Step 1: Self-Assessment

• Public Engagement Project Assessment
  • Quick Assessment
  • Deeper Assessment
  • TIERS Self-Assessment Template

Step 2: Consider Public Engagement Approach

• Draft Public Engagement Approach for Specific Effort
  • TIERS Consider Public Engagement Approach Template
  • TIERS Public Engagement Approach Cheat Sheet
• Draft Public Engagement Approach for Agency Wide Application
  • Review agency’s public engagement policies and practices, including current staffing
  • Conduct an analysis of the public engagement functions and needs across the agency 

Step 3: Contemplate Community Landscape

• Create or update a list of local community based organizations (CBOs) and others to inform outreach efforts
• Identify diverse locations to hold meetings with target audiences in mind
• TIERS Community Landscape Template

Additional Resources

• Principles of Local Government in Public Engagement 
• What is Public Engagement and Why Do It? 
• Three Orientations of Local Government on Public Engagement: Passive-Active-Sustaining 
• Expand Your Agencies Community Networks 
• Partnering with Community Based Organizations For More Broad-based Public Engagement