Amelia Loye is the Founder and Managing Director of engage2, an organisation aiming to "help governments understand and engage with people and organisations in their community." At times, it’s hard to trust all the information we’re fed which is where Amelia's role of building trust between governments and communities comes in.

Hear Amelia discuss with David how open data and “data from [the] community” are important ways to help shape and design government services and policies. At the heart of her work is building trust and reliability among all stakeholders.

Discussed in this episode:

The Open Government movement
The expectation of transparency in today’s political climate
Making information more accessible to the public
Using creative treatments to engage
Reaching people “where they are”
What skills are needed to reach citizens
Campaigns vs conversations
How to get your management’s support
Data about community, and data from community
Distributing data to the broader government
Building trust: change the conversation from consultation to participation

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InTransition #97: Open government data: building trust and engagement