--- title: The Latest | Lisa Attygalle (3) description: In her role at Tamarack, Lisa works with cities and organizations to improve the way they engage with their communities. Over the last seven years, her work has focused on creating engagement strategies for municipalities and organizations, integrated communications planning, and the use of technology and creativity for engagement. Lisa constantly advocates for simplicity in infrastructure, frameworks, and design and loves applying the principles of marketing, advertising, loyalty, and user experience to community initiatives. (3) --- [![20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Administration/Tamarack%20Logos/20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png?width=200&height=47&name=20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png "20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange")](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/?hsLang=en-us) # The Latest Contribute. We love to hear your thoughts, your musings and your latest work. Please share with us! 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Over the last seven years, her work has focused on creating engagement strategies for municipalities and organizations, integrated communications planning, and the use of technology and creativity for engagement. Lisa constantly advocates for simplicity in infrastructure, frameworks, and design and loves applying the principles of marketing, advertising, loyalty, and user experience to community initiatives. ### Recent Posts [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Photos/Image%20Library/Data%20Scrabble%20Pieces.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/is-the-data-valid?hsLang=en-us) ### [Online Community Engagement: Is the Data Valid?](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/is-the-data-valid?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Lisa Attygalle](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/lisa-attygalle) on June 8, 2017 Community engagement processes have evolved significantly in the past 15 years with the creation of online engagement methods to complement traditional in-person community engagement. Now, it is common for online community engagement – through online surveys, polling, forums, social media, discussion groups, etc. – to make up a significant portion of engagement activities. The benefits of online engagement are real: the increased breadth of participation, being able to reach people on their own schedule, and reduced costs of printing and distribution, to name just a few. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/is-the-data-valid?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Outdoor%20game%205%203.png) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/connecting-to-a-cause-when-business-gives-back?hsLang=en-us) ### [Connecting to a Cause: When Business Gives Back](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/connecting-to-a-cause-when-business-gives-back?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Lisa Attygalle](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/lisa-attygalle) on March 10, 2017 In 2015, [Vidyard](https://www.vidyard.com/), a video marketing and analytics company based in Kitchener, Ontario, launched an initiative called [PlugIn](http://pluginkw.com/) aimed at helping to mitigate some of the negative effects of gentrification in downtown Kitchener by giving back to their community. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/connecting-to-a-cause-when-business-gives-back?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Idea_Community_Engagement/Ask%20the%20right%20questions.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/right-sizing-your-ask?hsLang=en-us) ### [Right-Sizing Your Ask](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/right-sizing-your-ask?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Lisa Attygalle](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/lisa-attygalle) on January 30, 2017 Have you ever considered that maybe your ask is too small? When I work with communities, the thing I hear myself saying over and over is to make sure you are always offering people ways to get involved. Often, the organizers will go through all the effort to get people out to an event, or to participate in a consultation, and then they don’t capitalize on the momentum. It could be as simple as inviting the community to stay informed with a newsletter or it could be a bigger commitment of time, money or effort. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/right-sizing-your-ask?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Resources/Resource_Rural_Community_Engagement.png) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/community-engagement-in-rural-areas?hsLang=en-us) ### [Community Engagement in Rural Areas](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/community-engagement-in-rural-areas?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Lisa Attygalle](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/lisa-attygalle) on May 7, 2015 Community Engagement so often relies on citizens feeling an affinity and commitment towards their local area or an issue, but what is unique about engaging community in a rural area? What methodologies can be used to increase participation? How can we ensure that all voices are heard? In rural areas it is often harder to focus on one shared issue and to unite a community when individuals are geographically dispersed and each encounters their own nuanced lifestyle and related issues. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/community-engagement-in-rural-areas?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/file-2446001369-png/Events/Engage/Images/Engage_Storytelling.png) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/using-digital-storytelling-for-social-impact?hsLang=en-us) ### [Using Digital Storytelling for Social Impact](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/using-digital-storytelling-for-social-impact?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Lisa Attygalle](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/lisa-attygalle) on February 5, 2015 How can the community be active agents of change? What's the process of creating an effective story? What's the best way for a story to motivate action? In an age of fast communication - of snippets, of 140 characters, of 7 seconds to grab attention - it is easy to reach people, but how can we use stories to truly connect? [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/using-digital-storytelling-for-social-impact?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hub/316071/file-2594634251.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/building-trust-and-sustaining-momentum-with-key-stakeholders?hsLang=en-us) ### [Building Trust and Sustaining Momentum with Key Stakeholders](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/building-trust-and-sustaining-momentum-with-key-stakeholders?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Lisa Attygalle](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/lisa-attygalle) on October 31, 2014 At the recent Collective Impact Summit I hosted a panel discussion on Building Trust and Sustaining Momentum with Key Stakeholders with Lindsay Daniller from REACH Edmonton, Elena DiBattista from the Our Kids Network, and Adaoma Patterson from the Peel Poverty Reduction Strategy. Each speaker shared their successes, challenges and insights from their many years working in collaboratives and collective impact initiatives. 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