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What is Victoria saying?

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

The City of Victoria is trying to gauge public attitudes as part of its efforts to come up with a renewed Official Community Plan (OCP). There’s a website dedicated just to this endeavor, Shape Your Future Victoria. There are surveys to fill out, questionnaires to answer, …and opportunities to be a jackass on camera. I […]

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Millennials and public engagement

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Low voter turnout, boredom around local government: officials are scratching their heads, trying to design public engagement strategies that reach the disaffected, including the Millennial generation. My take? “Go where they are, don’t expect to build a site or a ‘strategy’ that makes them come to you”

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