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Ipswich Mills Dam, Amanda Siow 2024
Dam Busters 201
Community Engagement
See below for resources, links, tips, and a video recording. Webinar originally held June 4, 2025.
What is community engagement and why do we do it? Learn the basics of community engagement and common sense strategies to help you think beyond the public meeting and create a community engagement process that is appropriately sized for your project needs. We will provide ideas, awareness on how to engage, build trust, improve relationships and, ultimately, strengthen your work.
Presented by: Emilia Fiora Del Fabro and Megan Lung
Recording
Highlights:
4:55- Start of presentation- Overview of Community Engagement
12:48- Community Engagement Strategies
14:47- MentiMeter tool demonstration
18:20- Addressing Challenges with Recon Studies
19:44- Case Study: Blind Brook Dam
22:18- Engagement Strategies in the Blind Brook
25:12- Stakeholder Group
27:22- Collaboration with School & Students
30:02- Community Meetings
32:24- Communications & Media
40:20- Q&A
Check out the results from the mentimeter poll during the dam busters session here >>
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Additional Resources
American Rivers- National Dam Removal Community of Practice Website
MentiMeter- community engagement tool that supports interactive polls to engage audiences
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