Blogs

Explore articles on Civic Engagement, digital tools, and insights from the field.

Reclaim Your Week With AI Meeting Minutes

End the Post-Meeting Documentation Scramble. The meeting ends.The room empties.The Zoom window closes.   And for clerks, administrators, and public engagement staff, the real work begins.   Hours of...

From Outreach to Outcomes: How to Build an Integrated Community Engagement System

When Engagement is a System, Insight Becomes Action Many agencies manage outreach, engagement, and reporting as separate tasks. When these pieces don’t connect, valuable resident input can get lost or...

Why Local Governments Benefit from a Resident-Centric CRM

Tracking community engagement in local government is more complex than ever. Residents reach out via email, phone, social media, public meetings, and more. Without a centralized system, it’s easy for...

Finding the Magic in the Numbers: Turning Public Sector Data Into Impact

Finding the Magic in the Numbers By Lori Croy, APR If you work in government communications long enough, you start to hear a familiar refrain:    “We’ve got the data.”   And usually, that’s true. We...

PublicInput Named to the GovTech 100 List for Third Consecutive Year

PublicInput, the leading community engagement platform for the public sector, is proud to announce its inclusion in the 2026 GovTech 100. This prestigious annual list, compiled by Government...

Death by a Thousand Tabs: Why Spreadsheets and Zoom Don’t Work for California Public Meetings

SB 707 didn’t create the complexity—it exposed why fragmented tools no longer meet California’s public meeting requirements. Public meetings are the bedrock of government, fostering transparency and...

Community Engagement Reporting: Turning Participation Into Proof

When reporting is designed as a shared process, engagement data becomes understanding—not just documentation. Collecting community input is essential, but it’s not enough.  To build trust and move...

Make Community Engagement
Easy & More Inclusive.

1.
Start with a free 30-minute consultation with an engagement expert
to assess your needs.
2.
Develop a Tailored Demo and provide a plan for implementation.
3.
Create a Personalized Plan with a timeline to help you achieve your goals.

Schedule your free 30-minute consultation today and uncover how PublicInput can help streamline your public engagement, increase participation, and build stronger relationships with your community.

<Hubspot Form Embed>

What Our Clients Say:

"Thank you to everyone at PublicInput for being a strong partner with the City of San Antonio. You have really allowed our organization to catapult itself into a new era of engagement and public participation. We couldn't have reached that next level of engagement without ...[the efforts of staff and]...PublicInput who gave us not only the digital space to do so, but the continuous open dialogue to further and better our efforts."
Melanie Morales
Operations Strategist, City of San Antonio
"At NCDOT, our goal has always been to enhance public engagement through innovative strategies and technology. PublicInput's support reflects our commitment to making public involvement more accessible, inclusive, effective, [and] pushes the boundaries of innovation in community engagement."
Jamille Robbins
Community Studies & Visualization Group Leader, NCDOT Public Involvement
"Love the ability to engage the public and the tools to see who is participating"
Jennifer Cinelli
Delaware Department of Transportation
“PublicInput provides tools that allow us to do this work and is a big help in supporting our goals in this area.”
Jackie Nolasco
NCTCOG
"PublicInput gives you the Ferrari of engagement technology. It is robust, agile, and allows local governments to laser-focus on underrepresented communities of color, residents with limited English proficiency, and people with disabilities."
Justin Schneider
Engagement Specialist, City of Austin Community
"PublicInput is very easy to use and has so many options for how you can connect with the citizens your entity supports."
Stephanie Perrone
Freeborg Energy Project Manager, PMP, LEED GA, Austin
"Easy to use system for creating interactive and engaging project pages with a variety of ways of accepting comments."
Monica Haines Benkhedda
Baltimore Metropolitan Council
"Love the ability to engage the public and the tools to see who is participating."
Jennifer Cinelli
Transportation Planner, Delaware DOT
"Publicinput makes it so easy for me to do so much in so little time. I just have to toggle on the phone tab and I have a voicemail line!"
Brenda Thomas
Communications & Planning Services Manager, Fresno COG