The MosaicLab motto is bringing conversation and democracy alive.
We have been absolutely thrilled to do lots of both recently, as we talk about our new book, Facilitating Deliberation – A Practical Guide.
A big thank you to the kind and generous podcast hosts, online publication editors and event organisers who have shown tremendous enthusiasm for the book.
We’re grateful to be a part of such a friendly sharing community.
Remember, you can watch the online book launch event recording and download the free resource of ideas and insights that we captured on the night.
Meanwhile, read on to discover where you can find the authors – MosaicLab directors Nicole Hunter, Keith Greaves and Kimbra White – in conversation about their book.
PODCASTS
Big thanks to our wonderful industry colleague Becky Hirst for giving us a guest spot on her podcast, For The Love of Community Engagement in August. Becky is also an author, having written a book with the same title as her podcast.
Becky’s excellent podcast series aims to “inspire better public participation, bringing you the latest insights, inspiration, information and interviews from across the world.” Of this particular podcast, featuring Nicole Hunter and Keith Greaves, Becky said: “This episode is for anyone who is committed to progressive high quality, contemporary community engagement!”
We were also thrilled to feature on local government guru Chris Eddy’s Local Government News Roundup in September. Watch the podcast video below, or find it on podcast players under the VLGA Connect title, episode 301.
More podcasts coming soon
(we’ll update this post when the links are live):
Facilitating Public Deliberation with Nivek Thompson and Lyn Carson
GovLove (USA) with Kirsten Wyatt
Improving Government (UK) with Colin Talbot
PUBLICATIONS
Thanks also to our friends at IAP2 for a feature article spotlight in the September issue of their Engagement Matters email newsletter.
More publications coming soon
(to be updated when links are live):
Deliberative Democracy Digest feature article: An honour, an adventure and the most humbling experience
IAP2 Australasia e-book series on issues affecting community engagement practitioners by Sally Hussey – late 2022/early 2023
CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
The MosaicLab Directors and others in the team will be at the IAP2 Australasia conference in Melbourne from 26 – 28 October. We will be part of some of the conference panels and we’ll have a stand in the exhibition space. See you there!
Our Director Kimbra White will also be having lots of conversations about the book when she attends the ‘Innovating Deliberative Democracy Conference’ in Berlin in October – follow the conference via the hashtag #DRDBerlin2022
SOCIAL MEDIA
What more can we say, other than another huge thank you, to everyone who has shared thoughts about our book on social media.
Best social moment so far?
Definitely Becky Hirst with a classic TikTok product reveal. Thanks, Becky – brilliant!
stay in the know + get lots of free engagement stuff
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