Community Conversations is a proven method to engage people from all walks of life to encourage active participation in broad community conversations.
"Very great change starts from very small conversations, held among people who care." - Margaret Wheatley.
Join us for this one-day workshop, where we will share a range of ABCD and other strength-based methods to host meaningful community conversations to move from problems to possibilities. We will share stories, tips and tricks to create safe spaces and encourage community participation.
This event is for:
Anyone who wants to explore participatory processes and practices for moving dialogue to action and collaboration in communities:
- Business leaders and social entrepreneurs
- Community members and not-for-profit leaders
- Community organisers and their teams
- Next-generation leaders and other young activists
- Department leaders, policy officers and program managers
- NDIS directors, team leaders, planners
Your hosts for this event are:
Michelle Dunscombe - Lives on Larrakia Country in the Northern Territory. She is an enthusiastic community development practitioner, facilitator, and trainer who loves working with Emergence. She is skilled and passionate about strengthening regional, rural, and remote communities, developing community leadership capacity, building community resilience, and supporting community members in taking action.
Fiona Miller - A creative conduit with a diverse background that includes community development, creative & visual arts, early years, education, bushfire recovery, inclusion, community houses, community gardens and more. Having worked within various organisations/agencies and local governments, she has a broad understanding of the diversity of organisational structures.
Her focus is as a facilitator, graphic harvester or community member, contributing to the community by making great places and participating in sustainable community-led projects. She loves nothing more than watching people and projects grow and uses creative arts, ABCD and strengths-based practices as platforms for discovering and exploring community futures.
Supporting our young people to explore their own place within the community is something she sees as particularly important. Everyone deserves to feel safe and included, and we can build relationships and have fun while we do it.
If cost is a barrier, please don't hesitate to contact us.
