1⃣ This is a critical time to be involving people in decision-making 👉 http://www.involve.org.uk/resources/blog/opinion/why-participation-and-deliberation-are-vital-covid-19-response

But where to start with engaging people? Here's a thread with some thoughts and resources...
Why participation and deliberation are vital to the COVID-19 response

Involve and the Centre for the Study of Democracy have launched a project to understand how participation and deliberation can improve decision making in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. By

http://www.involve.org.uk/resources/blog/opinion/why-participation-and-deliberation-are-vital-covid-19-response
2⃣ The three most important questions are:

❔Why - what's your purpose for involving people?
❔Who - who do you need to involve?
❔How - what's your process for involving them?

The really important thing - methods & tools come last!
3⃣ Step 1 is defining your purpose.

There are lots of different reasons to involve people: Collecting ideas, understanding experience, reviewing plans, weighing up options, taking action...

Be clear about your purpose. It shapes everything else. http://www.involve.org.uk/resources/knowledge-base/how-do-i-plan-participatory-process/purpose
Purpose

Establishing a clear purpose and getting agreement on it within the commissioning body is the single most important stage of any engagement process. Indeed, no participatory process should proceed

http://www.involve.org.uk/resources/knowledge-base/how-do-i-plan-participatory-process/purpose
4⃣ Step 2 is considering who needs to be involved.

Be deliberate about this. Is it a specific group, a representative cross-section, anyone with ideas or energy?

What do they need to take part? And what's in it for them? http://www.involve.org.uk/resources/knowledge-base/how-do-i-plan-participatory-process/who-involve
Who to involve

It is important to consider who to involve in a participation process. Specific questions can help to make sure no important sectors are forgotten if the purpose is to be achieved. For example: Who

http://www.involve.org.uk/resources/knowledge-base/how-do-i-plan-participatory-process/who-involve
5⃣ Step 3 is thinking about how to involve them.

You'll need to consider your context, logistics, resources, communications, decision-making process...

Treat this as a design process - planning from beginning to end. http://www.involve.org.uk/resources/knowledge-base/how-do-i-plan-participatory-process/final-design
Final design

When all the key issues have been broadly considered a detailed design will be needed for the whole participatory process. It is at this stage that the decisions about timing, numbers, costs,

http://www.involve.org.uk/resources/knowledge-base/how-do-i-plan-participatory-process/final-design
6⃣ It's only at this point that you should think about which methods & tools to use 🧰🛠️🪛

There are lots of options out there. Our methods library has a collection of some of them.

Your choice must be based on your answers to Why, Who & How? http://www.involve.org.uk/resources/methods
Methods

A toolkit of participatory methods.

http://www.involve.org.uk/resources/methods
7⃣ Engagement at the moment will need to take place mostly online.

There are a lot of options for involving people online, with hundreds of tools that can be used.

We've got some specific guidance on where to start with digital engagement 👇 http://www.involve.org.uk/resources/knowledge-base/where-do-i-start-digital-engagement
Where do I start with digital engagement?

The web is filled with tools to enable participation, collaboration and discussion, but it can be difficult to know where to start. This resource aims to give you a few pointers to help get you

http://www.involve.org.uk/resources/knowledge-base/where-do-i-start-digital-engagement
8⃣ You'll also find lots of other free resources on our Knowledge Base answering these questions, and more:

🟥What is the impact of participation?
🟧How & why do people participate?
🟦How do I facilitate a participatory process? http://www.involve.org.uk/resources/knowledge-base
Knowledge Base

The Knowledge Base collects together 15 years worth of experience, guidance and research from our history

http://www.involve.org.uk/resources/knowledge-base
9⃣ Thanks for reading!

Get in touch if you have questions.

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