Engagement Model
Community Engagement is our Core Business.
We engage with purpose and an awareness of the context in which people live their lives
We are authentic and approachable, reaching out to communities at times and locations convenient to them
We demonstrate a willingness to truly hear from people, free from a pre-determined agenda.
Our Guiding Principles
We advance a community agenda
We don’t start with an agenda, our agenda is set by community
We take a short and long view
We identify immediate actions and longer term aspirations. We work to improve current systems and transition to new systems
We give reason and reward for engagement
We create compelling reasons to engage as well as acknowledging public contributions through practical supports, gifts or payments.
We give time and heart
We make people feel engaged. We put in the time, make an emotional connection, and listen with our hearts and heads
We inspire and enable new possibilities
We create spaces for trust-building and risk-taking. We draw on examples from other contexts for inspiration, and champion community-led solutions
We engage other engagers
We learn, share and work with other engagement practitioners in Latrobe Valley and beyond.
We amplify unheard voices
We reach-out to under-represented groups, overcoming barriers to engagement using diversity of channels. We pay attention to language and power imbalances.
We bridge community and stakeholders
We connect stakeholder into community and build community sensitivity to the genuine constraints of the system
We share successes and setbacks
We share stories of success and stories about the barriers to community developed ideas gaining traction in the broader system
Our Engagement Model
We Plan
We choose the best approach for each engagement, informed by our previous engagements and by models from around the world.
We Learn and Share
We learn throughout the process. We share our engagement stories, success and setbacks.
We Engage
We lead (and enable) engagement with the community and Latrobe Health Innovation Zone partners.
We Influence
We influence change in community, organisations and government through engagement events, conversations, the media and by making formal recommendations
We Plan
We choose the best approach for each engagement, informed by our previous engagements and by models from around the world.
We Engage
We lead (and enable) engagement with the community and Latrobe Health Innovation Zone partners.
Roles we play
Approaches we use
We Influence
We influence change in community, organisations and government through engagement events, conversations, the media and by making formal recommendations
Audiences we influence
Ways we influence
We Learn and Share
We learn throughout the process. We share our engagement stories, success and setbacks.
We Prompt Change
Our goal is better systems of health and well being in the Latrobe Valley.
Engagement Model - Research and Report
