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Posted 15 years ago4 minute read

Using consultation data – We’re in danger of paying more attention to the gathering of data than the use that’s made of it.

A public sector organisation recently showed us its plan to take a sensitive and controversial decision. There had been extensive...

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Posted 15 years ago5 minute read

Career plans – Who'd like to be working in public engagement or consultation right now?

You’re talented! You’re experienced! You know your way around the labyrinth of public services and the bureaucracies that surround them....

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Posted 15 years ago5 minute read

Panels reunited – If you don’t use Panels, start building. You’ll need them soon

Local Authorities use them. Some NHS Trusts use them; Police have them and umpteen other public bodies have found them...

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Posted 15 years ago4 minute read

Still consulting … but rather quicker – The Coalition Government is an enthusiastic consultor… but is clearly in a hurry!

By our calculations, the Central Government has launched 80 consultations in its five months of office. These are in addition...

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Posted 15 years ago5 minute read

We’re all in this … – Implementing the Spending review will be almost impossible without effective dialogues

he Chancellor didn’t have many surprises. Almost all the key messages of the Spending Review had been well and truly...

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Posted 15 years ago4 minute read

Local enterprise – Potentially powerful new Partnerships will need to engage with communities

Just when you thought that life was becoming simpler, and the Coalition’s great experiment in localism was about to begin,...

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