The City of Canterbury Bankstown have been using The HiVE to add a bit of fun to its community’s time while in self-isolation. In a unique way to celebrate and promote the City, the Council is planning the development of a limited edition Canterbury Bankstown Monopoly Board game by asking the community to help them out.

Monopoly has become a part of international popular culture, having been licensed locally in more than 103 countries and printed in more than 37 languages.

Canterbury Bankstown, in their aptly named project, ‘Roll the dice’, is asking local residents and businesses to help in developing a local version of Monopoly by adding what they'd love to see on a limited edition of the game that will promote the local area as part of their ‘where interesting happens’ campaign, promoting the city’s multicultural diversity, rich in flavours and experiences and open to all.

Using the HiVE’s Gather tool, Canterbury Bankstown have been collecting ideas from the public on what local landmarks they’d like to see on the board game. By using Gather, the community is able to post their ideas, photos and even contribute to others ideas by adding a comment.

“We always want to represent community values and be transparent about the ideation process,” said the Community Engagement Team.

“It was great to see the community use the new tools on the website, and it’s important to use innovative technology, especially now, when offline engagement isn’t as easy.”

By activating the ‘share’ button contributors and participants can also share their engagement with the project on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, inviting friends and family to join in.

Using the newly updated Form tool, set in the flow template, participants can leave additional feedback and comments on category areas likely to be developed on the board game.

This allows for those who may not have ideas to add via Gather to be engaged using the survey function. The form also allows people to identify their interest in the project as the board game is developed and let the team at Canterbury Bankstown know how they found out about it.

Supported by content tools such as a Timeline, to map out the journey from ideation to board game development, and Faces, to show who is listening and developing the idea behind the scenes, this is a great way to engage with a community in a unique way to celebrate and promote their city and its many beautiful buildings, landmarks and natural attractions.

We like this project as it is a fun thought experiment with an outcome that people can take home. It’s a great way to connect a community in isolation with the outside world, sharing the best things about the places where they live.

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