Stakeholder engagement events you can follow from South Africa
Since 2023, we’ve run an annual practitioner day in the United Kingdom, built entirely around stakeholder engagement. It’s held in person in the UK, so most South African practitioners won’t be in the room. That’s fine. The talks' presentations are online and free, and from October 2026 there’s a monthly live webinar you can join from anywhere in South Africa.
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The Stakeholder Engagement Room: Live
Six free sessions, once a month, each on a question practitioners keep coming back to. With Rhion Jones, the Consultation Guru, chaired by Vicky Adamson.
Sessions run 1pm to 1.50pm UK time. In South Africa that’s 2pm SAST in October.
Mon 5 Oct 2026 · 2pm SAST · Stakeholder management is everyone’s job
Mon 2 Nov 2026 · 2pm SAST · Managing difficult stakeholder relationships
Mon 7 Dec 2026 · 2pm SAST · The ‘stakeholder’ concept: spin or substance?
Mon 18 Jan 2027 · 2pm SAST · Stakeholder mapping: getting more from the matrix
Mon 8 Feb 2027 · 2pm SAST · Short-term pressures, long-term stakeholder relationships
Mon 8 Mar 2027 · 2pm SAST · Building a stakeholder-first culture, and spotting a fake one
About The Stakeholder Engagement Day
Talks, then workshops
Experts working on real projects speak in the morning. In the afternoon you work through the problems alongside them.
Free and open
Open to anyone in stakeholder engagement, consultation, public affairs, programme management or community relations, whatever software they use.
Lessons that travel
Difficult stakeholders, keeping a defensible record, mapping influence. The questions raised in the room are the same ones public participation teams in South Africa work through.
Energy · Transport · Utilities · Healthcare · Government · Housing · Education · Nonprofit · Consultancy
Check our past events
Great to hear the experiences of others using the system."
Adam Bateman, Mining Remediation Authority
Plenty of time to chat and reflect, and for decent Q&A."
Rachel Pechey, National Lottery Heritage Fund
It was great to see the road map. I enjoyed the case studies, they were very informative."
David Bromilow, NHS Business Service Authority
Nice to have a stakeholder engagement community to be part of."
Grace Batterham, Royal College of Nursing
The interactive roundtables were great, beneficial talking, listening and learning from
other clients."
Melanie Layton, Retail Energy Code Company





