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How to Effectively Plan Your Public Involvement Initiative for Transport

Social Pinpoint

This was of great help since this was our first time developing a digital engagement campaign of this magnitude with so many features. I instantly noticed a key distinction of Social Pinpoint from other online community and civic engagement platforms: flexibility.

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Technical Leadership Needs Advance The Politics-Administration Dichotomy

Public Policy Blog

It’s through the strategy and policy produced by elected officials, that administrative professionals translate, create context for, and craft these campaign promises into actual deliverable results to the publics and constituencies. Image: Wikipedia. All hope is not lost, however, since there are “hundreds who are wise.”

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The Benefits of Participatory Democracy

Social Pinpoint

Town hall meetings are a great way for local and national politicians to meet with constituents to hear their opinions on topics they are interested in or to discuss upcoming legislation. One example is online participatory budgets , which enable citizens to vote for how they would like public spending to be allocated toward an initiative.

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The Social Media President – @POTUS final #SOTU

Public Policy Blog

Why “meeting people where they are” matters: 1) We are generally a passive voting audience, if you meet us where we are, in theory we are more likely to participate – right? Right from the start of his campaign cycle up to his end, social media will have played a key part in his role as leader and figurehead.

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A Slice of the Trump Budget’s Shrunken Pie for the Needs of Low-Income People

Poverty & Policy

Meanwhile, we do have ways we can support the defensive campaigns that will give Congressional Republican pause. The coalition, CAP says , will also ensure that members of Congress learn from the stories how their own constituents would be affected. How then they may vote, as it doesn’t say, but needn’t.