Community Engagement: Technologies for Change

Waterloo, Ontario

To make real and lasting change we need to engage the community – to deeply listen to their stories, to ask for ideas, to leverage the passion and commitment of citizens, and empower the community to lead. We need to stop asking for input and realize that the most successful work in community is driven by the community.

This workshop will walk through Community Engagement theory and practice and highlight the multitude of ways that technology can be used to enhance your community engagement efforts. Dive deeper into some newer methodologies and technologies that enables the brainstorming of ideas, voting, surveying, and community decision making, and challenge yourself to go deeper in your community engagement efforts.

In this workshop you will:

• Learn about the evolution of Community Engagement practices

• Re-frame the way you think about engaging your key audiences

• See how technology can enhance your community engagement efforts

• Get exposure to the latest technologies

• Be inspired by practical examples from both the non-profit and private sector

• Learn methods to deepen levels of engagement at each stage of your work

Led by Lisa Attygalle with Paul Born, this workshop is for people who have a deep interest in Community Engagement, are curious about technology, and want to expand their understanding and improve their engagement practices. If Community Engagement is at all part of your role, this workshop is for you.

Accelerating Community Change with Collective Impact

Brampton, Ontario | January 27, 2015

The Accelerating Community Change with Collective Impact workshop is led by Sylvia Cheuy, a seasoned community builder and facilitator who will introduce participants to strategies and resources to effectively engage citizens and sector leaders to realize positive community change and achieve collective impact. Please join us to:

• Learn how to engage citizens and sectors around a shared aspiration for change

• Discover how Collective Impact is distinct and different from other forms of collaboration and why it is uniquely suited for working on complex social and environmental issues

• Learn to apply the three pre-conditions and the five conditions of collective impact to create a high-impact, coordinated approach to community change  

• Advance your community’s agenda with tools and techniques that move toward impact

• Embrace the power of citizen engagement and collective impact

Community problems are complex - education, poverty, food security, neighbourhood revitalization, crime prevention, and environmental sustainability – and we cannot solve or create lasting change when we work in isolation. Collective impact is a disciplined, cross-sector approach to solving social and environmental problems on a large scale. The collective impact model requires different sectors to work towards a common agenda, across multiple sectors and used shared measures to monitor progress.  A backbone infrastructure coordinates and supports an array of mutually reinforcing activities and ensures ongoing collaboration and learning.  

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Community Change:
Lessons Learned in 2014

Speakers: Paul Born & Liz Weaver
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Time: 12 - 1pm, ET

Come hear Tamarack`s President and Vice President discuss the lessons learned over the past year from work in Community Change. They will share their learnings, trends they are seeing, and show the cutting edge resources they have encountered throughout the year. Hear about their experiences, the amazing people they have met and programs they have engaged with from around the world, and then join in with your ideas and questions.