Going beyond community consultation: Tips for working with and enabling action by local communities

What lies beyond community consultation? Beyond co-design

This interactive session will explain how professionals working in governments, agencies, charities, non-profits, consultancies, developers and businesses can go well beyond standard community consultation processes to better work with and enable action by local people and communities.

Why you should attend this session:

We'll go through some of the key content in the Beyond Community Consultation course, plus learn from each other's experiences.

• Save time and reduce the risks by learning what to do and not do before you begin

• Learn about the four modes of Doing: Doing To / Doing For / Doing With and Doing By communities

• Why it is so important

• Discover 11 practical tactics you can use in working with and enabling action by local communities

What you get

• This 90 minute facilitated interactive session where you get a chance to learn from your peers, PLUS

• Complimentary access to the Beyond Community Consultation online course, which goes into more detail. You'll receive 5 months access to learn at your own pace, when you have time, PLUS

• Community Engagement and Communications Plan template

What it will help you with:

• Projects that involve or would benefit from involving the community

• How to add value to a project or process by positively engaging with stakeholders and the community

• Practical, real-world examples

When

Wednesday 10 September 2025

1pm AEST / 12.30pm SA/NT / 11am WA / 3pm NZ for 1.5 hours

Meet your facilitator

Dean Cracknell is a Co-Founder of Town Team Movement and Creator of Placemaking.Education. He lives in Launceston, Tasmania, having moved from Perth, Western Australia, 5 years ago. 

He worked in two local governments for 12 years in Western Australia, has worked with dozens of local governments around Australia and in many community settings. He authored the Beyond Community Consultation online course. 

Price

A$110 (including GST)

This includes 5 months access to the Beyond Community Consultation online course plus this online training session. 

If you would prefer to purchase access for multiple students in one transaction and/or pay via tax invoice, please email your request to hello@placemaking.education and we can arrange it for you. 

Questions

Please email hello@placemaking.education if you have any questions.