Organized citizen groups need to demonstrate their authenticity by obtaining power. Be careful that you don’t give away your decision-making responsibilities to citizen groups or Advisory Committees.
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“It’s tragic when the public has useful information to share with you, but you don’t receive it in time. This is how traditional public outreach fails both you — the technical experts, and the public you serve. We’ll discuss how to get USEFUL INPUT, including through the use of Social Media.”
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“It’s tragic when the public has useful information to share with you, but you don’t receive it in time. This is how traditional public outreach fails both you — the technical experts, and the public you serve. We’ll discuss how to get USEFUL INPUT, including through the use of Social Media.”
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Engaging the public doesn’t have to be an exercise in frustration, even if that’s what experience has taught you. We’ll show you how public outreach can be a powerful tool to becoming professionally productive.
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When your team is unfairly accused of having “fake” public outreach, what’s the cause? And what’s the remedy? Or are stakeholders simply demanding they get their way?
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It’s not news the public is skeptical, especially of scientists. But too often, experts (including scientists) defer to the public without going through their usual level of rigor.
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Don’t fall into the trap of thinking your project or organization is too large to effectively interact with the public. That’s only true if you insist on hearing only through direct forms of communication.
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“Help! Lots of our stakeholders are too apathetic to get involved, even though we give them plenty of opportunity to participate.”
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“What should we do — what CAN we do — when we’re stuck having to propose solutions that entail HUGE COSTS for stakeholders?”
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When you don’t have the time or other resources to hear from all your PAIs, are you doomed to NOT understand them? … Or, are there shortcuts that work?
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