Check your bias! Components of effective citizen engagement

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How do biases affect how we interact with others? We explored this question during our recent Data Leaders Fellowship workshop where we looked at citizen engagement as an interactive two way process that encourages participation, exchange of ideas and flow of conversation. An effective citizen feedback framework considers trust, participation, language, context and bias as components that work together to ensure that the maximum level of engagement is achieved.

The importance of stakeholder engagement to ensure participation and successful project results

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When undertaking any project, it is important to note that it will usually involve multiple stakeholders; and each one potentially has the ability to speed up, slow down or completely obstruct the project’s progress.  Most importantly, stakeholders play a role in ensuring steady progress, focusing on goals and improvement of the general quality of project…

Final Day of Community Leaders Induction: The Bahati Location Experience

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Bahati Location, marked the final location of Community Leaders Induction. Since we understand that an organised community is a crucial ingredient to successful citizen participation and engagement, we set out on a journey in the beginning of this month together with Nakuru North sub-county leadership namely: the Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) there, Mr. Kisilu Mutua…

Final Day of Community Leaders Induction: The Bahati Location Experience

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Bahati Location, marked the final location of Community Leaders Induction. Since we understand that an organised community is a crucial ingredient to successful citizen participation and engagement, we set out on a journey in the beginning of this month together with Nakuru North sub-county leadership namely: the Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) there, Mr. Kisilu Mutua…