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When things go sideways, rebuilding trust starts local

When things go sideways, rebuilding trust starts local

Yesterday, an unprecedented attack on our nation’s capitol left many of us shocked, saddened, and ...
Leverage EJSCREEN data in PublicInput.com – meet the Environmental Data Module

Leverage EJSCREEN data in PublicInput.com – meet the Environmental Data Module

Measurable Equity Starts Here You work hard to make sure your public engagement efforts are ...
Navigating the “new NEPA” — What MPOs & DOTs Need To Know

Navigating the “new NEPA” — What MPOs & DOTs Need To Know

The National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) — a pillar of environmental law that has undergone little reform ...
5 signs that virtual public meetings are here to stay

5 signs that virtual public meetings are here to stay

Mixed-mode surveying — using a variety of traditional and virtual tactics — is a proven public engagement best ...
Introducing Meeting Coach and simplified virtual meeting management

Introducing Meeting Coach and simplified virtual meeting management

Virtual public meetings are not easy. There, we said it.  Despite any claim to the contrary from conferencing ...
Virtual Public Meetings: New legal guidance for Community Engagement

Virtual Public Meetings: New legal guidance for Community Engagement

Find the legal guidelines for your state in hosting virtual public meetings for community engagement Below, we've ...
From the Success Team: Best practices for hosting a virtual public meeting

From the Success Team: Best practices for hosting a virtual public meeting

Nationwide, agencies are transitioning to virtual meetings and many are left with guesswork when it comes to ...
New solutions to address virtual public meeting challenges

New solutions to address virtual public meeting challenges

In light of the recent FBI warning against publicly sharing video conference service links, we’ve received an ...
Announcing Virtual Meeting Tools: Integrated live stream, webinars, and screen sharing

Announcing Virtual Meeting Tools: Integrated live stream, webinars, and screen sharing

In light of the coronavirus, government organizations are finding themselves in a new landscape when it comes to ...
Communication During Coronavirus: Webinars, Engagement Playbook & Turnkey Public Engagement Software

Communication During Coronavirus: Webinars, Engagement Playbook & Turnkey Public Engagement Software

Public engagement efforts tend to follow a regular ebb and flow, but the arrival of COVID-19 is dramatically ...

Unified Public Involvement: How DOTs are accelerating project development through better data management

How can we accelerate projects by making public involvement more efficient and more meaningful? A recent ...
Ranking vs. Select Multiple: Best practices for engagement questions

Ranking vs. Select Multiple: Best practices for engagement questions

How Question Type Impacts Engagement Outcomes Engagement pages are a great tool to help agencies educate residents ...
From The Success Team: Top 5 Online Help Articles For Community Engagement

From The Success Team: Top 5 Online Help Articles For Community Engagement

When it comes to public engagement, we all want great results representative of the entire community. However, ...
Transit agencies: 3 steps to gather more public feedback that can also increase ridership

Transit agencies: 3 steps to gather more public feedback that can also increase ridership

“Who is our audience?” It is important for transit agencies to ensure that current riders are having a great ...
Public engagement questions to ask consultants during a ‘shortlist’ interview

Public engagement questions to ask consultants during a ‘shortlist’ interview

Public engagement is an important part of your consultant’s work, yet many agencies can have trouble deciding ...
3 Public Involvement Trends To Look Out for in 2020

3 Public Involvement Trends To Look Out for in 2020

What's in store for 2020? The way government organizations are approaching public involvement is changing ...

TransLoc partners with PublicInput.com to increase community involvement in microtransit services

PublicInput.com’s software will help transit agencies boost ridership by capturing rider sentiment and needs ...
Case Study: NCDOT Increases Community Engagement & Accelerates Projects

Case Study: NCDOT Increases Community Engagement & Accelerates Projects

NCDOT brings unified approach to public involvement to increase community engagement and accelerate ...
IAP2 Recap: Better Decisions Made Together

IAP2 Recap: Better Decisions Made Together

This past month over 250 public participation professionals came together in Charlotte at The IAP2 North America ...
Better together: IAP2 Best Practices and Public Participation Software

Better together: IAP2 Best Practices and Public Participation Software

The IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation When public involvement practitioners are looking for best practices, ...
Mixed Mode Surveying: A best practice for increasing equity in public engagement

Mixed Mode Surveying: A best practice for increasing equity in public engagement

What is mixed-mode surveying? Academics and researchers have long heralded “mixed-mode” surveying, the ...

Engage using standard survey question formats that you’re used to with consumer survey tools. From the single and multi-select, to Likert, slider, and text input formats, you’ve got the basics covered.