Engaging for Change Speaker Series

The Engaging for Change Speaker Series provided expert and practical conversations about how to engage and work with stakeholders. The three morning events were held in November and December 2011 with invited participants from the City of Guelph, 10 Carden, the Institue for Community Engaged Scholarship and many community advocates and facilitators.  Speakers explored their topics of expertise: deliberative democracy, democracy circles and conceptualizing and applying various engagement strategies. We hope these resources will pique your interest for future  discussions. 

The series was hosted by Barb Powell, General Manager, Community Engagement, City of Guelph and Linda Hawkins, Director of the Institute for Community Engaged Scholarship/Research Shop.  

Democracy circles: the practical applications in various planning and community development contexts with Wayne Caldwell, PhD, RPP MCIP, Director, School of Environmental Design & Rural Development, University of Guelph    http://www.waynecaldwell.ca
Public deliberation: Achieving meaningful public input for complex issues with Dr. Kieran O'Doherty, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology,University of Guelph http://dsp.psychology.uoguelph.ca	Achieving meaningful public input for complex issues (pptx)
The good, the bad, and the ugly side of engagement: What are the enabling conditions?  with Ricardo Ramirez, PhD, Consultant and Adjunct Professor, University of Guelph Resources: Measuring the Impact of Civic Engagement Power: A practical guide for facilitating social change SAS2 : a guide to collaborative inquiry and social engagement	What are the enabling conditions?(pdf)