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10 Tips to Encourage Community Engagement in Diverse Communities

Social Pinpoint

Encouraging diverse communities to participate in community engagement can be an overwhelmingly tough task. So, here are 10 quick tips to help you successfully engage minorities within diverse communities. A digital option gives community members the option to engage anonymously from the comfort of their own home.

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How to Build Community Consensus Throughout the Engagement Process

Social Pinpoint

The proportion of which stakeholder pressure has played a role in project delay also rose from 76 percent of instances in 2018 to 80 percent in 2020. It’s essential that we build consensus throughout the community engagement process, especially when the project is new or controversial. Ensure that your project design is flexible.

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Mapping Your Way to Better Engagement – 11 Reasons to Use Digital Engagement for Your Planning Project

Social Pinpoint

Take a minute to think about advertising in 2018. The post Mapping Your Way to Better Engagement – 11 Reasons to Use Digital Engagement for Your Planning Project appeared first on Social Pinpoint - A Place to Engage Your Community. Where do you see the most ads? Likely, your first thought was an ad you saw online.

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Digital Civic Engagement as an Equity Solution for Cities & Counties

zencity

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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Lessons learned from Newham’s flagship participatory budget program

Citizen Lab

Read on to kindle fresh ideas for invigorating engagement within your own community! It started in 2018… The post Lessons learned from Newham’s flagship participatory budget program appeared first on CitizenLab's Blog. This article outlines a summary of the report’s key insights and ideas for future improvement.

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The Future is "Perserverance" with Jane Leonard

The Future Is Community podcast

Jane has been President of Growth & Justice since 2018, a research and advocacy organization that develops innovative public policy proposals based on research and civic engagement. In this episode, Jane Leonard draws from her 40 years of wisdom to emphasize the fact that our world is not one-dimensional.

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4 Lessons on Increasing Transport Mitigation Ambition in China

The City Fix

Abating China’s transport sector greenhouse gas emissions, which accounted for about 11% of the world’s transport emissions in 2018, is key to meeting both national and global climate goals. In 2021, China updated its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), outlining ambitious.