Annex 6 - Public Information Sessions Report

While the speakers facilitated the sessions, three TNC officers took notes and spoke one-on-one with the attendees.
After the sessions, attendees were asked if they were willing to complete an exit interview, but with all the
enthusiasm and discussion, this was not always possible, so 17 of the 28 attendees were formally interviewed.

Facilitation
TNC facilitated all sessions. The following TNC staff were directly involved in setting up and facilitating the event:

Speakers:        Chris Gillies - Ocean Program Director, TNC,
                 Craig Bohm - Restoration Coordinator – SE Queensland, TNC

Logistics:       Callum Dittes – Oyster Restoration Project Officer, TNC
                 Helen Bowyer - Community Outreach Coordinator, TNC
                 Mikayla Ploughman – Safety Advisor, TNC

Comms:           Rachel Bailey – Director of Communications, Marketing and Membership, TNC
                 Jenny Luu – Digital Specialist, Marketing and Media, TNC

Advertisement
The public consultation sessions were promoted widely via TNC’s sophisticated social media outreach system.
In response, 132 people viewed the project on the TNC Website and on social media the event received 16,561 hits
(Table 1).

Table 1: Media hits


 TNC Website
 Date                 Page title                                                                  Page views
 27 Nov to 13
 Dec                  Events page: Noosa info sessions                                                    132

 Social Media
 Date                 Type                                                                        Reach
 27 Nov to 13
 Dec                  Facebook event                                                                   5,472
 3-Dec                Facebook event post                                                              4,569
 27 Nov to 1 Dec      Facebook event advertisement                                                     2,907
 3 Dec to 13 Dec      Facebook event post advertisement                                                3,613
 TOTAL HITS                                                                                           16,561

TNC also put out a media release (Appendix 1) to all news outlets. The project team also notified local stakeholders
and encouraged them to promote the sessions widely.

After the event, TNC secured articles in the Noosa Today and Sunshine Coast Daily on the 15/12/20 (Appendix 2).

Community Participants
28 community members attended the sessions (9 females, 19 males) (Table 1).

A further 5 individuals confirmed for evening sessions but did not appear, and another 4 people called TNC with
information queries about the project and expressed that they supported the project but could not attend.




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