Category Archives: Plenary

Following a review of all of the notes and related materials created at Elevate Engagement, conference participants used Playdoh and a skit to imagine a thriving engagement community of practice. Yes, we took us away from words to express those aspects … Continue reading →

During our last day, the conference focus shifted from How can we elevate engagement so that communities thrive? to How can we as a community of practice elevate engagement so that each of us and all of us thrive? We began the … Continue reading →

ELEVATE ENGAGEMENT 2017 THEMES Dear Friends, Nine of us attending Elevate Engagement happily took on the task of paying close attention to what was said and documenting the emerging themes. We were participant observers, meaning that we were not on … Continue reading →

On Saturday afternoon, people came forward to host sessions on initiatives they wanted to move to action. Their topics are listed here. A transcript of the a one word “summary” and the first next step from the session hosts are below. See video … Continue reading →

#PDXengage17 as seen through the eyes of graphic recorder Nitya Wakhlu (with some help from Taylyn Harmon).

Seven people in total agree to do action follow-ups. A recording of the discussions does not exist because Bill Densmore accidentally erased it rather than saving it. We’ll fill in the details and provide links shortly. Ben DeJarnette: I commit … Continue reading →

Here are the #PDXengage17 hashtag reports in two forms: Raw and clustered data in spreadsheet form (zip contains several excel document): https://www.dropbox.com/s/cx75vbak60v1aks/export_zip_pdxengage17_2017_05_21_14_49_34.xlsx.zip?dl=0 Report in PDF form: https://www.dropbox.com/s/buenbsi6ebgqlff/export_pdf_pdxengage17_2017_05_21_15_00_25.pdf?dl=0