Stakeholder Engagement for
Sustainable and Equitable Impact

Connect the Dots designs stakeholder engagement for impact. We develop tailored strategies and expert insights to help build cities, regions, and entities focused on the health and happiness of all citizens. All Connect the Dots work is informed by diverse perspectives, bringing a unique set of insights and learnings to any project we work on.

Connect the Dots believes in a world where citizens are involved in designing their cities and spaces. We know that the careful engagement of all voices, in a collaborative and thoughtful way, is critical when forming solutions to the challenges we are facing and to moving forward with confidence and trust.

Connect the Dots is based in both Dublin, Ireland and Philadelphia, USA.

We work with public and private sector entities to co-design with their stakeholders and enable inclusive, insight-driven decisions that drive equitable and robust solutions.

Our insights, best practice, and learnings thus far on engagement during COVID-19

Learn more about our insight-driven process that takes the guesswork out of stakeholder engagement

A snapshot of our clients

Organisations and companies, big and small, and across sectors, trust Connect the Dots to design their stakeholder engagement and consultation processes

Collaborators in Ireland

Collaborators in Philadelphia

Drive impact through design-led stakeholder engagement

At Connect the Dots, we use expert human insights and data-driven methodology to drive innovative stakeholder engagement and community consultation solutions for our client organisations.

We work with clients to bring their stakeholders together to…

better connect ecosystems around complex challenges
develop robust recommendations for new policies
feed into design briefs from public spaces to office spaces
design holistic briefs for RFPs and Tenders
collaborate to develop new strategies and action plans
strengthen their events and programming

In all cases we are mindful of high (or low) stakeholder expectations of this kind of engagement and manage risk accordingly.

Connect the Dots equips our clients to….

Reach the right people

Ensure all relevant stakeholders and voices are included

Ask the right questions

Uniquely give attendees a chance to have a say in the process by engaging them early on and taking on board their input in a way that manages risk and expectations

Drive insights

With a 360° understanding of your audience, get to the heart of the topic or narrow down the content to be as relevant and productive as possible

Design the right process

Leverage our innovative design recommendations and suggested formats that perfectly fit the data harvested from your audience

Drive participation and buy-in

Craft the right environment to bring your stakeholders together to learn about the topic of consultation and develop strong insights to inform robust future plans and solutions

Prove impact

Measure and easily evaluate the engagement process impact, ROI, and make further data-driven business decisions

Don’t just take our word for it….

CTD placed great care in selecting relevant participants and facilitated activities that they designed specifically to meet our objectives and what the attendees wanted.

Paul O’Hara, CEO, ChangeX

I thought it was an excellent evening. Really well designed and organised and it really felt like positive civic engagement.

Ciaran Cuffe, Member of the European Parliament & Lecturer in Urban Planning

We were asked by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation to facilitate a workshop with all other startup hubs across the country. I reached out to Connect the Dots to get help on structuring the workshop, to make sure it was as productive as possible for all attending. I would highly recommend Connect the Dots if you're shaping an event.

Liz McCarthy, Executive Director, Scale Ireland

Due to the unique process Connect the Dots used to engage attendees before, during, and afterwards, the event truly exceeded our expectations – as it was bespoke and personalised in every way.

Space Engagers, Making Towns and Cities more Resilient and Sustainable

Connect the Dots did an amazing job of bringing the right people together and creating an atmosphere that made a great evening of discussions possible. Their concept is unique and effective. We are looking forward to working with Connect the Dots again.

Goethe Institut Irland

At a base level they are bridging the gap between the corporate and creative/social enterprises that has not been achieved previously, in my opinion. But it is about results and Connect the Dots have always delivered a high quality service anytime we have collaborated.

Dara Connolly, Former CEO, Recreate

Connect the Dots opened up a whole new space for us - they taught us it's not just about putting on an event and hoping people show up, but rather about giving attendees the chance to play a really important role in the event itself - and as such they get so much more out of it.

Claire Faithorn, Former Innovation Programe Manager, Suas Educational Development

Connect the Dots were pivotal to ensuring all age groups were engaging, working together and sharing ideas.

Keren Jackson, Founder & CEO, Bluefire

Impact powered by Connect the Dots

Navan Town Scheme

Engage local business owners in Navan town for their input into the appearance of the town

Get Ireland Walking

Engagement process to enable a diverse group of stakeholders to feed into a national strategy

Center City District

Engagement process on how best to serve the users of Dilworth Park

Dinner At Our Place

Support and plug into the Philadelphia ecosystem of innovation

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Stakeholder Engagement for Sustainable and Equitable Impact