Bang The Table Pty Ltd

Stéphanie Beaureguard, Practice Lead at Bang the Table, and Nicole Melanson, Manager, Communications and Bilingual Services at the City of Moncton, sit down to discuss how a digital engagement platform has made public participation across a multilingual community a seamless endeavor. Let’s Chat Moncton set out to launch new public participation initiatives in 2019 with a number of strategic objectives; -Facilitation of public conversations across a multilingual community. -Build awareness around municipal issues. -Enhance civic engagement in a more focused way in a safe and respected space. -Access and analyze data for more in-depth information for City decision-makers. -Supplement open house events -Offer alternate options for public attendance and input on their own time -Package projects and information in a more visually interesting way. “EngagementHQ made gathering data much easier for us but also much more cohesive.. these are things that we definitely were not able to do before.” - Nicole Melanson,