####Chapter 6.3: Curating a Public Conversation Toolkit
Encouraging your community to be active in conversations about data can be challenging. The following tools and platforms can be used to boost participation and engagement and help residents connect with their government on issues that matter to them.
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Forums/Comments Features
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Social Media
- NextDoor
- Neighborhood association groups
- Federal government’s Customer Experience Toolkit
- Federal government’s Social Media Accessibility Toolkit
- Federal government’s Social Media Analytics Toolkit
- Federal government’s Social Media Policy Development Toolkit
- Federal government’s Plain Language Web Writing Tips
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Blogs
- Brookings Institution’s research blog
- [Data Smart City Solutions Civic Engagement blog]http://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/civic-engagement
- Center for Data Innovation’s blog
- Code for America’s blog
- Governing’s website
- FiveThirtyEight’s DataLab
- GovEx’s blog and website
- GovFresh’s website
- Government Technology
- Kansas City, MO’s Chartland
- San Francisco, CA’s DataSF blog
- StatsBlogs
- Sunlight Foundation’s blog
- US Open Data blog
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Surveys
- Tools
- Example surveys
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Applications for the Community
- Tools
- City examples
- Albuquerque, NM’s ABQ311
- Aurora, IL’s My Place
- Charlotte’s Citygram for historic district review, land development, accidents and obstructions, and rezoning
- Denver, CO’s Pocket Gov
- Fayetteville, NC’s OutFront
- Greensboro, NC’s MyPD
- Gresham, OR’s MyGresham
- Lexington, KY’s Citygram for code enforcement, building permits, and foreclosures
- Los Angeles, CA’s Innovation Fund
- Oakland, CA’s Speak Up, Oakland!
- South Bend Cityvoice
- Tallahassee, FL’s DigiTally
- Wichita, KS’s Wichita Report
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Community Events
- Meetup
- Local government websites
- Newspaper websites
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Crowdfunding Platforms
- Change By Us
- Citizinvestor
- ioby
- Neighborly
- Patronhood