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Victorian Events
CHAT is a Victorian IAP2 initiative; a monthly gathering of people interested in the latest community engagement practices and techniques. CHAT sessions are a great opportunity to meet other Community Engagement practitioners, discuss current work challenges in a supportive environment and listen to people’ s personal experiences. CHAT sessions are held in some of Melbourne ’s best bars and cafes or hosted in the offices our members.
Our Victorian Co-ordinator is Crispin Butteriss.
The training program was developed to meet the needs of IAP2 members. IAP2 trainers worked with practitioners from around the world to develop foundational tools that transcend national and cultural boundaries. Even advanced practitioners will find useful techniques to assist in working with the public and clients to establish effective public participation programs.
All three courses are presented in an experiential learning environment that provides students with the opportunity to explore their own public participation challenges with their instructor and peers. Interactive exercises and practical tips are used to enliven the basic theory and reference materials presented throughout each module and reinforce skills that participants can put to immediate use.
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What you have missed so far:
Our panel and audience where invited to discuss the importance of actively involving Aboriginal people in projects and policy.
During the 2007 IAP2 Australasian Symposium it was identified that community engagement practitioners current have few opportunities to access professional mentors.
We therefore decided to host a forum to build an informal mentoring program with interested practitioners.
November 2007
Bums on Seats
Many of us have run community consultation programs where the hardest part has been finding anyone to consult with. We dread the public meeting with more consulters than consultees, the silent information line, the questionnaires that no-one fills out and the pile of information sheets gathering dust in the local library.
As practitioners, we must remind ourselves that community engagement is a two way street – if we really want to engage the ‘usual suspects’, we need to go where they are, not expect them to come with us. The Victorian Committee would like to gratefully acknowledge VicUrban's ongoing support of IAP2 Australasia. June 2007 Cliff Overton and Kay Hawkins of the Country Fire Authority hosted the evening and CFA staff gave a presentation on their corporate vision “We seek a State where communities partner with CFA to be safe, self-reliant and strong.” They also outlined their current suite of programs for engaging the community. May 2007 Ruth Davies of Maunsell led an informal discussion based on her experiences of contracting with clients. We covered lessons for consultants, people employing consultants and for people acting as ‘internal consultants’ contacting with senior management. April 2007 Hosted by DVC, the April event included the launch of Twyford’s book “Beyond Public Meetings.” It was also a combined event with the Australian Facilitators Network and our discussion topic was: “Challenges in facilitating a community meeting of passionate and angry people” March 2007 Imagine Dandenong, Film Screening and discussion of the Imagine Dandenong project by Amy Hubbard . The boundary between community development and community engagement was also discussed at the event hosted by Stephanie Rice at Acciona Energy. February 2007 Christine Gibbs gave an informal presentation on Melbourne Water’s community engagement activities at the Riverland Bar on the edge of the Yarra River at Fed Square. Our program in 2006 covered: November 2006 Ruth Davies of Maunsells hosted the last IAP2 CHAT session for the year at their Melbourne City Office. Ruth Woods and Mandy Black from the Shire of Yarra Ranges spoke about "Community Engagement at the Township level” based on their experience of engaging communities across the vast expanses of Yarra Ranges. October 2006 Kimbra White facilitated a discussion on “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” of workshops at the Belgium Beer Garden in South Melbourne. September 2006 Step McCarthy and Barbara Jackson gave a presentation on their community engagement work in Asia and the Pacific. August 2006 Our first CHAT Amy Hubbard and Steph Rice were our guest presenters at Young and Jacksons in the City.
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Book Launch