Use the IAP2 Australasia Methods Matrix tool to find the right tool for your community and stakeholder engagement project.
Voting on a series of options.
Storytelling helps people make sense of the world and engage with each other on a different level.
Can be designed to inform, seek feedback, to gather ideas, and to update the community on the engagement project and how community input/feedback has been taken into consideration.
Individualised letters sent to affected or interested community members and stakeholders.
Community engagement or project teams go door-to-door to liaise with affected residents.
A structured process to host a conversation with community or stakeholder representatives. Includes a series of questions that are objective, then reflective, interpretive and decisional.
Social networking site based on users’ professional expertise.
Online interactive web-based seminar, presentation or workshop.
Community and stakeholders are invited to tour a site to gain a deeper understanding or to gain first-hand experience.
One-on-one discussions to explore and understand community or stakeholder needs, perspectives, insights and feedback, and to build relationships.
A form of discussion where participants agree to suspend judgments to fully explore a question and seek shared meaning.
Formal written submissions which must be made in line with government regulations.
