What I say ... purpose of the engagement:

A highly responsive and participatory interface between the caller(s), the

stakeholders and the public

No really, the purpose of the engagement version 1.0:

To make visible the collective intelligence of a region in such a way that it transforms civic culture and

leadership platforms ...

... so that the directionality of society is re-located into the hands of citizens

Principles of Engagement

Honesty, Transparency and Authenticity

Chaos with just enough order

People see themselves in the results - proof is in the pudding

Integrates expert input, interactive conversation, arts, social media, tangible experience

Builds community and raises civic pride

Responsive to what is happening in the community, online, in the media

Compelling messaging, invitation and branding

Engages broad and diverse demographic and geography

Builds trust

Makes visible the full spectrum of opinion and perspective

Share the necessary information to create informed public debate

The Different RolesCallers

Communications

Stakeholders

Process Designers

Harvester

Creative EngagementOnline/new

media genius

Project Manager

Strategist

“The quality, nature and depth of relationship at the core is reflected in the quality, nature and depth of the engagement process”

Invitation, Messaging & Creative Engagement

Events

Social/ New Media

Iterative Harvest

How can civic engagement transform the current culture of leadership/governance rather than just help it function better?

How can events, online and creative engagements provoke people into their own activities? (build a movement)

How can we harvest that activity in such a way that it can feed meaningfully back into the public realm and strategically influence decision making?

How can we build decision maker accountability into the process?

What are the risks of not activating civic engagement for change?

What if the greatest innovation in Nova Scotia is not around what topic or the process we use but who we manage to engage?

Now we have created a crack in the society here how do we flood it with capacity building for authentic engagement?

Questions