I work with leaders and organisations to achieve results through collaboration. I focus on their toughest and most complex projects while building their ongoing capacity to collaborate and engage, across their organisation, with other organisations/stakeholders, and with their communities of interest.
Working as a coach, facilitator, process designer, trainer and strategic advisor, my approach is to work with people where they are at, understand their unique, and not so unique, challenges, and to co-create new ways of responding to those challenges.
Courses
When the Going Gets Tough: Strategies for dealing with community engagement challenges – click here for further information
Evaluation Essentials – click here for further information
Digital Deliberation – click here for further information
Fresh Ideas for community engagement – click here for further information
Questions Change Everything – click here for further information
Publications
- Interview by Nivek Thompson, Real Democracy Now, Podcast
- Interview by Alison Hornery ‘Collaborative Governance in a Complex World.’
- Co-authored ‘Beyond Public Meetings: Connecting community engagement with decision-making’
- Co-authored ‘The Power of Co: The Smart Leaders’ Guide to Collaborative Governance’
- Co-authored journal article ‘Stakeholders and Citizens in Public Deliberation’
- Co-authored chapter with Kath Fisher and Janette Hartz-Karp, ‘The unsung heroes of a deliberative process’ in the book “The Australian Citizens’ Parliament and the future of Deliberative Democracy”
- Authored article for NCDD ‘Is Roz Diane Lasker, MD on your radar screen?’
- Contributed case study ‘Seeing AI (Appreciative Inquiry) in action’ in the book “Implementing an effective change management strategy”, written by Neryl East.
- Authored article for Croakey ‘Busting some myths about consumer and community engagement in health decision-making’
- Authored article for Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner ‘Being AI to do AI’
Facilitation of Major Events
- LG Pro, 2019
- Collaboration for Impact Conference, Canberra, 2018
- QCOSS State Conference, 2018
- Finerdiners, Next Level Care Melbourne, 2016
- Check Up Leaders Forum, Brisbane, 2014
- Brisbane Summit, Qld Dept of Premier and Cabinet, 2013
- Mackay Summit, Qld Dept of Premier and Cabinet, 2013
- Logan Summit, City of Logan, 2013
- Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Sydney 2010
- Australia’s First Citizens’ Parliament, Canberra, 2009
- newDemocracy World Cafes, 2008
Papers/Sessions at Conferences
- Melbourne and Sydney, NCEIF Conferences, 2018 and 2019
- Melbourne, MAV Future of Democracy Conference, 2016
- Adelaide, IAP2, Citizens Juries and other deliberative processes, 2016
- Lorne, FinPro, Citizens Juries and other deliberative processes, 2016
- Perth, IAP2, Debating the efficacy of the Spectrum, 2015
- Brisbane, Check-up Australia, What health system can learn from a pipeline project, 2013
- Adelaide, IAP2, Engaging health consumers, 2013
- Brisbane, Altered States Conference, Engaging consumers in governance (case study), 2009
- Townsville, Health Promotion Conference, Appreciative Inquiry and health promotion, 2009
- Glasgow, IAP2, Core Values Renewal Process report, 2008
- Melbourne, IAP2 Conference 2007
- Montreal, Quebec IAP2 Conference 2006
- Sydney, Planning Institute Australia 2005
- Perth, Innovation in Community Engagement 2005
- Portland, Oregon, IAP2 Conference 2005
- Sydney, IAP2 Conference, 2005
- Madison Wisconsin, IAP2, Bridging the divide between engineers and engagement professionals, Conference 2004
- Salt Lake City, IAP2 2002
- Sydney, International Waste Conference, 2000
- Banff, Alberta, IAP2 1999
- Melbourne, Australasian Evaluation Society 1998
- Sydney, IAP2 1998