
Community engagement is a process!
Community engagement is a process. It’s more than a meeting or an email blast or PowerPoint that alerts the affected community about your project.
Influence is the language we speak. For example, having influence means we understand the perspective of both the tribal elder who is concerned about the land, and the need for infrastructure and progress through your organization. Having influence also means we can connect seemingly different goals of communities and help them work together toward solutions.
We build trust across cultural boundaries by moving like a hummingbird. It’s the only bird that moves forward, backward, and straight up.
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The top focus for community engagement should be to put oneself in the community’s shoes. You have to understand what the communication style needs are and remain nimble – like a hummingbird.
Community engagement is a process. It’s more than a meeting or an email blast or PowerPoint that alerts the affected community about your project.
Before you embark on a project, gather feedback from people who live in the affected community to assess their opinions and needs.
Disparities of all types are being amplified by COVID-19. Every community’s health, environments, economic, and other issues are being thrown into sharp relief.
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