The July 2017 Michigan Public Policy Survey, conducted by University of Michigan's Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy revealed that Michigan's local leaders want their citizens to play a larger role in policymaking, but report declining engagement. More than half of Michigan's local leaders report that their jurisdiction offers "a great deal" of opportunities for citizens to engage, but less than half (46%) say their citizens are even somewhat engaged and only 10% say they are very engaged. 

Our guest this month, Tom Miller, President and CEO of National Research Center, Inc has worked in state and local government and written extensively on how to seek and use citizen input. On this month's webinar, Tom will focus on how to gather the opinions of hard-to-reach residents in order to make sure that citizen input is representative of the entire community. 

https://www.canr.msu.edu/current_issues_affecting_michigan_local_governments_webinar_series/resource...