In earlier blogs, we looked at maximising your response rates. Often with consultations, you hear from the same people again and again. The question is - how do you reach new...
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The results are in! We asked Councils across New Zealand to tell us how they go about Online Public Participation. The study was done in 2014 and again this year. Below...
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One of the projects we have undertaken this year was surveying residents of Lower Hutt in regards to the Living Wage. Over the last couple of years, there had been…
In this video recorded at the RSA Professor Beth Simone Noveck talks about the ideas from her new book ‘Smart Citizens, Smarter State: The Technologies of Expertise and the Future of…
The internet is awash with plenty of free tools but unfortunately many are not that good and can result in a waste of time. I was pleasantly surprised when I came…
Writing an effective questionnaire is quite the science, with lots of things to consider. Here are some of the tips we have picked up through preparing many questionnaires over the…
Half a billion new users got connected to the web in 2014, which was an increase of 20%. This means there are now more than 3 billion web surfers worldwide…
The UK Digital Democracy Commission has just released their report into digital democracy. The result of the report is the commission has outlined 5 key targets. These are: By 2020,…
Today PublicVoice decided that it was time to get out of the office to go pay a visit to the Ministry of Public Input and it’s creator Associate Professor Jennifer…
Here at PublicVoice, we recognize the power that the big wide online world can have on increasing engagement with our communities. We are proud to be the leaders at helping councils and government agencies engage…