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Publicizing Public Participation
Public officials and public participation practitioners don’t always pay enough attention to publicity—ensuring that the public knows about their opportunity to participate. It’s never easy (or...
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Public participation? Public theatre? Neither? Both?
Anyone who has ever watched a city council meeting in the United States (or, I would suspect, elsewhere) knows that they may very well be in for a very entertaining event–particularly when the public...
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Closing time
Occasionally, a “knock” you hear against a public participation process (beyond having, say, one public hearing) is how long the process will take and, thereby, delay action. Of course, numerous...
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IAP2 USA Sponsors Conference on Participatory Budgeting
A very interesting conference is kicking off this morning in New York City, NY. From their about page: Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a democratic process in which community members directly decide...
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Examples of legislation/policy guiding public participation
Hello, members: We’re hoping you can help us respond to a national effort to compile best practices in public participation. Anything you can contribute, please send to IAP2USA President-elect Larry...
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Tip of the Month: The Message and the Medium
Tip of the Month: August 2012 IAP2USA members may bristle at the notion of being compared (or confused) with public relations. The Public Relations Society of America defines public relations as “a...
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President’s Message
Greetings! Hope everyone has had a good month back since our conference in Salt Lake City, which certainly energized me and I know inspired many others. I was and am so grateful for all who made the...
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President’s Message
It is with a mix of emotions that I write to you this last message from me as your 2013 President. You might expect me to feel some relief at being able to pass on the responsibilities of the role to...
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