Community engagement
Niche Consultants has extensive experience in community engagement and consultation.
Community engagement involves sharing information, providing or sharing services and listening to other people’s views. Organisations need to value contrary opinions and act on feedback.
Community engagement might rely on advertising or media campaigns to reach audiences, but there are many other ways to engage with communities. Niche Consultants can provide advice on, and arrange:
- Community consultation programs to test new policy proposals or plans. This might involve arranging special events, such as public forums to get feedback from communities;
- Helping organisations develop principles on how to choose and benefit from sponsorships;
- Creating e-newsletters, blogs, and print publications, designed for specific audiences; and
- Auditing an organisation’s corporate social responsibility program. This would usually include interviews with the organisation’s executives or management, and conducting surveys or interviews to understand stakeholders’ views.
