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Reporting on Public Participation and Gathering Feedback<\/h2>\n
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Capturing Public Thinking: Authentic Reporting on Public Forums<\/a><\/h3>\n

Source: West Virginia Center for Civic Life<\/h4>\n

This guide lays out how to write a report on a public meeting, including uncovering key themes, presenting qualitative and quantitative information, and ideas for sharing the report. It includes several surveys for information gathering at meetings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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SAMPLE REPORTS<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>Public Hearing Summary<\/a><\/h3>\n

Source: Texas Department of Transportation<\/h4>\n

This traditional report for a public hearing includes a public notice, comment forms from participants, a transcription of the meeting, an agenda, and other information.<\/p>\n

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\nVarious Reports from Public Agenda<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Source: Public Agenda<\/h4>\n

A list of professional evaluations and reports on public conversations spanning local to nationwide in scope. The reports are notable for their structure, focus on communications and strategic messaging to lawmakers and citizens, and mix of quantitative data and qualitative reporting on conversations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Evaluating Public Participation<\/h2>\n
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\"\"<\/a>A Managers Guide to Evaluating Citizen Participation<\/a><\/h3>\n

Source: IBM Center for the Business of Government<\/h4>\n

This guide, aimed particularly at managers of public agencies, was written by Tina Nabatchi, Associate Professor of Public Administration at Syracuse University. It offers a brief accessible overview of citizen participation and then turns to focus on evaluating program implementation and the impact of participation. It includes several good examples and worksheets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Assessing Public Engagement Effectiveness:\u00a0Rapid Review Worksheets<\/a><\/h3>\n

Source: Institute for Local Government<\/h4>\n

This guide is loaded with worksheets and templates to evaluate participant satisfaction, local officials\u2019 view of the engagement, and other important areas of evaluation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Evaluation Tools<\/a><\/h3>\n

Source: National Coalition for Dialog and Deliberation<\/h4>\n

An excellent list for those in need of additional evaluation tools and theory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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