We recently had the opportunity to conduct pop-up events for the Wake Bus Plan update, gathering over 115 paper surveys and comment cards and 285 responses to polling board questions from transit riders throughout the Triangle region! We were also able to hand out hundreds...
As technology has taken over the world, more and more digital methods have been created to help get information out faster and easier. Some of these methods allow for public engagement in a fun and creative way. Here at Public Participation Partners (P3), we have...
Polling is one of the oldest forms of getting information from people. A style of polling that has significantly increased over the last few years is unmanned polling stations. Unmanned polling stations have no workers and involve a printed polling board where people can provide...
Oral histories are recorded stories about historic events, places, and or people told by those who either have first-hand knowledge of the historical topic or someone present during the time (2). Oral Histories are primarily used to explore historical context while also being informative for...
Public engagement is the foundation of what we do every day, but what exactly does that mean? What is public engagement? To put it simply, public engagement is the process of communicating with the public and involving them in problem-solving or decision-making. This could be...
With the new year, we all have big changes in store. Us at P3? We are gearing up to work on exciting new projects, to further develop our public engagement skills, and to continue to find innovative ways of engaging the public during COVID-19. However,...
I think we all can agree that 2020 has been a whirlwind of a year. As if the threat of a worldwide pandemic wasn’t enough, we all also had to navigate the economic and social consequences of COVID-19. But despite these very real troubles, we at P3 wanted to...
Every agency wants to make decisions in their work that factor in the needs, preferences, and concerns of the community those decisions will affect. To make sure of this, we must factor in extensive data and public input obtained through community engagement and outreach. Public engagement, involvement, and empowerment is...
National Hispanic Heritage Month takes place from September 15 through October 15 as a way to commemorate and celebrate Hispanic and Latinx Americans and their culture and contributions within America. While this celebration was started as Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968 by President Lyndon Johnson, in 1988, President Ronald Reagan...
Engaging the public doesn’t start at a public meeting; it starts the very first time someone sees a message from your team. Whether it’s a postcard, social media post, or flyer, your communications are one of the most important parts of capturing the public’s attention and encouraging them to...