Engage Delaney’s Top Five for In-Person Events
February 21, 2024The Engage Delaney team is in full swing, delivering engagement events across the country, and with all the planning, implementation,…
IAP2 Courses, In-person Training & Bundle Discount
December 6, 2023Since the introduction of the new IAP2 Global Pathway course curriculum, the vast majority of Engage Delaney courses have sold-out.…
NEW IAP2 COURSES COMING IN 2024
December 6, 2023IAP2 Understanding Conflict: This is a Level 1 course. The prerequisite Fundamentals of P2 and Engagement must first be completed.…
2024 Engage Delaney Courses
December 6, 2023Delaney is pleased to announce dates for three Delaney courses in 2024. These courses help engagement practitioners build on their…
Transform and Save with Engage Delaney Training
September 6, 2023September brings a new season, and times of change can provide the perfect opportunity to plan and start implementing some…
Why Your Organization Should Take Organizational Training
July 6, 2023There are loads of reasons why organizational training is amazing, and one of them is flexibility. If you are interested…
Important Update: Delaney IAP2 Training Schedule for 2024 Now Available
July 6, 2023We are pleased to announce our 2024 training calendar. We’ve made it easier to plan your learning in advance and…
Public Engagement Strategies to Foster Diversity and Inclusion
May 25, 2023The beauty of public engagement lies in its diversity. The kaleidoscope of ideas, perspectives, and voices is what makes it…
Leveraging Surveys to Engage with Communities: The Power of Being Heard
May 18, 2023The importance of community engagement cannot be overstated. When individuals feel connected, heard, and understood within their communities, it fosters…
Applying Methods: More Than a Hundred Ways to Engage
April 3, 2023There are a few spots left in our June Methods course. If you have your pre-requisite of Fundamentals of P2…
Designing Engagement Surveys : There’s still time to sign-up!
March 29, 2023There’s still time to sign up for our Designing Engagement Surveys. This jam-packed course provides participants with 16-hours of live…
Communicating for Engagement
March 24, 2023We always say that communication is a key dance partner for meaningful engagement. We are often asked: What’s the difference…
Designing Engagement Surveys
March 7, 2023Surveys and engagement – like peanut butter and jam – just go together. Unlike public opinion research and informed by…
Fundamentals Of P2 and Engagement: What we learned with our first public course of the new IAP2 program
March 1, 2023First off, thanks to all our amazing participants who jumped right into our first IAP2 Fundamentals course, which is the…
Your Training Questions Answered!
February 4, 2023What a start to the year with new courses and new information coming fast and furious. Our training team is…
The New IAP2 Courses: Explained
February 3, 2023IAP2 Canada has launched four new courses which have replaced the Planning and Techniques course. Delaney is offering three of…
Show me the numbers
October 5, 2022by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Engagement and Strategic Communications About a year ago, I shared that I had recently purchased a…
Autumn Leaves….and By Popular Demand Newly Added iap2 Courses
September 16, 2022by Valerie Delaney, Principal, Learning + Development The last couple of weeks of our extended stay at our cottage in…
Building Engagement Habits
September 9, 2022by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Engagement + Strategic Communications There is something joyful about fresh notebooks and pens, soothing hot drinks…
Fall 2022 Training Update
September 9, 2022by Brenda Kortekaas, Specialist, Training + Development It is hard for me to believe we are already in the month…
Five-Point Readiness Checklist for Engagement Surveys
April 29, 2022by Naomi Devine, Senior Designer and Digital Engagement Specialist So many surveys. Often low barrier, this is a technique to…
Celebrating Our Training Past
March 17, 2022by Valerie Delaney, Principal, Learning + Development As we celebrate our 25th year milestone anniversary, it’s been fun to look back…
New Training for a New Year
January 20, 2022by Brenda Kortekass, Specialist, Learning + Development I wasn’t sure what my 2022 resolution would be at the end of…
A quick, but powerful, tip for building rapport while learning to decide as a group
November 22, 2021by Naomi Devine, Senior Designer + Digital Engagement Specialist One of the first challenges any facilitator has, when working with…
Guide to Safer Language
November 15, 2021by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Engagement + Strategic Communications The language of a few years ago no longer feels appropriate. In…
Three Easy Tips for Better Virtual Meetings
November 8, 2021by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Engagement + Strategic Communications In March 2020, many of us moved fully into the virtual space.…
Is this meeting swab worthy?
