Learn about recent updates to EngagementHQ. Get helpful tips and ideas to improve your community engagement practice.
A NEW INTERACTIVE WAY TO DISPLAY PROJECTS
Project Showcase brings a new way to display projects on your homepage, allowing participants to search and filter your project library by project title, status, or using your project tags. A new function of the Appearance Editor, see how Project Showcase can simplify how you build and manage your homepage.
6 WAYS TO INCORPORATE SMS INTO YOUR ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY
SMS is quickly becoming the most efficient way to reach stakeholders - on their mobile phones. There are a variety of use cases for SMS to power your engagement. Did you know you don’t even need an established pool of mobile numbers to get started? Nicole Vaughn, Engagement Manager at Bang the Table, outlines six innovative ways SMS can be incorporated into any engagement strategy.
A DECADE OF DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT MACKAY REGIONAL COUNCIL
When the Mackay Regional Council first launched their digital engagement platform over ten years ago, they couldn’t have anticipated how critical the site would be today in meeting the community's need for information and interaction. Drawing 388,000 stakeholders to the site in the last decade, their strategy continues to evolve. Tune in as the team discusses how their recent strategic marketing and redesign efforts have led to a 65% increase in traffic this year alone.
‘PEOPLEBANK’: CREATING A COMMON LANGUAGE IN HEALTH ENGAGEMENT
For Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (PHN), community engagement is crucial to nurturing an ecosystem of relationships, enabling them to design services that align with the needs of a large and diverse community. While their approach allows participation with and without registration, they have seen a 5% rise in registrations on a month-over-month basis, fueling a constant community of participants. Learn how they're using registration strategically to broaden reach.
CAPTURING THE BEST ELEMENTS OF IN-PERSON ENGAGEMENT
When moving your engagement efforts to a digital-first approach, it’s good to understand what your community finds valuable about in-person engagement and think through how your digital strategy can create the same positive community feelings in a digital environment. We explore this idea and weigh the considerations for synchronous vs. asynchronous tools in your approach.
Utilising an interactive map, news feed, and active Q&A page, see how Murray River is allowing the community to decide the future of the community. See their Project >
ENGAGE KALAMUNDA: BUSHFIRE PREPAREDNESS
Bushfires have devastated parts of Australia recently, and they can strike at any moment. See how the City of Kalamunda is enabling residents to be more prepared for future bushfires. See their Project >
WELCOME TO THE BANG THE TABLE FAMILY!
Bang the Table Australasian office is based in Carlton, Victoria, on the lands of the Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) peoples of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging across Australia.
Bang the Table, Level 1, 96 Pelham Street, Carlton, VIC 3053, Australia