Why government and private sector clients work with us.
From local precincts to regional resilience strategies, Cobalt Engagement is ready to support your community and stakeholder engagement needs. We bring the tools, experience, and heart to help you deliver outcomes that matter.
Proven track record
Successful delivery for clients including regional and urban local councils, Transport for NSW, developers and private infrastructure companies. We are an approved supplier for the NSW Government Performance and Management Services.
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Trusted facilitators
We design and lead technical and creative workshops that bring diverse voices together to inform complex planning decisions for internal government and private sector decision makers, technical experts and the community. We understand how to balance differing priorities and engagement and support our clients to see how community and stakeholder engagement can uncover valuable insights and support long term partnerships.
Technical background
Our Founder Nicole Dennis, has 20 years of experience working as an urban and regional planner running and designing integrated engagement placemaking processes as part of a multi-disciplinary team. We understand the planning, strategy and design process from the perspective of government and the private sector.
Community and place-led
We have designed proven methodologies over the last 20 years that create insights to help our clients understand their communities and places better. We take the time to sit face to face with our communities. More than consultants writing another strategy with some great ideas, we design placemaking strategies and engagement programs that can be delivered with their communities at the heart. We have a proven ourselves in delivering the strategies we produce and understand who to activate and build social capital and resilience in places past an event or short term program.
Culturally aware and inclusive
Our work connects with culturally diverse and priority communities using accessible, human-centered methods. We collaborate with those with differing lived experience, and invite them to lead where appropriate. We have considerable experience working collaboratively with artsits and we understand the value they bring to creative placemaking and community development.
Policy-aligned
We have a deep understanding of NSW Government frameworks and legislation that helps us recommend engagement solutions that support your goals. As IAP2 members and trained facilitators, we offer leading engagement strategy design to ensure not only compliance, but credibility as we support our clients to build long term relationships.
Collaborative
We partner with specialists and leading consultancies in their field to deliver seamless, multi-disciplinary projects. We are active members of the Urban Land Institute, IAP2 and Living Future Institutue of Australia and contribute to many industry thought leadership activities.