Our blogger is Carleen Carroll, Director of Community Relations at Halton Region Government in Ontario. Her blog is part of IPAC's Quantum Governance - Centre for Governance Dialogue initiative. Visit the site for more information.
At the International Association of Public Participation Conference in Montreal, I attended a session entitled “Louisiana Speaks” which spoke to efforts to raise public attention of the long-term community planning efforts, to demonstrate the recovery pro
» » » »2006-12-08 00:00:00 Carleen Carroll
The Art of Hosting and convening Conversations is a practice retreat for all who aspire to learn and find new ways for working with others to create innovative and and comprehensive solutions.
» » » »2006-12-22 00:00:00
The government of British Columbia has posted eleven conversation starters on the Conversation on Health website.The topics range from the Canada Health Act to end-of-life care.
» » » »2007-01-19 00:00:00 Carleen Carroll
In the November 2006 issue of “Participation Quarterly”, excerpts from The Charette Handbook, American Planning Association 2006 by the National Charette Insittue (NCI), review how the term “charette” has developed a certain cachet. The NCI has developed
» » » »2007-02-08 00:00:00 Carleen Carroll
For anyone interested in emergency planning, the Conference Board of Canada has released a March 2007 report entitled “Tough Times in the Big Easy - Lessons from a Catastrophe”.
» » » »2007-03-12 00:00:00 Carleen Carroll
Stakeholder engagement is becoming more and more complex. In many organizations the necessary functionality of a software solution is now well beyond the scope of what Excel or Access has to offer.
» » » »2007-03-15 00:00:00 Carleen Carroll
This past week I had the opportunity to participate in a webinar on social media. The webinar was provided via the Canadian Public Relations Society and featured social media guru Eli Singer. The webinar was very valuable, in that it provided new ideas of
» » » »2007-05-18 00:00:00 Carleen Carroll
Growth by definition involves change - and change is rarely simple nor universally embraced.
» » » »2007-06-29 00:00:00 Carleen Carroll
I’ve just finished reading Kieron O’Hara’s book “Trust From Socrates to Spin” as part of some research into trust issues for an article I’m writing.
» » » »2007-07-13 00:00:00 Carleen Carroll
The Canadian Institute for Public Engagement is a non-profit organization dedicated to building and improving best practices in public engagement.
» » » »2007-08-17 00:00:00 Carleen Carroll
