June 10, 2026What We're Learning from Coaching Teams and Leaders Dear Colleagues, Over the last few months, Engage Delaney has been supporting…
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 10, 2026Over the years, Engage Delaney has developed and shared a number of visual templates to help engagement practitioners bring people…
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 17, 2026Ever been to a workshop and the facilitator says: let’s just put your contribution in the parking lot! It doesn’t feel good. Parking lots are ugly…
October 20, 2025Recently at Engage Delaney, a few of us completed the First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC) course entitled: The Fundamentals…
August 29, 2025Engage Delaney recently hosted its successful initial virtual session of the IAP2 Working with Conflict and High Emotion course in…
March 3, 2025One of the activities that participants enjoy in our IAP2 training is the virtual World Café where they discuss the…
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 27, 2018This week (May 2 - 5) I’ll be heading back to my Ottawa roots to attend and present at the…
February 15, 2018Yesterday, in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister announced a new legal framework for Indigenous people. While the details…
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,…
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.” ―…
May 5, 2017Healthcare is one of Delaney + Associates' areas of expertise, and patient engagement – and increasing patient engagement – across…
May 5, 2017The context: In engagement processes that involve group problem-solving and future planning, it can be easy for participants – and…
March 2, 2017Unless you have been very busy and purposefully ignoring your social media feeds, and you also work in the health…
January 25, 2017In our two previous blogs on communicating in the post-truth era, I focused on how to communicate in emotionally-charged environments…
January 23, 2017This is the second in a three-part series on communicating in the "post-truth" era. Read the first part here. What…- 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 23, 2016We hope you have enjoyed our 12 Days of Christmas blog series, exploring our top 10 engagement principles. Thanks for…- 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 19, 2016We could write a lot about today's principle. How to manage high emotions, and "angry" or disruptive engagement participants, is a…
December 9, 2016This is part of an ongoing series exploring Delaney + Associates’ top 10 engagement tips, also known as our Company…
October 20, 2016“A vivid imagination compels the whole body to obey it.” –Aristotle The context: The Opportunity Tree is a thinking…
October 20, 2016I had the pleasure of attending the 2016 International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) North American conference Sept. 28-30 in…
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,…
May 11, 2016Welcome back! In my last post, I addressed the uncomfortable reality that engagement is not public relations or social marketing…
February 9, 2016I am usually on the other side of an engagement – the facilitator working to support the sponsor organization. Recently, I’ve been…
December 21, 2015At every level, it appears there are wicked problems, and golden opportunities, that could benefit from community and stakeholder engagement.…- December 16, 2015A professional facilitator has many roles, but the core of facilitation is about helping people and groups think together so…
- November 20, 2015Youth and children are not often the main target of public engagement efforts, but perhaps they should be. Or at…
- November 16, 2015I’d like to suggest that just about all of us want to be liked and respected as professionals. There’s nothing…
- November 5, 2015The New York Times was recently criticized after an article about the Democratic presidential candidates’ debate included the comments of…
- November 2, 2015If you’ve ever been to an engagement event or training that was facilitated by Delaney + Associates, you know that…
- October 30, 2015It’s an exciting time of year for us at Delaney + Associates – we’re busy preparing for HealthAchieve, one…
- October 21, 2015Have you ever had a conversation with someone who asked just the right questions at the right time, who maybe…
- October 20, 2015Dear Fellow Canadians – It’s a new day, we have a new government and here are the top three things…
- October 1, 2015I found Day 4 of the IAP2 Foundations course energizing and inspiring. It was less about heavy brain power and…
- September 17, 2015“Patient-centered care” is a relatively new standard in health care delivery, and one that is being actively pursued in B.C.’s…