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Local Authority Budget Consultations – An update
Read → iiWho sets the agendas? – A week of riots prompts serious thinking about the way in which we set the agenda
Read → iiiSequential consultations – Current practice may struggle to deal effectively with major service changes
Read → ivLet someone else do it! – Can you outsource public engagement?
Read → vBeing awkward – Is the ‘Awkward Squad’ an inevitable feature of a contentious consultation?
Read → viStrength or weakness? – Is it a weakness to listen? Lots of public bodies must be pondering this question
Read → viiPublic sector re-organisations – …and their impact on public engagement
Read → viiiEngagement ‘domains’ – Different professions and different environments have cultures, values and behaviour patterns all of their own
Read → ixBallot-box participation – What are the implications of consultation through the ballot-box?
Read → xBeware re-organisations – They’re not all bad, but the consequences for public engagement can often be serious
Read → xiScrapping the ‘duty to involve’ – What difference would it make?
Read → xiiRisk Assessment – Six issues to bear in mind when organising consultations
Read → xiiiAre options optional? – Some consultations have options, but many don’t; what’s best?
Read → xivDialogue by discussion – The growing popularity of ‘not-quite-Focus Groups’
Read → xvComplaints and consultation – What’s the relationship between individual complaints and consultations?
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