Recently Joseph Peters (Partner at Ascentum)
and Joe Goldman (Vice President of Citizen Engagement at AmericaSpeaks)
published an excellent two page article called: Open Policy Making 101: 10 Questions
To Ask Before Launching Your Online Public Consultation
While their well thought out list is focused on online
consultation, the questions also apply to creating plans for effective offline
public consultations.
Here are their 10 questions:
- What
do you want to know? - What
is your commitment to participants? - Who
needs to participate? - How
hot is the issue? - What
type of contribution are you looking for? - What
type of data will you collect and analyze? - What
are your timelines? - What
resources are available to support the process? - How
can participants stay involved? - Which
online tools should you use?
Read the full article for concise
explanations of each question.