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Large Scale Community Engagement Strategies

Large Scale Community Engagement Strategies. Jo Matthews – Soil and Soul Kirsti Norris – Action for Sustainability. Why Social Engagement?. Discover. How does your organisation involve people in meaningful conversations?. Dream.

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Large Scale Community Engagement Strategies

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  1. Large Scale Community Engagement Strategies Jo Matthews – Soil and Soul Kirsti Norris – Action for Sustainability

  2. Why Social Engagement?

  3. Discover • How does your organisation involve people in meaningful conversations?

  4. Dream • How could social engagement support your sustainability agenda / strategy?

  5. Open Space • Whoever comes are the right people. • Whatever happens is the only thing that could have happened. • Whenever it starts is the right time. • When it’s over, it’s over. • The Law of Two Feet

  6. Communities of Practice • Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.

  7. Design • Which of these would I like to try? • Who with? • When? • What else do I need?

  8. Destiny • Over to you….

  9. More help • Handout (available on conference resource site) • Books • Web links and on line resources • Support • EAUC Community of Practice

  10. People need to feel part of the decision to change and engaged in it • Whatever you start you have to follow through • Choose the method that is going to best achieve your desired outcome

  11. Your next steps – making the most of your EAUC Membership… • Resources - • visit the dedicated community section on the EAUC resource bank • Visit the adult and community education section of SORTED – the online resource for sustainability in the Learning and Skills sector • Training - view our pre-recorded partnerships and engagement EAUC CPD webinar series • Recognition - enter the 2012 Green Gown Awards social responsibility and/or behaviour change categories. Entries open summer 2012 • Measure and improve - sign up to LiFEwww.thelifeindex.org.uk. EAUC Members receive a significant discount • LiFE offers a dedicated ‘community and public engagement’ framework Membership matters at www.eauc.org.uk

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