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Citizen Engagement Tools: Online Budget Simulations

Death and Taxes

Blog post by Whitney Afonso, Zach Mohr, and Scott Powell Questions for Practitioners: When (as in time of year) should you engage citizens in budget simulations? Can I expect trust in our government to increase if we engage citizens in budget simulations? At any rate, a choice on how to start the simulation must be made.

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Citizen Engagement: Active Participation

Death and Taxes

Local governments in North Carolina are required to engage citizens in their budget process by following the guidelines set forth by the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act. In addition to these legal requirements, many local governments in North Carolina have taken further steps to engage citizens in the budget process.

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Digital Civic Engagement as an Equity Solution for Cities & Counties

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Social media has the power to positively impact civic engagement. It is an opportunity for local governments to increase engagement, to get more equitable community feedback and reach more residents, and to help build trust with the community by more easily meeting them where they are. What does this mean for civic engagement?

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Guidelines for Contributing Content to GovLoop.com

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That’s why we welcome community members from across government and industry to share their collective knowledge through blog post submissions to GovLoop.com. Check out these guidelines to ensure that your blog post submission is considered for review and publication. You must have a GovLoop.com account to submit stories.

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What’s It Like To Promote a Library With a Non-Circulating Collection? Marketer at a Cultural Institution Takes Us Behind the Scenes

Super Library Marketing

As an independent library that is free and open to the public, of course, our overarching goal is to get people in the doors, engaging with the collection, learning, reading, and discussing,” says Lili. I came to know of the Newberry Library through one of my readers, who mentioned that they admired the Newberry’s Instagram account.

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The 2023 Guide to Social Media for Libraries: New TikTok Success Secrets for This Year

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Many libraries just didn’t have the staff time to commit to creating engaging, short-form video content. They can toggle between Following , which shows them content from the accounts they follow, and For You , which shows content based on an algorithm. Use a TikTok Pro Account. Select Manage My Account.

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The 2024 Guide to Instagram for Libraries: Updated Tips To Get the Most Organic Reach

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These engagement stats come from SocialPilot. The average engagement rate for all Instagram posts is 0.71 Carousel posts get the highest engagement rate at 1.26 percent engagement rate. Instagram Feed posts with just one photo get the lowest engagement rate at 0.59 percent , significantly higher than Facebook.