November 4, 2021by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Engagement + Strategic Communications Different regions are in different places with the pandemic and increasingly, many…
2021 Facilitation Summit – Keeping the Conference Vibe Alive
October 25, 2021by Kristi Merilees, Director, Engagement + Communications How many of you have attended a conference that left you feeling empowered,…
Delaney Confidence Series – Spotlight on Communications for Engagement
October 13, 2021by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Engagement + Strategic Communications In much of our training, we focus on differentiating clearly between communications…
Your Reality is Only Your Own
October 6, 2021by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Engagement + Strategic Communications A few weeks back, I was in a Zoom meeting with 15…
Delaney Micro Credentials: Back to School and Oh So Cool
September 16, 2021by Valerie Delaney, Principal, Learning + Development Ok, don’t tell me it’s just me. I loved getting achievement badges in…
Warning Labels Aren’t for Humans
September 13, 2021by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Engagement + Strategic Communications I was recently at one of the kids’ favourite places, the Kangaroo…
The Long-Haul of Cycling and Engagement
September 7, 2021by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Engagement and Strategic Communications Twenty years ago (now I am dating myself) I taught spinning classes.…
Living in Wildfire Country
July 27, 2021by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Engagement + Strategic Communications Living in the Okanagan I’m used to it being hot, but this…
Continuous Improvement
April 9, 2021by Richard Delaney, President It starts with knowing things could be better. What comes next is intention, combined with follow…
Words are important…they can wound or they can heal
March 15, 2021by Richard Delaney, President, Delaney, the engagement people Dear Professional Engagement Colleagues: Canada’s history and current relationship with Indigenous Peoples…
Values and Engagement: When the rubber hits the road
February 2, 2021by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Strategic Communications + Engagement It seems to be the time of year when organizations are rethinking…
The Producer’s Role in Online Training
January 12, 2021by Brittany Mason, Kristi Merilees, and Naomi Devine - Delaney Producers 2020 was a year of adaptation for us here…
Out with the old! Cracking the code on stellar engagement planning
October 8, 2020by Richard Delaney, President, Delaney, the engagement people It’s an exciting time for engagement worldwide. The international organization that stewards…
The Comfort Zone
September 28, 2020by Valerie Delaney, Principal, Learning + Engagement A painted rock on our beach trail says, “A comfort zone is a…
Active Listening: The New Superpower
September 23, 2020by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Engagement + Strategic Communications Really listening, cutting out the noise of social media, other people and one’s…
Excellence is An Inside Job
September 10, 2020by Valerie Delaney, Principal, Learning + Development We have just completed our fourth Delaney Virtual Academy for the iap2 Planning…
Online learning: the Co-delivery Model
August 21, 2020by Valerie Delaney, Principal, Learning + Development We’ve been loving training co-delivery here at Delaney for many years. Richard and…
More great news about Delaney online training!
July 16, 2020by Valerie Delaney, Principal, Learning + Development Delaney is delivering its third iap2 Planning for Effective Public Participation Virtual Academy…
Virtual IAP2 Training
July 6, 2020by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Engagement + Strategic Communications In mid-June I delivered my first virtual IAP2 Planning course. It wasn’t…
Let’s engage, let’s do a survey
May 28, 2020by Danielle Armengaud, Specialist, Research and Communications How often have you heard engagement and a survey be joined as if…
Not a hot mess; A spicy disaster
April 28, 2020by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Engagement + Communications I recently read this title on a serving spoon and laughed out loud.…
Be Kind, Be Calm, Be Safe… and stay connected
April 16, 2020by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Engagement + Communications Dr. Bonnie Henry has been a clear leader during these challenging times. She…
Engagement Techniques for You and Your Family During COVID-19
April 9, 2020by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Engagement + Communications During “normal” times, I would be looking at a busy training calendar and…
Workbook: How to Engage with Your Kids During COVID-19
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During Normal Times…
April 2, 2020by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Engagement + Communications If we were not in the COVID-19 period and life were “normal”, I…
What’s Next?
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Making a Schedule and Managing the Minutes
March 31, 2020by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Engagement + Communications Today is the first day of virtual school for my little ones. They…
Health + Wealth during COVID-19
March 29, 2020by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Engagement + Communications I have been home and stayed home for more than two weeks. It…
Engagement Reflections during COVID-19
March 24, 2020by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Engagement + Communications It’s an interesting time and by that I mean panicked, lonely, unsure, fearful……
Engagement in the Age of COVID-19
March 3, 2020by Jessica Delaney, Principal, Engagement + Communications For those of us in engagement, human connection is our life blood. We…
Change and Flexibility – How Pliable are we?
October 23, 2019by Brenda Kortekaas, Community of Practice Coordinator “Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.” Quote by John C Maxwell I find…
Joining the Delaney Team
October 2, 2019While I have known Richard and Valerie Delaney for several years and Brenda Kortekaas even longer, I have not really…
Finding Balance in the Details
July 10, 2019by Brenda Kortekaas, Community of Practice Coordinator Delaney + Associates receive many compliments in our training exit surveys regarding our…
Mentorship: How to Collectively Grow
April 17, 2019I am currently volunteering as part of IAP2 Canada’s Mentorship program. The program began in January, runs until June, and…
4 Reasons to Book Engagement Training for 2019 Now
March 12, 2019End of the government fiscal year is always a busy time, but it’s also a great time to book your…
Culture of Consultation Webinar: Q+A Follow-Up
November 17, 2017It was one for the record books! On Oct. 30 Delaney + Associates (D+A) partnered with Providence Healthcare in Ontario…
NCI Charrette Blog Day 2: In a Week, You Can Change the World
November 16, 2017As mentioned in our blog post yesterday, the Delaney + Associates team is attending the Michigan State University (MSU) National…
Unique Opportunity to Train with National Charrette Institute
September 6, 2017Are you a planner, engagement professional, a municipal staffer or a developer ready to take your public consultation skills to…
Finding Common Ground in Shared Values
June 9, 2016Last week I completed the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Foundations in Effective Public Participation course. After working at…
Planning Your Engagement Training Needs for 2016 + a Holiday Discount Special
December 22, 2015The end of the year can sometimes be performance review season. If this is the case for you and your…