Public Dialogue and Deliberation: A Communication Perspective for Public Engagement Practitioners

About Resource

The Beltane Public Engagement Network in Scotland seeks to advance and support public-engagement efforts across its four partner institutions: Edinburgh Napier University, Heriot-Watt University, Queen Margaret University, and the University of Edinburgh. While the network is no longer actively funded, it still seeks to support public engagement through all methods feasible with its partners.

The network has made many resources available to aid others interested in public engagement and, in particular, Dialogue & Deliberation. These include case studies of public-engagement experiences by researchers in the network, including lessons learned and success stories; publications produced by the Beltane team; and an online toolbox, which is a curated selection of resources across the internet to help with public engagement, including planning guides, videos about presentation and writing skills, guides for help with social media, traditional media, other forms of outreach, and more.