engagement

Me on a podium in front of Llais display banners, speaking into a microphone at a lectern.

Case study: keynote speech on citizen voice

January 16, 2026March 16, 2026
Case studies

Who: Llais, Wales’ citizen voice body for health and social care (a public services organisation… Read More »Case study: keynote speech on citizen voice

The cover of Llais' People's Manifesto for the Senedd Election 2026, which shows a map of Wales made up of faces of lots of different people.

Citizen voice is important (transcript)

January 16, 2026March 16, 2026
New stuff

I was invited to do a 5-minute speech at Llais’ event at the Senedd yesterday.… Read More »Citizen voice is important (transcript)

Black and white photo of feet standing at the edge of a puddle which reflects the sky, buildings, and a passing plane.

A round up of 2025 projects

December 26, 2025January 2, 2026
Case studies, New stuff

Looking back at a year of work and drawing some lessons from the reflective summaries… Read More »A round up of 2025 projects

A bunch of post-its photographed on a desk. (The content of the post-its is detailed in the blog post.)

Archived post-its 2025

December 26, 2025December 27, 2025
New stuff

In this end of year period I am doing some reviewing and forward planning, and… Read More »Archived post-its 2025

Photo of microphones and a desk in a recording studio.

Case study: guesting on a sector podcast

November 17, 2025December 26, 2025
Case studies

Who: Llais, Wales’ citizen voice body for health and social care (a public services organisation… Read More »Case study: guesting on a sector podcast

One of the pupils' work, a representation of the journey which involves a squiggly timeline and many googly eyes.

Case study: participative programme evaluation

October 30, 2025December 26, 2025
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Who: CPAG (Child Poverty Action Group), a UK charity working on child poverty. Via a… Read More »Case study: participative programme evaluation

A "Stacey Matrix". X axis is "realisation", which runs from clear to unclear. Y axis is "requirements", which runs from clear to unclear. Clear realisation x clear requirements = simple. Medium realisation x medium requirements = complicated. Unclear realisation x unclear requirements = complex. Beyond that, in the top right hand corner: chaos.

Reading 2 (July 2025)

July 6, 2025March 16, 2026
Reading

This week’s 12 links: My time to read: 1 hour Image credit – Dr Stefan… Read More »Reading 2 (July 2025)

Blach and white photo. Elspeth Beard astride her BMW motorbike, with large side and rear panniers (designed and built by her out of sheet aluminium and rivets), with a white helmet resting on the handlebars. She's wearing jeans, leather boots, and a leather jacket. She's parked up outside what looks like a warehouse, looking off camera.

Reading 1 (June 2025)

June 28, 2025March 16, 2026
Reading

This week’s 12 links: My time to read: 1 hour 15 mins Image credit: Motorcyclist… Read More »Reading 1 (June 2025)

A long view of the workshop room, with three tables of participants deep in conversation around a flipchart template, and at the end the screen with the task instructions, and me!

Case study: #NotWestminster2025

February 15, 2025June 7, 2025
Case studies

Who: #NotWestminster, a voluntary collective and a free annual event for people who are interested… Read More »Case study: #NotWestminster2025

A hand holding a pencil is making n otes on a table littered with papers, notebooks and a cup of coffee.

A round up of 2024 projects

December 29, 2024December 26, 2025
Case studies, New stuff

Looking back at a year of work, and drawing some lessons from the reflective summaries… Read More »A round up of 2024 projects

A bumblebee sitting on top of a carrot flower type plant: a cluster of small white blooms densely packed in an umbrella shape.

Case study: community engagement

October 22, 2024June 27, 2025
Case studies

Who: The Bumblebee Conservation Trust The brief: Engaging with under-represented communities along the Carmarthenshire coastline,… Read More »Case study: community engagement

Case study: young people’s engagement in policy consultation

September 2, 2024June 30, 2025
Case studies

Who: Welsh Government policy team in the Health, Social Care and Early Years group. The… Read More »Case study: young people’s engagement in policy consultation

A campaign banner from Cardiff Women's Aid. The photo is taken at night, and shows a woman wrapped up in a coat, hat and scarf, standing outside in front of a Christmas tree lit up with fairy lights. She's got her arms crossed and is looking downwards, with a somber and reflective facial expression. The text reads: "No woman or child should experience abuse this Christmas. Give the gift of support and help change a woman's life."

Case study: staff engagement in developing a mentoring framework

April 3, 2024August 25, 2024
Case studies

Who: Cardiff Women’s Aid The brief: Develop an internal mentoring programme for staff and volunteers… Read More »Case study: staff engagement in developing a mentoring framework

A photo of a mother carrying her baby and walking past a brightly coloured wall.

Case study: user engagement and feedback on a draft resource

March 31, 2024September 24, 2024
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Who: The Cwm Taf Morgannwg Early Years Transformation team, a statutory task and finish team… Read More »Case study: user engagement and feedback on a draft resource

Case study: strategic stakeholder engagement

March 31, 2024August 25, 2024
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Who: The Nature and Us team at Natural Resources Wales: Nature and Us (Natur a… Read More »Case study: strategic stakeholder engagement

Glossary of engagement terminology

August 25, 2022March 15, 2025
Archive (old posts)

(Originally published on the Co-production Network for Wales knowledge base.) A number of terms are… Read More »Glossary of engagement terminology

Opening title screen of the project video, which reads "The future of our forest", with an image of people in a hillside forest silhouetted agaist the horizon. Video produced by Mud and Thunder.

Case study: co-designing a Future Forest Vision in the Upper Rhondda

May 26, 2022June 27, 2025
Case studies

Who: The project was hosted by third sector organisation Welcome to our Woods, in Treherbert… Read More »Case study: co-designing a Future Forest Vision in the Upper Rhondda

A wide path follows a fortification wall, and is lined on the other side by a row of trees on a grassy bank. There is a slate plaque on the wall carrying some text that's too small to read as well as the name "Captain's Walk", and underneath the plaque is a green bench.

Case study: facilitating a #BLM Town Talk

August 27, 2020August 26, 2025
Case studies

Who: Brecon Town Council, 15 councillors serving approximately 8,000 residents in this historic town on… Read More »Case study: facilitating a #BLM Town Talk

Screenshot from a video by Cognitive Edge, showing Dave Snowden presenting the Cynefin Framework (a 2x2 matrix labelled complex, complicated, simple, chaotic).

Q&A with David Snowden

February 20, 2020September 22, 2024
Archive (old posts)

(Originally published in The Welsh Agenda #63, Autumn / Winter 2019) David Snowden is Director… Read More »Q&A with David Snowden