This guest blog post is by Meghan Ruble, Head of Client Services – North America, Bang the Table There is a lot of fear that swirls around online engagement work, and reasonably so. Whether you’re accustomed to running public meetings or managing your organization’s communication channels, you can always count on receiving more than your … Continued
By Jeremy Shackett, Engagement Manager, Bang the Table Of all the community engagement misconceptions I have heard, one stands out for its cynicism: Engagement isn’t even worth it in the first place. Many organizations sleepwalk through the community engagement journey. They do things the way they have always done them and get the same results. … Continued
Guest post brought to you by Bang the Table’s Meghan Ruble, Head of Client Services What a year. If you’re fortunate enough to be healthy and employed, you’re likely doing three people’s jobs. Your work has pivoted and sprinted, and at times come to a complete standstill. You innovated, but mostly because you had … Continued
Guest post brought to you by Caity Belta, Engagement Manager, Bang the Table ____________________________________________________________________________________ As an Engagement Manager at Bang the Table, I often find myself addressing the same set of big questions for our clients. Post COVID-19 and in our current social climate, those questions tend to look something like this: How have other … Continued
This guest post is by Anthea Robinson-Shaw, Engagement and Client Account Manager with Bang the Table Now, more than ever, tighter budgets and fewer hands-on-deck may require spending justification when considering online engagement. However, when truly investigating the value of online engagement, this cost-benefit relationship goes far beyond numbers. While in-person consultation will always be … Continued
This guest blog is by Jeremy Shackett, Engagement Strategist at Bang the Table. Do you ever find yourself at the bottom of a rabbit hole of TikToks or YouTube videos? Do you ever go to Amazon looking for one book, and realize you have two books, a stapler, an air fryer, and a set of … Continued
This guest post is by Stéphanie Beauregard, Practice Lead with Bang the Table. You have to report the results of your consultation with your community, with decision-makers and, perhaps, even some of your expert teams. How do you ensure that the outcome of your consultation is well-documented? Step 1: Build Your Project Effectively By clearly … Continued
This guest post is by Michelle Stephens, AICP, Engagement Manager at Bang the Table 2020 continues to shine a bright light on local government, including the processes and functions it does and doesn’t do well. As a planner and President of the Colorado Chapter of the American Planning Association, I’m particularly interested in how local government is … Continued
Brought to you by Engagement Manager, Meghan Ruble, of Bang the Table. A few weeks ago, I started to notice some commonality across conversations from community engagement practitioners around the world, largely centered around despair. The sentiments were generally, “My work is on hold indefinitely. How can we go on engaging when the world is on … Continued
Brought to you by Anthea Robinson-Shaw, Engagement and Client Account Manager at Bang the Table. What would you think if a stranger walked up to you and asked you how you felt? You would think it a bit odd and be less likely to share what you genuinely feel. Recently I had the pleasure of joining … Continued
