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…
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…
January 14, 2025For over a decade, Engage Delaney and Fuselight Creative have worked together to support clients with thoughtful engagement which leverages…
February 16, 2018It’s that time of year… work planning and professional development planning. Maybe you’re thinking that becoming a Certified Public Participation…
November 16, 2017As mentioned in our blog post yesterday, the Delaney + Associates team is attending the Michigan State University (MSU) National…
November 14, 2017The Vancouver D+A team is taking charrette training this week with the National Charrette Institute (NCI), and we're blogging each…
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…
May 5, 2017Healthcare is one of Delaney + Associates' areas of expertise, and patient engagement – and increasing patient engagement – across…
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 20, 2017In our January newsletter, I shared my top three engagement trends for 2017. One of them included the oversimplification of…
December 22, 2016Imagine this: We sometimes tell clients not to engage. Why? Because if you cannot engage authentically, then it’s better not…
December 20, 2016Many of the principles that we covered last week come together today. By carefully following each of the previous…- December 16, 2016Except for at Christmas time, and maybe the occasional birthday, most people don’t like surprises – particularly in an engagement…
- December 14, 2016Jumping right into the pool, cutting fresh tracks, or launching yourself into the IKEA ball room: these are all things…
- December 9, 2016This is part of an ongoing series exploring Delaney + Associates’ top 10 engagement tips, also known as our Company…
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 22, 2015The end of the year can sometimes be performance review season. If this is the case for you and your…
December 17, 2015The new International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) techniques training manual includes techniques mash-up as an engagement method. Essentially this…- 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…
- December 9, 2015It’s early for resolutions, we know, but we thought before you turned to the personal, this might be a good…
- November 5, 2015The New York Times was recently criticized after an article about the Democratic presidential candidates’ debate included the comments of…
- October 15, 2015Have you ever wondered what it takes to be the chief planner in the City of Vancouver? To be the…
- September 30, 2015Today is Day 3 of the IAP2 Foundations program, and we’re coming to the end of the planning component. Tomorrow…
- September 29, 2015It’s Day 2 of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Foundations course, and we’re wading in the thick of…
- September 1, 2015It’s Monday morning and your boss has just told you the organization needs to get some public input on the…
- May 26, 2015Day #2 of Planning is a tough one, but likely the most important one. This is the day where participants…