by Gary MacDonald | Oct 8, 2013 | Communications, Community Development, Community Relations, Environmental Impact Assessment, Health Impact Assessment, Human Rights, Indigenous People, Influx Management, Resettlement, Risk Management, Security, Social Impact Assessment, Stakeholder Engagement
New social performance management website engages practitioners in dialogue about what they do “If you’re doing this work without an ethical base you’re just co-opting people.” That’s what Wesley Cragg said recently at a session on social performance management in...
by Gary MacDonald | May 22, 2013 | Communications, Community Relations, Crisis, Social Performance Management
By Gary MacDonald You probably already know how it starts. You’re sitting at your desk when the reception or front gate calls to say that the road is blocked by a group of angry people. You may not have known that it was coming – that’s a separate problem for a later...
by Gary MacDonald | Apr 15, 2013 | Communications, Community Relations, Social Performance Management, Stakeholder Engagement
By Sylvie Charland Best practices in managing natural resources show that when community members are not only informed of the decisions affecting them, but also participate in the decision-making process, results are optimized. So what do you do when this concept of...
by Gary MacDonald | Jul 30, 2012 | Communications, Community Relations
Social media tools have been touted as being just for the young and frivolous. But multi-country events such as the Continental Day of Action Against Canadian Mega Resource Extraction suggest it is time for extractive industry thought leaders to join the conversation...