When: Friday 7th October, 9.00am to 5.00pm
Where: Flemington Neighbourhood House, 28 Farnham Street Flemington
Close to train station, parking available,
Mel ref – Map 28 – K 11
Includes: Workbooks, planning templates, lunch, tea, coffee, catering
Please contact us for any dietary requirements
Cost: $300 per participant
Registration: mary.brennan@studycircles.net.au
Community engagement is becoming integral to how providers of public services operate. It is considered a key to both project success and risk reduction. It is increasingly a ‘must have’ competency for anyone overseeing programs that have an impact on the community, or require the involvement of stakeholders for project success.
Through participating in this ‘learning by doing’ interactive workshop, you will gain an
appreciation of the importance of developing well considered community engagement plans and be able to discern effective community engagement from “tokenistic community consultation”.
Participants will also understand that community engagement is much more than providing opportunities for the vocal minority. Quality engagement requires a planned and comprehensive approach to identifying stakeholders and properly understanding their interests before deciding on the tools and techniques to interact with them.
It is emerging as a discipline in its own right, with a body of knowledge and particular areas of expertise.
Facilitators
Dr Mark Brophy is a Director of Australian Study Circles Network, Education Coordinator of Farnham Street Neighbourhood Learning Centre, Board Member / Research Fellow of Adult Learning Australia, Adjunct Fellow of Victoria University, Kettering and Fulbright Scholar. Mark was also the Victorian State-wide
Community Engagement Facilitator for the Department of Sustainability and Environment.
Mary Brennan is a Director of Australian Study Circles Network, Director of her own
international educational practice, Masters Research student at Victoria University
and lecturer at Central Queensland University and Victoria University.
Mary is an experienced deliberative dialogue practitioner and a designer of the internationally recognised Dialogue to Change Program. Mary also facilitated workshops nationally for the 2008 Ministerial Declaration on ACE.
Dr Martin Butcher gained his PhD in Community Engagement and Participatory Development. His background is in architecture, planning and facilitation. Martin is a specialist in designing and implementing community engagement plans and multistakeholder decision making processes. He is also a Community Engagement Facilitator for the Department of Sustainability and Environment.
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