Tips for hosting a Community Conversation
Choose a time and comfortable location where there will be minimal disruptions – it could be at someone’s home, work, in a community space, or online.
Expect the discussion to take 1.5 hours, depending on the size of the group.
Develop an invitation list (1 to 6 people is ideal - and we suggest no more than 15 in one sitting) and share a direct link to the Drought Ready Tasmania website so participants can read the Drought Risk, Resilience and Adaptive Capacity Report relevant to their area. (If they can’t read the report before the meeting, as the host you can refer them to the relevant parts of the report during the conversation).
No doubt there will be lots of ideas in response to some questions – but limit the number that be can provided - work to prioritise key points. Ask, What is most important?
Enjoy the conversation!
The definition of Drought Resilience:
“Drought resilience is the ability to adapt, reorganise or transform in response to changing temperature, increasing variability and scarcity of rainfall and changed seasonality of rainfall, for improved economic, environmental and social wellbeing.” Future Drought Fund, Drought Resilience Funding Plan 2020-2024.
