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Our library of resources is available to support anyone curious about participation.
From case-studies to practical guides, here are all the resources you need to get started with community engagement.
How do you involve your community more closely, start a real dialogue and make public participation a central part of your decision-making process? Join our UK team for this webinar and listen to our Government Success Manager, Chris Connolly, who will share learnings from her time leading the Digital Engagement team at the Scottish Government, and from her current work with CitizenLab's network of local councils in the UK and the US.
Our guides provide a comprehensive look at different facets of community engagement. Anyone can download the guides to dive deep into a specific issue area. Packed with practical tips and good practice examples, our guides are sure to leave you feeling supported and inspired.
Written in collaboration with the Department of Civic Things, part two of this series explores defining engagement and designing a sustainable and effective engagement strategy for your government agency.
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Wherever people live and work, questions about mobility are bound to arise. After all, mobility plans and options define our ability to move around and stay connected in the communities we call home.
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Creating comprehensive plans is one of many responsibilities local governments are tasked with. Involving residents and stakeholders in reviewing, assessing, and even co-creating plans can improve them and help you prioritize competing needs.
Download the guideOur case studies highlight real-world community engagement initiatives from CitizenLab’s network to provide you with good practices and lessons learned from other local governments and organizations that have used our digital community engagement platform to power their participation projects.
From urgent calls for racial justice in public spaces to the recovery of small businesses in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s obvious that urban main streets face unique economic and social challenges. Against this backdrop, cities across the country have been piloting new approaches to people-centered main streets.
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With around 300,000 residents, Newham is one of the biggest and most diverse boroughs in London, so it should be no surprise that it’s not new to community engagement. In fact, Newham’s recent leadership has prioritized involving residents and creating a more participatory democracy, including via a dedicated Resident Engagement and Participation team.
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How do you cross the digital divide and blend online and offline (traditional) community engagement? What about during a pandemic? The City of Lancaster used online, offline, and blended approaches to ensure their diverse population was well represented in the City’s new engagement initiatives, which ranged from policing to mobility planning.
Read moreOur blog is continously updated with new articles on the community engagement topics local governments care most about. From practical articles on best practices to company updates and musings on the latest developments in the GovTech sector, you’d sure to find something insightful on your blog.
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COVID-19 forced us to evaluate how and when we share space, and nowhere was that more visible than on once-busy streets and sidewalks. Americans cut their driving in half, roads were closed to cars in order to create public spaces, and outdoor restaurants (or “streeteries”) popped up seemingly overnight.
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More and more local governments are engaging their communities in decision-making. Whether it’s to increase trust or create more inclusive policies, community engagement has become a central part of local government and we’ve found that digital engagement with CitizenLab leads to 12x more participation on average.
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The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), a $350 billion funding plan aiming at supporting post-COVID-19 recovery, is often dubbed a once-in-a-generation opportunity for state and local governments. While the main premise may be to solve current issues, there is also hope that this ambitious plan can make communities more resilient to shocks to (inevitably) come in the future.
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