Connect. Collaborate. Co-Create

I am a Community-engaged Practitioner who specialises in collaboration, co-creation, relationship and partnership building, research and strategic thinking and planning.

I work with organisations and institutions to achieve best practice in community engagement and help create meaningful, community-led collaborations.

 

Areas of Expertise

 

Community Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement

Relationship & Partnership Building

Collaboration/Co-Design/Co-Creation

Intercultural Engagement

Strategic Thinking & Planning

Research & Analysis

 

Practice Philosophy

 

A rigorous, community-engaged practice has the potential to create powerful projects that produce meaning and value for all stakeholders. I believe that powerful projects and meaningful relationships can produce positive cultural shifts within organisations and institutions.

Over a decade of working in community engagement, facilitation and research with First Nations people and communities and government and non-government organisations in the arts, cultural and cultural heritage sectors, I have developed methodologies and models that foster meaningful relationships and authentic engagement. The principles of deep engagement, genuine partnership, self-determination, two-way learning and co-creation underpin my practice.

I am committed to the strategic development of a community-engaged practice as a pathway to enabling organisations and institutions to connect with people and communities in ethical, meaningful and empowering ways.

Areas of Practice

 

Program/Project Design - Design programs and projects with a focus on meaningful and productive community engagement and collaboration.

Professional Development - mentoring and training for individuals and groups focusing on community engagement best practice, collaboration and partnership building.

Advisory - provide advice to management and teams working on projects with a focus on community engagement and collaboration at all stages of project development.

Facilitation - develop and deliver workshops to ascertain the community engagement needs for a program/project and to develop strategy for community engagement best practice design and implementation.

Strategy & Implementation - lead the development of strategic plans and initiatives focused on engagement, collaboration and cultural learning and capability.

Research & Analysis - undertake research projects, conduct scoping and benchmarking studies and help your organisation to observe, examine and analyse complex processes and systems.