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Building Authentic Engagement: Leveraging the Wisdom of Content and Context Experts
April 27, 2018 at 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
| Location: | FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, Robertson Theatre located at 250 St Paul St, St. Catharines, ON L2R 3M2. |
| Cost: | $199 |
| Audience: | Anyone |
| Key Contact: | Stephanie |
| Contact Email: | Stephanie@tamarackcommunity.ca |
Join internationally recognized facilitator and community builder Sylvia Cheuy for a workshop exploring the authentic engagement of citizen leaders: how it is nurtured; and, why it is a strategy a growing number of organizations and municipalities are embracing.
Deepening the experience of community in our neighbourhoods and cities is THE opportunity of our time. Learn how and why engaging and reconnecting residents to each other and facilitating processes that transform isolated individuals into a group of powerfully connected neighbours is an essential foundation that must be cultivated before citizens, organizations and municipalities can actively co-create a positive future together. When local connections and relationships are nurtured, the community’s capacity to care for one another – its resilience – is restored.
Throughout the day, you will discover the key principles and practices needed to promote authentic engagement across sectors; cultivate citizen leadership; apply what you are learning; and, hear powerful stories that illustrate what is possible when citizens, organizations and municipalities, (both content AND context experts), discover how to work effectively together. This is a workshop that will fill your brain, reawaken your heart, and engage your hands in activities that explore both the challenge and inspiration of this work.