Citizen Lab

JANUARY 22, 2024

Louis and the Board of Aldermen embarked on an ambitious digital community engagement strategy to involve residents in the fund allocation process from the start. Recognizing the limitations of traditional engagement and the widespread adoption of technology in the community’s day-to-day lives,… The post St.

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zencity

MAY 3, 2023

We’ve welcomed numerous new partner communities across the world, rolled out cutting-edge new features, including the first-ever use case of ChatGPT in local government , and re-launched as the best full-service community engagement platform available for government today.

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Super Library Marketing

APRIL 8, 2024

That equates to roughly $200 per month in advertising spread across our community for a full year. Even on a tight marketing budget, the expense was worth it.” Marketer at a Cultural Institution Takes Us Behind the Scenes S ubscribe to this blog and you’ll receive an email whenever I post.

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Social Pinpoint

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In this new three-part blog series, follow Adrienne Hamilton’s journey to get a client-side view of successful project planning, launching, and reporting of a public involvement initiative for transport. Learn how you can also create positive project outcomes with your online community engagement platform of choice.

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zencity

AUGUST 6, 2023

Rising costs negatively impact areas as diverse as children’s health , rough sleeping , dementia care , and refuges for victims of domestic violence. And whilst inflation fell to 7.9% in June , this gives the average person little to celebrate, with prices still increasing fairly rapidly.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

A year ago, this blog provided a series of three posts about an incredible public mural project in Kinston, NC. The third highlighted logistical and budget issues, and how the community was engaged even in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park in Wilson, NC. Strategy 1.

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zencity

JULY 11, 2022

True Engagement is Hybrid. The reality of modern community engagement is definitively hybrid, and the possibilities available to reach different segments of your communities have never been greater. The shift to digital isn’t new, and we’re not here to tell you that physical is gone.

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Bang the Table

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In the context of community engagement, we’re sometimes asked how to deal with hostile communities. As with so many things, prevention is better than cure: it’s unlikely that the community was hostile before the issue was imposed on them.

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zencity

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Learn more about budgeting with community engagement on the issues that matter. The post The Future of Recycling Programs and the Role of Community Feedback appeared first on Zencity. We do it all, from survey design to reaching a representative sample, and from distribution to producing actionable takeaways.

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zencity

MAY 2, 2022

As a socially-minded company, we focus on building better communities through technology. Yet providing a tool for community engagement was not enough. We want inclusive engagement. Budgets and how they are allocated exist. This doesn’t mean only aiming for a diversity of participants (because that’s obvious).

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zencity

MARCH 2, 2023

Stemming from federal aid and balanced budgets, cities’ and counties’ reserve funds have increased by 25% and 36%, respectively. Not in SLED. Despite a looming recession, state and local entities have an opportunity because their financial resources remain strong.

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Grant Central USA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In this blog, we'll embark on a journey to explore how the acquisition of a grant writing certification can become a catalyst for transformation, not only within nonprofit organizations but also within the very communities they serve. That's where the power of grant writing certification comes into play.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

What this should mean is that schools should get additional funding, from the local government separate from the school system, or the school system's budget should include support, for these functions. Note that sometime in the next few months, I plan to write a dedicated blog entry on this topic.) Special Funding.

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Bang the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

It’s important that agencies prepare for the time and resources needed to hire a variety of positions such as budget experts, construction workers, skilled tradespeople, environmental engineers, and more. The Need for Digital Community Engagement on Infrastructure Projects.

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