Ideas worth spreading

Questions change everything in community engagement

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Max Hardy |

TEDxStKilda

• October 2017

here is an art to asking a good question, but all too often the questions asked in community engagement make assumptions about the community, their knowledge and their needs. Communities can be a wonderful source of knowledge and expertise, and Max Hardy demonstrates that giving them the opportunity to rise to the occasion through thoughtful questions can improve decisions, generate change and enhance democracy.

here is an art to asking a good question, but all too often the questions asked in community engagement make assumptions about the community, their knowledge and their needs. Communities can be a wonderful source of knowledge and expertise, and Max Hardy demonstrates that giving them the opportunity to rise to the occasion through thoughtful questions can improve decisions, generate change and enhance democracy.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxStKilda, an independent event.

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