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State Department Bets Big on Data-Driven Diplomacy

GovLoop

Data on how a particular country voted on U.S.-sponsored For example, in the area of multilateralism, the Bureau of International Organization Affairs has created dashboards to give State employees insights into the diplomatic landscape, according to the June 2024 issue of the Foreign Service Journal. sponsored U.N.

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Community Engagement Trends for 2025

Social Pinpoint

This includes offering financial compensation for participation, providing translation services, and holding events in more accessible locations or times. This is often done by providing members with consultation links, suggested wording for submissions, and encouraging up-votes on other pickleball-related public submissions.

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City of Joplin, MO Residents Engage with City Budget Survey to Rank Seven City Priorities

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

Residents were not asked to vote on specific city services to fund or how much funding they thought should go toward specific services. It ends with: "Where would you place your votes?" This survey doesn’t translate to dollars and cents. That phase comes later."

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WHAT DO – OR DON’T – THE FEDS DO?

Barrett & Greene

Confusion over the place where services are delivered can translate into voting for the principles you believe; but not for the right person. We think this is a particularly pertinent time as election day draws near.

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How to Boost Public Involvement with a Community Engagement Platform

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However, many people experience democracy as the opportunity to vote at election time, rather than something that they can constantly participate in to affect meaningful change throughout their lives. So, how do we help citizens discover more opportunities to shape their future? Make people want to participate.

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Connecting the dots between the customer experience and trust in government

Partnership for Public Service

Customer experience and trust Yet these positive experiences do not always translate to more trust. adults from Nov. 29 to Dec. adults from Nov. 29 to Dec. Our 2021 poll , for instance, shows that only 64% of those who report positive experiences with government trust it while 34% do not.

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Five Placemaking Projects that Empower Community Engagement

Social Pinpoint

Wyndham had also expanded its engagement efforts by making its engagement site multilingual, allowing residents to translate the content on the page according to their preferred language. Along with the Fund It tool by using the posints system to get community members to vote on ‘Which draft criteria do you want to prioritize?’