LOCAL GOVERNMENT: MASTERING ANNUAL AND LONG TERM PLANNING
Join Wayne Murphy and Craig “Griff” Griffiths as they delve into their respective areas of knowledge to address the challenges facing councils when developing Long Term Plans. Discover:
- The challenges and risks that need to be considered.
- Methods to best enable engagement.
- The opportunities that change provides.
- Tailoring information for diverse audiences.
- Fiscal pressures.
- Project management.
About the Experts
Wayne Murphy is a senior consultant at Allen + Clarke, with extensive experience within the local government sector, including leading reviews of numerous council service functions, bylaw reviews, preparing long term council plans, and monitoring council subsidiaries. Wayne is a Senior Consultant with experience across the entire policy spectrum, including policy development, stakeholder and public consultation, and research and reviews.
Craig “Griff” Griffiths is an empathetic and creative thinker, a skilled designer and facilitator who loves working with diverse groups to help unlock potential. Most recently, he has spent the last 3 years as an independent consultant to both the private and public sector while also an Executive Coach at Stanford University’s, Hasso Platner School of Design (“d.school”) where he helps Executives from around world apply Design Thinking and inspire innovation.
Coming up
WEBINAR | Survey Success Secrets: Responses + Answers + Insights
Date: Thursday 25 September 2025 | 12:10-12:55 p.m. NZST | 10:10-10:55 a.m. AEST
Months of planning and thousands spent, but what you get are dismal response rates, and survey questions that are of no help or are too complicated when you come to write them up. Sound familiar?
Whether you're running satisfaction surveys, evaluating the impact of your work, or gathering insights for complex policy consultations, the same fundamental mistakes typically keep organisations from getting information they can use.
Join Allen + Clarke's survey experts as they reveal the tips & tricks that transform data mud-puddles into decision-making goldmines. We'll share eight of our best tips to maximise response rates and give unambiguous insights for you to act on.
