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Still too much top down: stakeholders queuing up to demand consultation

A month ago, we published a Briefing Paper entitled Exit from Lockdown: the case for consultation. In it, we made the case for decision-makers at both central and local levels to engage and consult on issues which affect millions of people. It acknowledged the difficulties; the need for speed, the challenging trade-offs, and the inevitable winners […]

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On the road to a green recovery – Can Covid-19 help accelerate a ‘better normal’?

Article / Shaheena Ahmed

Alongside hundreds of other countries, the UK has experienced cleaner air, less traffic and pollution, and an increase in the use of parks as well as walking and cycling. With the easement of the global lockdown now underway, will the positive behaviours we have adopted continue post-Covid-19? Following on from Davy Jones ’s “towards a

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Getting a grip with digital engagement

Article / Caroline Latta

tCI Associate Caroline Latta gives her top tips to get started on digital The global pandemic has created a new norm in terms of shifting involvement activity to digital methods and it’s important to recognise that a large majority of ‘traditional’ face to face consultation activity can be replicated online. An unintended benefit of these

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Communicating on Climate Change Getting the messaging right

Article / Penny Norton

Climate change is such a broad subject, it’s not surprising that it has many conflicting messages attached to it. This invariably creates complexities for those of us running climate change engagement programmes. Consider the following: Sentiment versus fact: In communications on environmental issues, there is no absence of either, but whereas some people are motivated

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Digital decision-making: challenges and the road forward

Article / Stephen Hill

This week, we saw Parliament return to in-person voting after the government called an end to the successful online voting system that they had previously put in place to attempt to mitigate the risks of coronavirus infection in Parliament. Quite apart from the spectacle of 650 MPs queueing at an appropriate social distance for 1.5km

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Consultation and the ‘seldom online’

Article / Rhion Jones

Some of the most useful concepts are very simple. Whilst preparing our detailed Internal Guidance for tCI Associates about to deliver advice under our Consultation and Engagement Restart service, we spent time addressing the number one issue that faces many of our members and clients. How to re-profile dialogue methods in the light of social

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Special Webinar: Engaging the Public in the Climate Emergency

Article / TCI Team

This webinar is a great opportunity to discuss with tCI experts and hear our thinking on the key issues facing organisations that need to engage the public thoroughly on how to tackle the climate emergency. Hot topics we’ll address include: A lot of public engagement and consultation has been halted due to the Covid-19 crisis. What can we learn

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Engagement impacts of Cummings and Goings

Article / Rhion Jones

Whatever happens to the individual, Dominic Cummings lockdown travelling will have an impact upon relationships with the public over the coming months. It has highlighted political disquiet about the consistency of the lockdown observance, as between those in high office and the rest of us. Only time will tell if people behave differently, or if

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The Week in Parliament

Article / Stephen Hill

This week’s ‘The Week in Parliament’ might better be titled ‘The Week out of Parliament’, as Parliament is going to feature remarkably little, primarily because of the parliamentary recess. But also, because I want to talk about That Story. You know the one I’m talking about. Now I want to make it clear, that I

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Confessions of a Creative Dialogue Sceptic (now converted!)

Article / Rhion Jones

I followed Susan Ritchie’s excellent ‘Wednesday Wisdom’ webinar knowing that, in the eyes of some of my colleagues, I have often been viewed as a bit of a methodology dinosaur, less enthusiastic about new ideas than I should have been! It all goes back to a rant I must have had many years ago along

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Still too much top down: stakeholders queuing up to demand consultation

On the road to a green recovery – Can Covid-19 help accelerate a ‘better normal’?

Getting a grip with digital engagement

Communicating on Climate Change Getting the messaging right

Digital decision-making: challenges and the road forward

Consultation and the ‘seldom online’

Special Webinar: Engaging the Public in the Climate Emergency

Engagement impacts of Cummings and Goings

The Week in Parliament

Confessions of a Creative Dialogue Sceptic (now converted!)

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