Civic Tech Field Guide

Public Engagement Strategy Lab

The Public Engagement Strategy Lab will provide you with the tools and resources you need to authentically engage stakeholders in thoughtful, democratic processes. Registration closes June 16th. Frontiers of Democracy registrants and students enjoy a discounted rate. **NOTE: Door payments must be paid by check only.**

workshops

Workshops

Public engagement toolkit

Effective public engagement is not easy to achieve. This roadmap helps organizations get to where they want to go.

The State of Digital Public Engagement

Research by Rebecca Rumbul of mySociety - As part of the joint mySociety and Democratic Society project Public Square - this literature review provides an overview of current academic research into the themes relevant to the goal of developing a meaningful, participative and collaborative digital environment, and draws out salient points to inform the development of tools and approaches to be created as part of the project.

reports

The White House Office of Public Engagement

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

(Biden Administration) With a focus on making the White House inclusive and accessible to its citizens, the Office of Public Engagement is responsible for creating and coordinating direct dialogue between the Biden-Harris administration and the diverse American public.

NYC Public Engagement Unit

New York City Hall, City Hall Park, New York, NY, USA

The Mayor’s Public Engagement Unit (PEU) proactively connects New Yorkers to key City services, like housing and healthcare.

Canvassing

Exploring New Modalities of Public Engagement

An Evaluation of Digital Gaming Platforms on Civic Capacity and Collective Action in the Boston Public School District

Making Voices Heard in the Regulatory Process (US OMB)

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

Today, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is releasing guidance detailing new steps that Federal agencies should take to make it easier for interested members of the public to voice their views in the regulatory process.

actNOW

Africa

A public engagement toolkit that enables a media house or civil society organisation to easily set up channels for engagement.

Smart City-Strategie Berlin

Berlin

Public engagement around plan to merge digital strategy and smart city strategy in Berlin

Ethelo Build Back Better survey

eDemocracy Network and the researchers at Corporate Knights Magazine launched a public engagement survey to invite the public to weigh in on budget priorities using the Vancouver-based Ethelo Decisions platform.

A Qualitative Exploration of Individual Experiences of Environmental Virtual Reality Through the Lens of Psychological Distance: Environmental Communication

How to increase public engagement in environmental issues is a central question in environmental communication and environmental psychology literatures.

Healthier Democracies Case Studies

Brooklyn, NY

Public Agenda's Healthier Democracies project studied public engagement systems from 15 locations around the world, and, accordingly, each study has its own report with key learnings and takeaways.

Nordic Path

Norway (Norge, Noreg)

A public engagement project around air quality

air quality

Engagement tech

76engage

Ottawa

76engage is an online platform that strengthens the bonds between citizens and public institutions through meaningful public engagement.

Delib Simulator

Orchard Street Business Centre, 13-14 Orchard Street, Bristol, BS1 5EH

Public engagement has never been easier

EngagingCities

Denver

News from the intersection of Public Engagement, Civic Tech and Future Cities.

Mainstream media coverage

Crowdlaw Manifesto

The GovLab, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA

A statement of 12 principles for online, participatory lawmaking.

vTaiwan

Taiwan (T'ai-wan)

A public engagement method that invites citizens and stakeholders to come to a consensus together, using a mix of digital tools.

Polis

Seattle, WA, United States of America

Polis is a real-time system for gathering, analyzing and understanding what large groups of people think in their own words, enabled by advanced statistics and machine learning.

Polis

Peak Democracy

1900 Addison St, Berkeley, California 94704, United States

Peak Democracy Inc is a nonpartisan company that provides Open Town Hall - a cloud-based online citizen engagement platform that increases participation and builds public trust in government.

Flying High

Bradford, London, Preston, Southampton and the West Midland, United Kingdom

Flying High is a collaborative engagement with cities, technologists and researchers, regulators, government, public services and citizens to shape the future of urban drone use in the UK to meet local needs.