Graphic Reflections on the Consultation Institute’s 10th Anniversary Conference

Doing it differently!  Some graphic reflections on the Consultation Institute’s 10^th Anniversary conference this week

With over 100 engagement and consultation practitioners from public, private and voluntary sectors gathered in London this week to celebrate the 10th birthday of the Consultation Institute.  We met, we engaged, we heard from a range of really interesting speakers representing organisations ranging from the World Bank, the House of Lords, Sainsbury’s, and several of tCI’s own associates and directors.

We brought  along a graphic recorder, Chris Shipton who sat in on many of the sessions and also spoke with delegates during the day to provide a graphic illustration of our reflections on ‘top tips for engagement’ raised during the day.

Here’s what he produced.  For those in the audience who are already users of our online engagement platform we’ll be picking up on some of these themes in our next round of User Group meetings across the country in November/December this year.

For those who aren’t yet an Objective customer, why not take a look at some of our customers and people’s other top tips in this blog, and hit the ‘find out more’ link to take the next steps or go straight to our website and take a closer look.

Enjoy!

 

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Ian Morris

Principal Business Consultant

ian.morris@objective.com 

07833259224

Idea 4: Build your networks...

Similar to the ‘Fish where the Fish are’ idea (idea 2) - don't expect people to come to you unless you are willing to put some effort in to building your networks in the first place.

In the age of social media people are hanging around (online) all over the place.

You need to find them and then get involved in their networks on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Tumblr (and the list goes on.) So long as you share a common interest and speak to them in a genuine and transparent way they will invite you in.

So spend more time hanging around in other people's networks and when the time is right invite them to join yours. This way you can connect people to your social media assets and to your own website or engagement tools. 




Giant: 

Jonathan Bradley

Founder

Participate Ltd

jonathanbradley@participate.uk.com

http://www.participate.uk.com

0845 094 8191