Community Visioning

Sarkissian W¹*

1. Sarkissian Associates Planners, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

What is Community Visioning? A lonely bureaucrat’s vision OF a passive community or a creative tool for discovering the vision that diverse community members have for themselves? And how do we do it in a best-practice way? Prepare to time travel, draw left-handed and listen to the whispers of twenty languages. Discover the power of visualisation and the keys to crafting a quality script. Meet Wendy Sarkissian – Director of Sarkissian Associates Planners, social planner and community consultation specialist with over thirty years’ experience – and Yollana Shore, an environmental planner and therapist. Together, they will take you on a journey into the world of right-brain planning and share some of the secrets to successful community visioning. Their method is based on extensive research and practice which has yielded practical outcomes for communities and clients. Please be warned that some of the keys to success in this process are completely outrageous! (Or at least some people might think they are.)