Designing your PI Process

Resources to help you design and implement your PI process.

• City of Portland Outreach & Involvement Handbook
• City of Portland Public Involvement Toolkit (BIP 9)
• Civic Participation in California
• EPA's Seven Steps for Effective Public Involvement.
• Managing Successful Organizational Change in the Public Sector
• Public Involvement Principles Adopted by Portland City Council in 2010
• Public Participation Process Planning
• Summary of Article: Managing organizational change in the public sector

Engaging Underrepresented Communities

Resources to help you engage underrepresented communities.

• City of Portland Youth Manual
• City of Seattle's Inclusive Outreach & Public Engagement Manual
• Racial Equity Strategy Guide
• Ten Ideas to Encourage Immigrant Engagement

Equity and PI

Resources about equity and public involvement.

• Civil Rights Title VI & City of Portland Title VI Plan
• How to Comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act in Public Involvement
• How to Overcome Barriers to Public Involvement
• Inclusive & Equitable Involvement Worksheet

Evaluating your PI Process

Resources to help you evaluate your PI process.

• Assessing Public Engagement Effectiveness: Rapid Review Worksheets
• How to Evaluate Public Involvement

PI Buzz Blog

News & info about public involvement in Portland and beyond.

• Assessing Public Engagement Effectiveness
• Engaging the Community in Government
• Five Strategies to Revive Civic Communication
• How do we Build Will for Action on Critical Problems? This Friday!
• How Local Government is Reinventing Civic Engagement
• Intersections between Community and Government
• Planning for Stronger Local Democracy: A Field Guide for Local Officials
• Public Involvement & President Obama
• Public Involvement in Portland featured in the National Civic Review
• Reframing Public Participation Strategies for the 21st Century
• Soul of the Community study reaffirms connection between engagement and economy
• Sustaining Public Engagement - new report on how to embed deliberation in local communities
• The Antidote to Apathy
• Welcome to the Public Involvement Blog
• What can we learn from Europe?
• Wheel vs. Ladder - how do you view levels of public participation?

Resource List for Public Engagement

The National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation's list of the best books, guides and tools out there about dialogue, deliberation and public engagement.

What is public involvement?

Basic resources about public involvement.

• City of Portland Public Involvement Principles
• Core Principles for Public Engagement
• From Neighborhood Association System to Participatory Democracy - Broadening and Deepening Public Involvement in Portland, Oregon
• Public Involvement Blog