Having better conversations about hot topics

Having better conversations about hot topics

Community or public engagement is an essential part of most successful planning projects or decision-making initiatives. When it comes to hot topics that are polarizing, leading community engagement can be especially challenging. Here are some best practices that can...

Learning How to Create Safer Spaces: A Learning Journey

With gratitude to Elaine Alec for passing along this important teaching From social inequity to climate change to COVID-19, communities face an array of multifaceted and interconnected challenges that cannot be solved by a single agency, institution, group or...
Strategic Planning – A Good Move

Strategic Planning – A Good Move

“The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” (Michael Porter, Harvard Business School) Choosing what “not to do” is arguably more difficult than choosing what to do, and during these uncertain times when budgets are tighter, making those hard choices may be...

WCS Welcomes New Team Member

Kim Slater – Engagement and Communications Coordinator Kim joins WCS Engagement + Planning as Engagement and Communications Coordinator. With over a decade’s worth of experience leading sustainability initiatives here and abroad, Kim is seasoned at working...