick hits on things P2 that I've noticed around the web. I'm also hoping to be joined from time to time by guest hosts who have a unique perspective on on P2. So, if you have some insight or experience that you'd like to share and are willing to illustrate it with case studies or original research, I'd love to feature you either as a guest host or as an interviewee. If you're interested, please email me at insidep2podcast@gmail.com or tweet to @insidep2podcast. #IP2Noted Finally, this week's #IP2Noted segment covers: The IAP2 North American Conference is being held September 28-30 in Montreal. I attended this conference in Portland last year - and found it to be the best conference of the year. It's smallish - 250 people - with two full days of speakers with practical experience. I learned a lot last year and I'm looking forward to attending again this year. The early registration fee is in effect now. Check out the conference Website. If you are a public participation practitioner looking for an opportunity to meet other practitioners and learn from them, this conference may be what you are looking for. The Mandarin has launched All Things P, an online hub dedicated to news and insight about public engagement in Australia. The Australians have been at the P2 game for some time. In announcing the launch of All Things P, Mandarin Publisher Tom Burton writes: All Things P recognises the need agencies have to rapidly develop their engagement and campaign management skills. We are bringing together some of Australia’s best practitioners in the fields of communications, user and interface design, engagement, clear communications, marketing, campaign design, analytics, brand management, stakeholder management and modern public affairs management. Their insights, from the practical to the strategic, will help build a strong community of practice around public sector engagement. Australia has been a P2 hotspot. So, this site should be useful to anyone interested in P2. It's your turn I'd love to know what you think about the topics in this podcast, topics you'd like me to cover in future podcasts and people you'd like to hear from. You can contact me in several ways Leave a comment at the bottom of this blog post. Tweet to @InsideP2Podcast Email InsideP2Podcast@Gmail.com Keep listening. Keep considering what you hear. Keep responding. Subscribe Subscribe in iTunes Reviews on iTunes help others to find this podcast. If you like this podcast, please review Inside P2 on iTunes.  

A couple of weeks ago I was running the first visual facilitation garage. This advanced workshop has been around in Europe for a while and now we start this advanced class for people who have participated in the fundamentals class in Australia as well. When you start something new, you start something small and so Keith Greaves attended as the only attendee at the first visual facilitation garage in Melbourne in May. Keith and I had a great time together working in the garage. We had 4 hours of intensive learning together and we both learnt from each other. So I thought we share our conversation over those four hours in an interview with you. Let me introduce Keith Greaves in a couple of sentences. He grew up in Ireland and worked in several very interesting countries including Azerbaijan and Syria. Today Keith lives with this family in Melbourne running two companies: Chit Chat and Mosaic Lab. Mosaic Lab is a company that facilitates big groups and creates spaces for c0-creating and collaboration. He sets up workshops for 80-300 people to bring people together from all parts of the societies and brings people together to collaborate. Keith puts a lot of this energy into preparing those venues and you will learn in this podcast how he does it. What really hit me when listening to Keith was his passion for public participation following the core values of IAP2. He makes a difference in the world by improving our democracy. Our democracy is based on a the idea of a majority. A 50% majority is good but imagine you had a co-created law proposal for the prime minister that bases on a super majority of 80%. Now let me pass on the microphone to Keith Greaves from MosaicLab listening to this story!

What steps can you take to improve the environment? How can we protect it for future generations? Carbon footprints. CFLs vs LEDs. Used cars vs Hybrids. SPECIAL GUEST: Leanne Nurse is a program analyst for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Innovation. She staffs EPA's public involvement policy and collaborative problem solving initiative, including the new Collaboration Practitioners Network. She served as a community involvement coordinator, a public affairs specialist for water and environmental justice programs, and as liaison to the US Green Group. She is an inaugural fellow of the University of Virginia's Natural Resources Leadership Institute and is certified by IAP2, the International Association for Public Participation. Prior to government, Leanne worked as an award-winning public and commercial television producer, editor and reporter. Leanne is also a member of NCDD's Board of Directors.