As the National Association of Regional Partnerships, or NARC, wraps up its annual National Conference of Regions meeting in Washington, D.C., two important federal funding initiatives have regions...
Addressing Hesitancy and Accelerating Digital With an eye on 2022 and beyond, the lessons of the past 2 years have taught us that the “new normal” is old news and that agility and resilience are the...
How can virtual engagement improve public participation in 2022? State and local governments and their constituents have seen an expanded use of virtual and online engagement over the last two years...
Public Engagement Feedback Installment #4 of the Effective Engagement Blog Series: In this series, we discuss the four elements of an effective engagement strategy (outreach, input, analysis, and...
Leveraging Technology The execution of a public outreach and engagement strategy almost always results in the need for data analysis. Whether it be to analyze the input or evaluate the effectiveness...
CIOs and IT seeing greater role in public engagement Modern day government is adding democracy to their list of CIO priorities. In the 2020 State CIO Survey conducted by the National Association of...
Engagement Accessibility and the Digital Divide With the holiday season upon us and drawing us nearer to the close of 2021, we at PublicInput, can’t help but reflect on the differences a year can make...
Meaningful Engagement Unlocks Equitable Input ICYMI: Click HERE ?to read installment #1 Outreach Installment #2 of the Effective Engagement Blog Series: In this series, we will discuss the four...
With the release of the 2020 decennial census data, communities across the nation are moving forward with putting the data to use. For planners this means updating planning area boundaries and...