Post on 17-Jan-2017
Empowering communities to shape their futures
while upholding their unique character.
NADO Conference Session Creative Engagement Methods
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Kat McQuade Director of Marketing & Communications Orton Family Foundation Mike Bestor Retired City Manager City of Golden, Colorado Pat Hart City Councilor City of Gardiner, Maine Caitlyn Davison Associate of Programs and Communications Orton Family Foundation
Presenters NADO Conference Session
Creative Engagement Methods
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Share with your neighbor a time when you had a positive experience engaging in your community as a citizen. 5 min
NADO Conference Session Creative Engagement Methods
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Rediscover what’s special about where you live NADO Conference Session
Creative Engagement Methods
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People feel united, not divided NADO Conference Session
Creative Engagement Methods
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Towns have clear direction NADO Conference Session
Creative Engagement Methods
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Towns completed Foundations
Currently in process
Active interest in Community Heart & Soul
Applied Community Heart & Soul
NADO Conference Session Creative Engagement Methods
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Increased civic participation
Greater sense of place
Increased trust and relationships built across historic divides
New leaders and alliances
Remarkable results with Community Heart & Soul NADO Conference Session
Creative Engagement Methods
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Engagement is the meaningful involvement of individual citizens in policy or program development, from agenda-setting and planning to decision-making, implementation and review. It requires two-way communication that is interactive and iterative with an aim to share decision-making power and responsibility for those decisions. Source: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
NADO Conference Session Creative Engagement Methods
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Thick or Thin NADO Conference Session
Creative Engagement Methods
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Storysharing NADO Conference Session
Creative Engagement Methods
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Data NADO Conference Session
Creative Engagement Methods
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ENGAGEMENT GOAL
FRAMING QUESTIONS
ENGAGEMENT METHODS
OUTPUTS
Understand existing conditions and perceptions
How are we doing? What is happening in our community?
Summary of issues, trends, and conditions.
Develop community recommendations
What is our vision? What should we be doing that we are not doing? What are we doing that is working?
Draft recommendations.
Evaluate recommendations
Given limited resources, what are the most important recommendations that can be done in the short-midterm?
Prioritized list of strategies and an Action Plan.
Engagement Strategy NADO Conference Session
Creative Engagement Methods
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Make connections through interviews NADO Conference Session
Creative Engagement Methods
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Keep it simple NADO Conference Session
Creative Engagement Methods
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Make engagement activities fun! NADO Conference Session
Creative Engagement Methods
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Know your audience NADO Conference Session
Creative Engagement Methods
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Use their language NADO Conference Session
Creative Engagement Methods
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Use technology NADO Conference Session
Creative Engagement Methods
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Create an idea wall NADO Conference Session
Creative Engagement Methods
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Draw on nostalgia NADO Conference Session
Creative Engagement Methods
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Host block parties NADO Conference Session
Creative Engagement Methods
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Involve creative people NADO Conference Session
Creative Engagement Methods
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Offer multiple channels for engagement NADO Conference Session
Creative Engagement Methods
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Brainstorm one way to get input on your town’s future.
Come up with a creative way to share your idea. 15 min
NADO Conference Session Creative Engagement Methods
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Thank you for joining us as we come together to build
successful futures for small cities and towns across America.
NADO Conference Session Creative Engagement Methods
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