June 15, 2026Engage Delaney recently launched the new Building Community Relations course with 24 participants. Participants ranged from the private sector, municipal…
June 15, 2026Choosing a training provider is about more than course content. It's also about the learning experience, the support you receive…
June 8, 2026Municipal election cycles bring heightened public attention, increased scrutiny, and growing pressure on local governments to communicate clearly and engage…
June 5, 2026P2 for Senior Leaders | October 23, 2026 Strong public engagement starts with leadership alignment. This October, Engage Delaney is…
April 14, 2026When the District of Oak Bay set out to update its Active Transportation Strategy, the goal wasn’t just to check…
April 14, 2026Spring is here in the Okanagan. I can’t say that our winter was hard compared to most of the country,…
April 10, 2026Over the years, Engage Delaney has developed and shared a number of visual templates to help engagement practitioners bring people…
April 9, 2026What does it take to build trusting, long-term relationships with communities beyond project-based engagement? We’re launching a new pilot course,…
March 2, 2026I am a big fan of podcasts and audiobooks. I love the ability to listen and “do” at the same time, and I say this as…
February 19, 2026Getting Leaders, New Councils, and Decision-Makers On Board with Authentic Engagement Meaningful engagement doesn’t happen by accident, and it doesn’t succeed without leadership support.…
October 20, 2025Recently at Engage Delaney, a few of us completed the First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC) course entitled: The Fundamentals…
March 8, 2025Engage Delaney and GHT Global delivered the first pilot of the Public Safety in Community Engagement course in late February.…- January 22, 2025Free Pilot Offering of New Course – Join Us at No Cost! Feb 25 and 26, 2025: 9:30 a.m. –…
January 14, 2025For over a decade, Engage Delaney and Fuselight Creative have worked together to support clients with thoughtful engagement which leverages…
January 7, 2025Every year, I pull together an engagement forecast. It’s a bit of a look ahead and aligns with my thinking…
April 6, 2018Delaney + Associates is delighted to welcome Abbey-Jane McGrath, who has joined the Vancouver office in the role of Communications…
February 15, 2018Yesterday, in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister announced a new legal framework for Indigenous people. While the details…
January 5, 2018Perhaps it’s my training from Journalism school, or maybe being an Aries, or just being the first born, but I…
November 17, 2017It was one for the record books! On Oct. 30 Delaney + Associates (D+A) partnered with Providence Healthcare in Ontario…
November 14, 2017The Vancouver D+A team is taking charrette training this week with the National Charrette Institute (NCI), and we're blogging each…
November 10, 2017I had the opportunity to attend the Putting Patients First conference this week, hosted by the BC SUPPORT Unit,…
October 24, 2017If you are a project manager, a communications specialist, a business/policy analyst, a program evaluation specialist, a planner, or you…
September 25, 2017Delaney + Associates is excited to host the National Charrette Institute in Vancouver Nov. 14-16 to deliver its certificate training…
September 25, 2017Are you currently developing a community engagement plan? Considering how you engage with your clients and stakeholders? Perhaps developing or…
September 25, 2017“We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.” ―…
March 23, 2017I recently read an article about an organization working to establish their culture by design rather than by default. Their…
March 2, 2017Unless you have been very busy and purposefully ignoring your social media feeds, and you also work in the health…- January 20, 2017In our January newsletter, I shared my top three engagement trends for 2017. One of them included the oversimplification of…
January 5, 2017Around this time last year, I wrote an outlook for 2016 around engagement for our planet, country and home. Click…
January 5, 2017The context As we move into the New Year, and an era of increasing public engagement efforts by organizations and…- December 21, 2016There are positions, interests and values in the world of stakeholders. When focused on positions, two parties are furthest apart. It’s…
December 16, 2016Except for at Christmas time, and maybe the occasional birthday, most people don’t like surprises – particularly in an engagement…- November 16, 2016Fact: Public participation is on the rise. It’s a growing field with increasing interest across many sectors. We see in…
November 15, 2016The Ottawa office hosted a Grade 9 student, Sarah, on Nov. 2, as part of the Take Our Kids to Work…
October 18, 2016One of the jobs of an effective facilitator is to build spaces where creative dialogue can take place, and then…
September 30, 2016Calling all Calgary clients, course participants and friends: Join us for a casual evening of conversation and camaraderie on Wednesday,…
September 2, 2016Have you checked out the Government of Canada’s consultations website lately? By our count, as of today (Sept. 2) there…
May 20, 2016Yesterday at SFU's City Conversations, three of metro Vancouver’s young and keen city councillors spoke about the communities they represent…
February 9, 2016I am usually on the other side of an engagement – the facilitator working to support the sponsor organization. Recently, I’ve been…
January 11, 2016As I look down from my seventh story, floor-to-ceiling glass windows it seems a dream that this time last…
December 23, 2015If you find yourself at work and there’s a soulful quiet in the air, it might be a good time…- December 10, 2015For some of us on calendar-year budgets, it’s that time when we’re looking at where we went over and where…
- November 16, 2015I’d like to suggest that just about all of us want to be liked and respected as professionals. There’s nothing…
- October 21, 2015Have you ever had a conversation with someone who asked just the right questions at the right time, who maybe…
- August 11, 2015We’ve all been there. Someone who’s close to us – a spouse, sibling, parent or good friend – is talking…
- July 20, 2015Delaney and Associates Inc. is pleased to welcome a new team member in the Vancouver office – Jennifer Miller. Jennifer…