Building Democracy Through Tech
PublicInput is the #1 U.S. community engagement software that helps state and local government agencies — and those who work with them — with every step of the engagement process.
Our Core Values
We lead with empathy. Life is all about the people you meet and the things you create with them.
We know the future won’t create itself. We carry a bias for action and drive forward boldly with purpose.
We go beyond what is expected. We surprise ourselves and our customers with what we are capable of.
We value accountability by owning outcomes, facing challenges, and supporting each other.
We listen. We embrace feedback as a powerful tool to drive learning and continuous improvement for our team and our customers.
Trusted Partners
How We Got Here
PublicInput was co-founded by Jay Dawkins and Graham Stone, who came together over the shortcomings that exist in the civic engagement efforts, but are essential to successful planning projects. Both having experience in the municipal planning field, they strongly believe that communities across the country are best built on the needs and wants of the people who live there, and that public agencies make the best decisions when armed with the greatest understanding of the people they serve. Yet when the traditional public engagement process is used, the needs of busy, average people go unheard. PublicInput was started with the goal of giving the average citizen a voice, on their schedule.
Jay shared with GrepBeat, “We believe that the next evolution of democracy is more collaborative and built upon consistent, two-way communication as opposed to showing up once every two years and checking the box. Ultimately, every participant in the process has value and information to contribute to decision-making. Our job as a technology is to make sure that that value and information can be transferred between people and government.”
