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An Engaging Strategy for Audience Outreach

GovLoop

Improving public trust and engagement doesnt happen by chance. When people say, Oh, we just want to do better engagement and reach our audience, there is no fixed audience, she explained. With a continuous flow of data, agencies can fine-tune outreach to their constituents and set realistic definitions of success, she said.

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Opportunities to Connect Urban Conservation and Vacant Land Stewardship

Center for Community Progress

In response to our question, What is missing from the definition of conservancy? These sites and discussions showed that urban land conservation can have an expansive definition that includes projects to creatively fill community needs and address pressing challenges. How can land conservation honor community experiences?

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A year in review of online engagement in Seattle, WA

Citizen Lab

By definition, comprehensive plans are complex, long-range, and broad in scope. The planning and engagement processes for these plans often take over two years to complete. This can make it difficult to establish and maintain meaningful engagement with community members throughout the process.

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An Engaging Strategy for Audience Outreach

GovLoop

Improving public trust and engagement doesn’t happen by chance. When people say, ‘Oh, we just want to do better engagement and reach our audience,’ there is no fixed ‘audience,’” she explained. With a continuous flow of data, agencies can fine-tune outreach to their constituents and set realistic definitions of success, she said.

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Student training program tackles Thailand’s air pollution with help from AirGradient, AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

AirGradient started as a volunteer project for a school impacted by the burning season, and our collaboration with AWS to support Mechai Bamboo School definitely embodies our early spirit,” said Achim Haug, CEO and co-founder of AirGradient. “By For the first time, Thai rural schools have access to air quality monitors.

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In San Francisco, Accessibility Means Better Engagement for Everyone

GovLoop

For San Francisco to engage its diverse population, it needs to focus on accessibility. The new one is templated,” Kaplan said, “and is, by definition, designed to be accessible. That observation — that accessibility benefits more than a small group of outliers — underlies Kaplan’s advice on engaging the whole community.

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In San Francisco, Accessibility Means Better Engagement for Everyone

GovLoop

For San Francisco to engage its diverse population, it needs to focus on accessibility. The new one is templated,” Kaplan said, “and is, by definition, designed to be accessible. That observation — that accessibility benefits more than a small group of outliers — underlies Kaplan’s advice on engaging the whole community.