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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2017 14:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In June 2016, the Davenport Institute&#160;released,&#160;How are WE Doing? A Public Engagement Evaluation Platform, which was&#160;designed for public leaders to evaluate their public engagement processes and/or apply to be recognized as a &#8220;publicly engaged city&#8221; on a silver, gold, or platinum level. The Davenport Institute offers support to officials looking to engage their public better; and offer training and resources to help improve this process. Below describes how the platform works, the way it was designed, and the support provided by the Davenport Institute. You [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11614">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 29-page toolkit,&#160;15 Key Metrics for Evaluating Participatory Budgeting: A Toolkit for Evaluators and Implementers,&#160;was created in collaboration with&#160;Public Agenda (PA), the Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP), and the North American Research Board.&#160;The toolkit includes 15 metrics to capture major elements of a PB process, to support the evaluation of a specific PB site and use the data to inform the larger PB movement. Below is an excerpt from the toolkit, which you can find in full PDF, both in English and in Spanish on&#160;Public Agenda&#8217;s [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11085">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public Agenda (PA), in collaboration with the Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP), created the 29-page Evaluating Participatory Budgeting (PB) Toolkit in September 2015. The toolkit has 15 metrics to support the evaluation of a specific PB site and use the data to inform the larger movement. Read more in the article below or directly from Public Agenda&#8217;s site here. From Public Agenda&#8230; Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget. Evaluation is a [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10257">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of leaders in college extension programs created a participatory group process designed to document the results of Extension educational efforts within complex, real-life settings. The method, known as Ripple Effect Mapping, uses elements of Appreciative Inquiry, mind mapping, and qualitative data analysis to engage program participants and other community stakeholders to reflect upon and visually map the intended and unintended changes produced by Extension programming. The result is not only a powerful technique to document impacts, but a way to engage and re-energize [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/9236">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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