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Defining Success in Community Engagement: Key Takeaways from Our Customer Peer Exchange

Defining Success in Community Engagement: Key Takeaways from Our Customer Peer Exchange

Our recent Customer Peer Exchange, Set Goals and Define Success in Community Engagement, was packed with valuable ...
Overview of the GPT Comment Analysis Tool: How We’re Streamlining Community Feedback

Overview of the GPT Comment Analysis Tool: How We’re Streamlining Community Feedback

PublicInput's GPT Comment Analysis Tool is designed to help public engagement professionals efficiently analyze ...
3 Ways Centralizing Rider Engagement Drives Smarter Transit Decisions

3 Ways Centralizing Rider Engagement Drives Smarter Transit Decisions

As a transit planner, engaging across various channels is essential to ensure the broadest representation of your ...
Government Agencies: Host Hybrid and Virtual Public Meetings Easily with Improved Features

Government Agencies: Host Hybrid and Virtual Public Meetings Easily with Improved Features

We’re excited to announce improvements to our Meetings feature. This update is designed to make setting up and ...
AI Powered Comment Analysis Now Elevated with GPT-4

AI Powered Comment Analysis Now Elevated with GPT-4

In early 2024, PublicInput launched the GPT Comment Analysis Tool, an innovative solution designed to help ...
New Outlook Rate Limits Hit Local Govs the Hardest

New Outlook Rate Limits Hit Local Govs the Hardest

Outlook's New External Recipient Rate Limit: What It Means for Local Governments Starting in January 2025, ...
Updated Web Accessibility Rules: A Guide for Government Agencies

Updated Web Accessibility Rules: A Guide for Government Agencies

WCAG 2.1 Compliance Deadline Set for April 2026 The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 are set to ...
The Ultimate Guide to Community Engagement

The Ultimate Guide to Community Engagement

Welcome to your ultimate guide to community engagement tailored for state and local government agencies. In this ...
Closing the Representation Gap: A Guide for Unlocking Hidden Voices

Closing the Representation Gap: A Guide for Unlocking Hidden Voices

The Challenge of Reaching Diverse Audiences Underrepresentation in community engagement poses a significant ...
Public Portal Redesign Works to Improve Resident Experience

Public Portal Redesign Works to Improve Resident Experience

State and local governments face a pressing challenge: fostering genuine community engagement while adapting to ...
10 SMS/Text Messaging Best Practices to Consider Before Launching Your Next Campaign

10 SMS/Text Messaging Best Practices to Consider Before Launching Your Next Campaign

Launching an SMS Text Message Campaign: 10 Best Practices to Consider Text messaging is a highly effective method ...
Go Beyond the Same 10 People with a Community Engagement Software

Go Beyond the Same 10 People with a Community Engagement Software

How Publicinput Helps Expand Your Community Engagement   The PublicInput platform is designed to support ...
Elevating Transit Engagement: PublicInput Custom Links and QR Codes

Elevating Transit Engagement: PublicInput Custom Links and QR Codes

Ever feel like you’re doing a lot to drive community engagement, but aren’t sure what’s working?What if you could tell which specific outreach efforts were generating the most participation? Or segment participants based on how they found you? Now you can do both using custom links in PublicInput.com…
Five Ways to Increase Community Engagement Reach with SMS Text

Five Ways to Increase Community Engagement Reach with SMS Text

Informed and Engaged: A Recipe for Success with SMS Text A well-informed and actively engaged community is the ...

Engage using standard survey question formats that you’re used to with consumer survey tools. From the single and multi-select, to Likert, slider, and text input formats, you’ve got the basics covered.