The Institute for Local Government (ILG) has recently released a new resource for local officials to use in evaluating how well their public engagement efforts are working:

Typically, cities and counties devote a great deal of time and effort to the planning and delivery of public engagement processes. However, given the press of daily responsibilities, local officials often spend relatively little time assessing how these processes worked for the local agency and the community . . .

Through the use of these Rapid Review Worksheets, a local agency that has sponsored, organized and/or convened a public engagement process or activity can collect information from both participants and relevant local officials. The goal is to gauge the relative success of the process just completed and to guide improvements to future engagement activities.

You can read more and download the worksheets here.

The Davenport Institute is pleased to be able to draw your attention to this valuable resource and thankful for our ongoing relationship with ILG.  The Institute’s Public Engagement and Collaborative Governance program Director, Terry Amsler, is a member of the Davenport Institute advisory committee