Hybrid Community Engagement

2020-2021 brought us the big pivot—where we figured out how to engage virtually—and the big reckoning—where we questioned how inclusive, representative, and accountable are our engagement practices? Now practitioners are considering what hybrid community engagement will look like. Rather than returning to the old way of doing things, community representatives are asking how can we do things differently? We are hearing questions like:

• How can we reinvigorate our engagement?

• How can we engage meaningfully and creatively in a hybrid world?

• How can we ensure our engagement is inclusive?

In this workshop we’ll focus on the building blocks of hybrid engagement. Understand the core components and principles of hybrid engagement with examples of new approaches to try in your own work. We will take you through an exercise to design a compelling hybrid engagement process that is iterative in nature.

Join us in this workshop to learn, share, get inspired, and feel confident in your community engagement.