Local governments of all sizes are already reaching more residents and streamlining their engagement initiatives through Go Vocal’s participation platform. Watch our webinars here, where we reveal key tips and discuss best practices with experienced practitioners.
Surveys are the “bread and butter” of consultation and engagement work - and in recognition we’ve recently made improvements to our native survey tool. However, there is an art to asking the right questions in the right sequence and with the right prompts. After all, we don’t want residents to abandon the process due to frustration or have gaps in our understanding of the issues. And there are some subtle differences between online and offline designs that need to be accounted for. So, at a time when consultations have been challenged in court over a single dubious question or the lack of a key questions, getting things right is paramount. What are the necessary ingredients for creating a good resident experience with such a blunt tool? How can we avoid clouding issues? Join us for the answers.
Go Vocal makes engagement more efficient and inclusive. Discover how our AI assistant slashes analysis time by 50%, turning a day's work into mere hours, and how you can bring offline input to your digital platform with our Form Sync feature.
As a council, it is important to be more ambitious about participation and explore engagement methods beyond traditional survey consultations. But how do you start a real dialogue? When is the best time to use a particular participation method, and what should you pay attention to?
We invited planning & regeneration officers from the London Boroughs of Camden and Newham to discuss how they involved residents in the engagement projects, the key elements to a successful consultation, and how they leveraged public insights to inform reporting and decision-making.
During this webinar, we discussed successful examples of youth engagement at the local level with Donna Anderson, Participation and Democracy Officer at North Ayrshire Council, and Jez Hall, founding director of the social enterprise Shared Future CIC.
