This past month over 250 public participation professionals came together in Charlotte at The IAP2 North America Conference to learn best practices...
IAP2 Recap: Better Decisions Made Together
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Better together: IAP2 Best Practices and Public Participation Software
The IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation When public involvement practitioners are looking for best practices, they often turn to IAP2 – the...
Mixed Mode Surveying: A best practice for increasing equity in public engagement
What is mixed-mode surveying? Academics and researchers have long heralded “mixed-mode” surveying, the practice of using multiple methods to reach...
Five Tactics Guaranteed to Increase Community Engagement
See how government organizations are increasing community engagement by lowering barriers to public participation.
3 Benefits Of Working With Consultants Who Use Innovative Community Engagement Software
Trusting a consulting professional with the community engagement process, whether for a single project or over the long run, helps keep public...
National survey of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) reveals real challenges gaining public involvement
A nationwide survey of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) serving metropolitan areas of 200,000 or more citizens offers new insights into how challenging it is to gain public input for important public works projects.
The Benefits of Closing the Community Engagement Feedback Loop
Closing the feedback loop to report findings is one step in the public engagement process that may be overlooked because of a lack of staff time or bandwidth. After collecting public input and finding key insights, we might often go straight to outlining a plan without following up with residents on how their input may have impacted that plan.
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Engaging Residents Through Relevance – Webinar Highlights
PublicInput.com co-hosted a webinar with Planning Supervisor TJ McCourt of Raleigh, NC. McCourt and his team recently received national attention from NRPA’s Parks & Recreation for their Raleigh dog parks project. Watch the highlights or use the jump links to fast-forward.
More Meaningful Feedback: How Online Engagement Software Makes A Difference
Great community engagement relies on getting meaningful feedback from residents on a given project. Meaningful feedback makes engagement efforts worthwhile, provides valuable insights to project teams, and builds public trust by improving the relationship between residents and local government.
Engaging Residents Through Relevance
See how Raleigh Parks and other agencies were able to reach beyond the usual voices, close the feedback loop, and improve the relationship between...
The Important Differences Between SurveyMonkey and Public Engagement Software
Using an online survey tool like SurveyMonkey may seem like a no-brainer, but online survey tools like SurveyMonkey are not designed for public engagement – and can even undermine your success.
Start with your intention. When considering an engagement tool, it’s important to ask the following…