Public Engagement Flashcards
Telephone survey
Tend to be more cost effective than mail surveys though they are not effective for conducting a survey relating to affordable housing
Groupware
Includes a variety of electronic technologies that support virtual collaboration. These techniques use hardware, software, and or internet technology to allow for sophisticated collaboration activities.
SARAR
Stands for Self Esteem Associative strengths, Resourcefulness, Action planning, responsibility.
Series of techniques designed to be highly visual and accessible to those who can’t read or write.
Examples: include pocket charts, three pile sorting, picture stories with gaps.
Example: good engagement for ppl with low literacy levels
Visioning process
Allows for early citizen involvement, impartial leadership, all inclusive citizen participation, and heavy media involvement
Coffee klatch
A small informal discussion with a group of people in a private home with light refreshments. The planner typically has a short presentation followed by questions and discussions.
Example: getting neighbors together to talk informally about traffic calming approaches
Samoan Circle
Designed to permit interaction that occurs in small groups but can be witnessed by a larger group. Meeting is set up with an inner circle of up to to 5-6 chairs.
The rest of the chairs are set up in concentric outer circles.
Initially, everyone is seated in the outer circles. People who wish to speak move to the inner circle. Once they speak out they return to their original seat.
This continues as long as there are participants who wish to speak.
CommunityViz
creates 3-D models to help citizens visualize change.
Mediated Participation Methods
large community meetings, small living room meetings, open house, workshops
Delphi Method
several rounds of policy thinking
used to develop a consensus between two or more groups that are in conflict
views of each group are presented in successive rounds of argument and counterargument
the rounds gradually work towards a consensus
public information techniques
websites, news release (newspaper, radio, homeowners association, organized interest groups), newsletters, signage, advertisement, letters to editors, emails, blogs, list serves, flyers, editorials, public access programming, specialty advertising, handouts, presenations to outside groups
most effective public participation techniques
meeting with neighborhood groups, meeting with special interest groups, meeting with citizen committees, provide child, translators, etc.
least effective public particpation techniques
holding large public meetings, providing public notice in obscure ways, holding meetings at inconvenient times, meetings where parking is difficult
Visioning
develops a vision for a community be defining goals, objectives, and policies
takes place at the start of the planning process
involves citizen impartial facilitator
focus groups
inexpensive and fast alternative to large scale survey
discussion among participants led by a facilitator
helps clarify problems, identify alterantive appraoches, suggest implementation strategies
Nominal group public participation technique
forms goals and objectives, ID issues, develops strategies, select alternatives, resolve conflict
question is formulated and asked to a group > each member of the group answers the question individually > group’s answers are recorded and then prioritized by the group as a whole
