The Participation Company
This just in via the IAP2 Canada newsletter: IAP2 North America Conference 2012 – Call for Proposals Welcome to the 2012 North American IAP2 Conference! We are extremely excited to be working with our partner organization IAP2 USA to bring you this event and hope you can join us September 30 – October 2, 2012 [...]
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Steven Clift just alerted me to a new report from the IBM Center for The Business of Government: A Manager’s Guide to Evaluating Citizen Participation (PDF), authored by Tina Nabatchi, Syracuse University. I admit I haven’t fully read it yet, but a couple of issues jumped out that I wanted to point out really quick. 1) Terminology [...]
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IAP2 Canada together with Noreen Rude from the City of Calgary are hosting a Twitter chat about online engagement next week: Thursday, October 20, 2011 9.30-11.00pm MST (that’s 8.30pm Pacific) Hashtag: #IAP2chat From the flyer (PDF): Online tools for Engagement?!?! Social media to engage? IAP2 Canada and Noreen Rude from the City of Calgary are hosting a [...]
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The IAP2 Northern California chapter, of which I am one of the two co-chairs, is doing a lunch webinar next week: IAP2 NorCal Lunch Webinar Friday, November 19 at 12 noon Pacific Time Web conference details to be announced We’ll update interested members and non-members on the IAP2 transition process and will discuss our future [...]
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I had a great time today attending the first annual PACE conference in Peoria, AZ. Below are my slides from the closing panel discussion about the role of social media in civic engagement. Thanks to my co-panelist, Nina Simmons, for the pleasant collaboration. The Role of Social Media in Public Participation View more presentations from [...]
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I’ve been invited to be a panelist at the PACE conference in Peoria, AZ next month: A Conference on “Authentic Public Participation” There are over 4.5 million voices in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. They’re getting louder…Are you listening??? What is Civic Engagement? What is authentic public participation? How can you get involved in your community [...]
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Regular readers of this blog are probably well aware that when it comes to describing the process of bringing stakeholders into an organization’s decision-making process with the goal of making better, more sustainable decisions, we prefer the term public participation. I have previously shared what I consider to be meaningful and well-established definitions (here, here). And while it [...]
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The International Association for Public Participation (IAP2), in an effort to better cater to local member needs around the world, is currently making some changes to their governance model. Part of this process will see the emergence of a new national organization in the US (until now, there were only a dozen or so local [...]
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I had the distinct pleasure to attend all five days of IAP2′s Certificate Training Course in Public Participation last month (check their training calendar for upcoming training opportunities in your area). As I mentioned at the time, it was time well spent! As per the training materials, here’s what the three training units encompass: Planning [...]
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It seems the topic of ethics and integrity in public participation is coming up more often these days (see my comments here, here). Just for the record, these are the rules by which we at Intellitics abide. First, we have IAP2′s Core Values for the Practice of Public Participation: Public participation is based on the belief [...]
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We already have one very good definition of public participation in the archives, but for comparison’s sake, here’s the official IAP2 definition as per their training material: IAP2 views public participation as any process that involves the public in problem solving or decision making and uses public input to make decisions. Public participation includes all [...]
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The International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) just put out a request for proposals to update their certificate program course materials and train-the-trainer program development. The first of the two RFPs (Updating Course Materials, PDF) notes that the current training materials “are lacking in the area of social media techniques.” Which brings up a few [...]
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Our local IAP2/NCDD group is doing another lunch webinar this Friday, June 4 at 12 noon: About the Stakeholder Score Webinar Environmental sustainability efforts not only reduce company risks, but are emerging as a source of competitive advantage. Sustainability is increasingly central to the operations and ongoing reporting of companies, and increasingly corporate executives are [...]
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The International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) today announced submissions for their 2010 Core Values Awards are now open. From the President’s email: I am looking forward to reading the innovations in the 2010 Core Values Awards submissions. These awards are an opportunity to showcase what is leading the practice so that others experience, learn [...]
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Towards the end of last week’s Open Gov West conference/unconference in Seattle, WA a series of follow-up meetings on the West Coast was announced, the first of which is scheduled to happen in San Francisco, CA the week after next: San Francisco OGW Meetup: April 12th 6-8 PM We’re continuing the conversations from the Open [...]
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Looks like I finally get to attend one of the many events on Gov 2.0 and Open Government: Open Gov West The greater Northwest and Cascadia region is buzzing with innovative technology and civic engagement organizations, and a number of governments throughout the area have already launched open government directives. Hosted by the City of [...]
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Playing with Twitter’s (relatively) new list feature this morning, I’m putting together a list of Twitterers who are members of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2). IAP2 is currently undergoing a member consultation about the future governance structure of the organization, and I find that following the discussion via people’s blogs and Twitter is always [...]
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This one should be worth keeping an eye on: Starting today, the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) will be engaging its entire global membership base of more than 1,000 public participation experts in a three-months long consultation about the future of the organization. From the president’s announcement email earlier today: Dear Members, I am [...]
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If there was an award for most-overused term, I’m sure community would be a contender. For future reference, here is one of the best definitions I’ve come across so far. It’s somewhat hidden in a blog post by Canada-based Myriam Laberge from a while back: Collaboration As A Living Emergent Co-Creative Process A ‘community’ is created over [...]
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At the Strengthening Our Nation’s Democracy 2 event in DC this week, IAP2 Director John Godec was one of the 100 or so attendees. He shared a brief summary on Facebook. With his permission, I am re-posting it here: I had to run to catch a flight immediately after our Tuesday afternoon presentation to three [...]
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