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How to Boost Public Involvement with a Community Engagement Platform

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Recent digital evolution has sparked a growing conversation about how online engagement tools can motivate citizens to participate in democracy beyond election time and play an active role in shaping their future. Online community engagement platforms help to overcome some of the common barriers to participation in face-to-face methods.

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Defining Community Engagement, Public Participation, Civic Engagement and More

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From community engagement, community consultation, public participation, public involvement, civic engagement, public engagement, and citizen participation – it’s a varied mix. In an ideal world, “engagement”, “participation”, and “involvement”, would mean the exact same thing and could be easily interchanged.

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The Benefits of Participatory Democracy

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It emphasizes the broad participation of people in politics and can be used as a tool to address some of the emerging systemic issues that are impacting people’s lives. For participatory democracy to be successful, policymakers have to consistently engage with their citizens and be willing to share more information and power.

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