An Introduction to Co-Production
Co-production is a powerful way of engaging citizens in meaningful dialogue, following the principles of “continuous dynamic dialogue”, which we at the Consultation Institute set as a benchmark of best …
Courses
Consulting on NSIPs
Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects are major infrastructure developments in England and Wales that bypass normal local planning requirements. Its very precise format means that it has many merits that are …
Advanced Practitioner Online Assessment
This assessment is exclusive to those participating in the APC programme. The APC assessment is based on Institute Papers and Articles as well as the book, The Politics of Consultation. …
You’re Asking Me? (Free Taster Course)
Have you or your organisation been asked to respond to a consultation? The Consultation Institute has created a detailed course on how best you can respond to a consultation, and …
The Consultation Charter: A foundation course in consultation (Free Course)
For a consultation to work well, it needs to take into account the seven principles of the consultation charter. This course helps you to get to grips with the practical …
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Involving young people in decision-making
Children and young people have a right to take part in and influence how adults plan and run services for them in the areas where they live and learn; but …
Consultation for planning and development
Planning is all about people: it exists to create well-functioning spaces for people, to provide necessary infrastructure, to enable social, economic, and environmental priorities to shape places and to protect …
Using Social Media in Consultation
Today’s society is more connected than ever before. The opportunity to go online is now available at home, at work, on public transport and across cities and towns. The way …
Law of Consultation Online
If you were to ask a consultation professional to describe the Law of Consultation, they would probably be able to mention The Gunning Principles. Ask them to describe those in …
Creative Dialogue Methods
In this course, we are going to give you an overview of four of the more popular creative dialogue methods being used across a variety of sectors. There is a …
Creating a coding frame for text responses
Coding is one way to organise non-numerical data so that it can be examined in a more rigorous and systematic way, so that some conclusions can be drawn from it. …
Consultation and Public Events
Public events come in all shapes and sizes from simple ‘drops ins’ to view plans for a new project to very large public meetings involving hundreds of people or modern …
Data Analysis and Report Writing
Consultation is not a vote; the data collected is a means of informing decision-makers of what different types of people think, and how strongly they think it, but this does …
Surveys and Questionnaires
Surveys and Questionnaires must be informed by understanding the audience; they must sit in the world of the respondent, not in the world of the person writing them. They cannot …
Focus Groups
A Focus Group is not a large gathering, nor is it simply an unstructured chat. It has clear parameters, as set out in this course. We look at the basic …
Collecting information, data and sampling
Data collection is at the heart of consultation – it is a means whereby we find out what people think and what they wish to say. Before we move to …
Stakeholder Mapping for Public Consultation
Any competent engagement and consultation programme starts with having a good understanding of your stakeholders and anticipating both how they will react and how they need to be involved. Here, …
