Giane Cole
Giane Cole is an Australian community builder and youth advocate, Senior Project Officer/Youth Community Coordinator at the Office for Youth NSW, working on community engagement across regional NSW.
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Sep 2, 2026
Katie BlairHOST
We'll be asking, how can we turn towards people and listen before planning? How can we create better communities?
Giane ColeGUEST
This series has been exploring asset mapping and wondering whether there are other ways of engaging community that still stay true to its purpose.
Giane ColeGUEST
Because at its heart, asset mapping is meant to surface the strengths already present in place and use those as a foundation for change.
Giane ColeGUEST
And asset mapping is something that I see organisations and government do in order to understand communities.
Giane ColeGUEST
Like what's out there, and then what's missing, like a puzzle, trying to put it all together.