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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 ...
Three Strategies to Increase Community Engagement Inclusion

Three Strategies to Increase Community Engagement Inclusion

Diversity Barriers that Impact Inclusive Community Engagement State and local governments working towards a more ...
Navigating Social Media Challenges in Community Engagement

Navigating Social Media Challenges in Community Engagement

Public organizations are now capitalizing on the everyday presence of social media in residents’ lives by applying targeted advertising methods and connecting these efforts to the bigger picture of engagement through centralized public engagement software.
Celebrating Women: How PublicInput Customers Are Making A Difference in the Community

Celebrating Women: How PublicInput Customers Are Making A Difference in the Community

Investing in the Women Currently Making History An annual observance that highlights the contributions of women to ...
Introducing Effortless Data Exports Across Meetings and Projects

Introducing Effortless Data Exports Across Meetings and Projects

PublicInput has introduced an update to streamline the management of registrant data across meetings and projects. ...
Four Ways to Integrate Social Media with Community Engagement Software

Four Ways to Integrate Social Media with Community Engagement Software

Social Media: A Community Engagement Opportunity State and local governments can seize the everyday opportunity of ...
How SMS Text Integration Expands Community Engagement

How SMS Text Integration Expands Community Engagement

So you’ve gone above and beyond to promote your public meetings, you’ve targeted neighborhoods on Facebook, and you’ve leveraged our meeting tools to foster productive dialog.But are you sure you’ve reached the residents who need your project the most?
What’s New: Backlinking Enhancement Gives Residents More Opportunities to Engage

What’s New: Backlinking Enhancement Gives Residents More Opportunities to Engage

With the most recent PublicInput online survey and content portal feature enhancements, admin users can now link ...
How to Use PublicInput for Statistically Valid Surveys

How to Use PublicInput for Statistically Valid Surveys

In public engagement and decision-making, achieving statistical validity is paramount. It ensures that the ...
Multilingual Public Meetings and Transcripts: Equity, Inclusion, and Language Access

Multilingual Public Meetings and Transcripts: Equity, Inclusion, and Language Access

How to Improve Community Engagement Access and Inclusion for People with Limited English Proficiency According to ...

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.