participant reflections
“This has been one of the most amazing experiences of my adult life. I genuinely feel honoured and privileged to be involved and I’d even say my faith in democracy has been restored.”
MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE
“What an amazing opportunity to try and have an impact for the people and the land on which we live. ”
CITY OF KINGSTON
“To be involved with this process and have my faith in democracy reinstated has been revolutionary.”
MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE
“It’s been an eye-opening experience watching a group of people from all walks of life, who don’t know each other, come together and create this really cool piece of work. I’ve really enjoyed being a part of that.”
GREATER SHEPPARTON CITY COUNCIL
“I have been in (and run) numerous facilitated development sessions. I have never been to one that was so well run, inclusive and targeted.
And MosaicLab could still manage the deliberative process - excellent. Facilitators extraordinarily professional.”
INFRASTRUCTURE VICTORIA TRANSPORT NETWORK
“It’s been great how you’ve facilitated across both online and offline environments.
I’ve really enjoyed the different lenses that people have brought into this process and their different experiences.”
BAYSIDE CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY VISION
“The collective outcome was because of MosaicLab – the staff were extraordinary.
They were nurturing, they were supportive and it flowed. It was such an emotional and personal experience, but to have those gentle boundaries and the personalities within MosaicLab – I was very grateful. ”
NWPHN DYING WELL PANEL
“I really enjoyed the whole process, it was really well facilitated, we had people from all walks of life but we came together and worked as one, which was fabulous.”
Community Panellist
Western Water Tariff Structure Review
“Today you both were brilliant. I loved the way you paced us, coaxed, deterred and encouraged us. Totally, exquisitely professional and utterly outcome-focussed.
You timed us down to the last minute. It’s what musical theatre stage-management does best – getting the scene- change/ lighting/ fly cue ‘on the button’.”
FUTURE MELBOURNE
“Many recommendations were the result of robust debate and a democratic vote, deciding what we would include in our report.
I thoroughly enjoyed the process, believed it resulted in good recommendations and hope that this process is adopted by other organisations.”
CITY OF MELBOURNE
TEN YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN
“If (we) didn’t have MosaicLab here we’d still be debating question one on the last day. The skills you guys have shown has really showcased the ability to have a functioning democracy.
Having any amount of people in a room, you’ll have differences of opinions. But being able to go through this process and actually deliver something real, it’s fantastic. ”
GREATER SHEPPARTON CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY VISION & COUNCIL PLAN
“What I loved most was getting a diversity of opinions and I changed my point of view on different dilemmas after getting everybody’s feedback, it was really amazing.”
Community Panellist
Mornington Peninsula Shire Community Vision
“It’s been an eye-opening experience watching a group of people from all walks of life, who don’t know each other, come together and create this really cool piece of work. ”
GREATER SHEPPARTON CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY VISION & COUNCIL PLAN
“The process ensured we all had a chance to build the plan the way we wanted it. Everybody had the opportunity to feed in.
We know there will still be people not happy but we achieved an enormous amount.”
SURF COAST SHIRE
SPRING CREEK STRUCTURE PLAN
“To be involved with this process and have my faith in democracy reinstated has been revolutionary.
The democratic process is normally very polarising but I feel that this has brought us all together and I’m feeling very positive and hopeful for the future. ”
MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE COMMUNITY VISION
“I found it exhilarating, challenging, there was a lot of collaboration, but very little competition.
Everybody was interested in the outcome.”
DEMOCRACY IN GEELONG
“Thank you to the MosaicLab team for the way you’ve facilitated this.
It’s been enlightening for all of us, and a difficult job done well.”
BAYSIDE CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY VISION
“MosaicLab’s process is great.
You get a chance to talk, you get a chance to be heard, you feel welcome, you feel involved.”
LANE COVE COUNCIL
COMMUNITY VISION