Showing the ROI of online community engagement just got easier

Hello from CitizenLab,

With a looming recession and increasing inflation, many local governments are facing increased pressure to cut expenses and online community engagement initiatives are at risk of being dropped as an expensive "nice-to-have".?

We're here to help you prove that online community engagement is still a “must-have”.? Our brand new ROI OF ONLINE ENGAGEMENT GUIDE and a quick, interactive ROI calculator, are just the tools you need for this.

With these tools, you’ll have the information you need to estimate the potential impact and financial benefits, which will help you make a compelling case for continued investment in online engagement.

Enjoy!

The CitizenLab team?

Why engage online: making a case for online community engagement

This guide is jam-packed with elements showing the return on investment (ROI) in online community engagement.?

You’ll learn more about how it helps:

• Reach more people for less,?
• Make running engagement projects more efficient,
• Improve decision-making.

Download the guide now

Calculate the potential impact and financial benefits with our ROI calculator

Use our calculator to get estimates for:

• The investment you’ll be making in your community
• How many community members you can expect to engage on average in the first year
• The price per type of engagement
• How much it would cost to engage this many residents using traditional channels
• How much you are saving on average.

Calculate the potential impact and financial benefits

Create an interactive planning process with the Konveio integration

Last month, we announced our partnership with Konveio , the interactive document engagement platform. This article covers how this integration can help streamline public commenting in your planning processes.

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You're invited to our upcoming webinar!

Join us on the 9th of March for the launch of our latest guide: “Digital Engagement and the Local Planning Process”. We will host Chris Howells PhD, author of the guide, and Caroline Harvey, Insight Manager at Havant Borough Council, for a discussion on the policy background of the local plan and how resident engagement fits in.

?? Need a little incentive? You will receive a free copy of our brand new guide after the session!

By the end of the webinar, you will have learned about:

• The policy background of local planning.
• Digital engagement in the local planning process.
• Leveraging digital engagement to better engage residents at each phase of the planning process.
• Case study: Havant Borough Council’s Regulation 18 Consultation?

We look forward to seeing you!

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