An Overview of Kūwiingu-néewul Engagement Services
About Us
Kūwiingu-néewul Engagement Services (KES) provides engagement services and tools for complex public issue consultations.
KES combines the skills and experiences of Three Sisters Consulting and Publivate Inc., two companies with deep and complimentary skills in supporting complex public engagement. Kūwiingu-néewul is a Lenape word that says that “you see” someone but in a full and inclusive manner. Which is why it works well to represent what we try and achieve with the partners and interested communities that we work with.
KES has created a unique and successful methodology to public engagement through our Seven Generations Engagement Approach. 7Gens is built upon a Two Eyed Seeing partnership of our successes and learnings, input from partners, and blending the best of traditional and modern public engagement including Design Thinking, Circle Facilitation Method, IAP2, Seven Grandfather Teachings, among other engagement best practices.
Services
KES offers a full and comprehensive set of public engagement services and tools that can enable small to very large complex public engagements.
Our services and tools include:
- Engagement Strategy
- Project Management
- Strategic Communications
- In person, virtual and online Facilitation
- Content development
- Data architecture, data analysis, note taking and reporting
- Event Management for in person and virtual engagements that includes invitation management, technical support, logistical support, simultaneous translation, among other services
- Proprietary online engagement and dialogue tools
Engagement Tools
Our tools include:
- A proprietary online engagement collaboration platform that includes tools for ideation, stories and narrative gathering, surveys, collaborative FAQ’s, as well as specialized tools such as ElderShare
- The highest level of understanding of virtual engagement tools such as Zoom where we have integrated specific supporting applications for complex public engagement
Partners and Projects
KES has been lucky to have been involved in and remain involved in numerous complex public engagement projects. These include national and international undertakings. A sampling of clients and topics is below:
Indigenous Justice Strategy (IJS)
KES planned and supported multiple phases of Justice Canada-led component of IJS. This multi-year project had KES developing multiple strategies for complex engagement, organizing, recording, facilitating and coordinating outreach for approximately 75 Pre-Briefing and Formal Dialogues. Meeting over 1,000 participants virtually and in person in all provinces and territories while producing numerous reports that reflect their important contributions. You can learn more about this project here.
RCMP-Indigenous, Co-Development, Collaboration and Accountability (RICCA)
The RCMP engaged KES to support the newly established RICCA group by engaging communities across Canada to better understand how RICCA can enhance its role and address systemic barriers. Over the course of two years, KES engaged virtually and in person with communities across provinces and territories while delivering multiple reports to the RICCA team. You can learn more about RICCA and its initiatives here.
