From the dark side

I am from the ‘dark side’. I found this out last week. Let me set the scene … I was attending the National Community Engagement for Infrastructure Forum (NCEIF) in Canberra. You see, this conference hosted and boasted some of the best minds, thought leaders and inspirational speakers in the engagement industry. People like Anne […]

The value of boots on the ground

Australia is a pretty big place, geographically speaking. That’s a lot of ground for our colleagues in the Australian Government to cover! With our funding partners so far from the day-to-day deliverables, the value of having boots on the ground at the project sites, cannot be underestimated. If a picture speaks a thousand words, we […]

Reflecting on self through training

Earlier this year I had the opportunity to complete some eye-opening training through IAP2. The training programs were ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’ and ‘Facilitating the tough stuff’. The two courses, while seemingly very different, had some common threads running through them and made me reflect on my own practice and how it might be impacted […]