Resources and Best Practices
Part of our vision and mission is to provide free, nonpartisan, vetted best practices and resources to individuals, groups, organizations, and communities looking to solve problems and improve their civic and decision making spaces.
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Latest Additions to the Resource Library
| Title | Author | Date | post_tag | Content |
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Resource Library: Town Meeting Turnout and Engagement | Alex Torpey | New Hampshire, Peer reviewed, Public Engagement, Town Meeting, Vermont | For those of us in New England, we live and die by the historic form government known a Town Meeting. One of the purest expressions of direct democracy in the... | |
Resource Library: Quick tips to help you build your new Town website | Alex Torpey | Peer reviewed, Public Engagement, Resource Library, Technology | Websites are one of the simplest seeming projects that can most easily get off course. Check out some of the below best practices to help set your new website project... | |
Resource Library: Three ways to boost your volunteer engagement and fill vacancies | Alex Torpey | Boards/Committees, New Hampshire, Peer reviewed, Public Engagement, Resource Library, Vermont | In much of New England, and many towns through the US, significant advice, work, and decision making is made by volunteers (or stipended individuals). These people may be elected or... | |
Resource Library: Reduce costs and improve contract management with electronic signatures | Alex Torpey | Public Engagement, Resource Library, Technology | For decades, largely since the passage of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce (ESIGN) law in 2000 (as well as the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, or UETA),... |