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Let’s diversify and devolve the public engagement strategy on net zero
Green engagement is going strong. Citizens assemblies and national dialogues have teased out multiple climate conversations but they always seem to under-deliver. In fairness, there is evidence of positive impact – often because government, nationally and locally,...
Why you need a more realistic avatar
When fellow guru Jonathan Bradley sent me a message asking me “what would the ultimate citizen engagement platform look like?”, it got me thinking. Interconnected worlds have interconnected problems. Take global food security, climate change or economic stability as...
Online questionnaires are not all equal
A truly British invention, the humble questionnaire has been the ‘bread and butter’ of collecting feedback since it was invented circa 1800. You could, therefore, be forgiven for considering them old fashioned compared to modern interactive and immersive...
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