Strategies for Successful Public Engagement

Successful public engagements have strategies in place before, during and after the event. At Constructive, we are committed to designing and facilitating events that creatively engage the public in making change. We believe that while policy and institutions have a role to play, real change happens when citizens take responsibility for changing the world. It is our role to create the framework and build the capacity for this responsibility to become reality.

before 

Define what success looks like.

Engage with key stakeholders.

Identify new collaborators.

Launch online tools to build engagement.

Blogs, wikis, web seminars etc to facilitate

conversation and collaboration.

Get the “right people in the room”.

during the event 

Designed to ensure maximum collaboration linked to real outcomes.

Framework for a vibrant participant-driven agenda.

Connect stakeholders, engage and mobilize the broader community.

Use the best of the participant driven open space model along with other facilitation models.

Provide a safe, open space.

Connect stakeholders in unexpected collabora­tion. Creative public engagement is fun, exciting and inviting.

Leverage online project organizing site space for volunteers and community managers to take projects forward.

after 

Success measured not just in day-of participation but in outcomes afterwards.

Pre-event online tools, the day-of facilitation and note-taking document plans and successes after the event is over.

Post-event engagement opportunities with monthly webinars/conference calls and in person events and integration into ongoing outreach program.

Success shared through benchmarking and result monitoring.

success

community organizations 

Participant driven model is ideal for generating new, and actionable, solutions to longstanding issues and challenges from your community.

corporate clients 

A unique opportunity to engage customers and stakeholders. Go beyond traditional focus groups and community consultations to generate new product ideas, build closer relationships with customers and staff and innovate new service models.

public sector 

Constructive provides an open and safe space to engage with public stakeholders.

Build connections across disparate groups and find new solutions.

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