Citizen Participation

Citizen participation is the process that can meaningfully tie programs to people

Do You Feel Like You Are Going It Alone?

New Iowa Group facilitates organization—wide, community-wide and regional collaboration for the purpose of building prosperous organizations.

We utilize all the assets of the organization or community to provide unique opportunities for citizen or member engagement. This occurs through use of traditional media along with new media including the Internet as tools for social networking, communications and community research.

Citizen/member participation in organizational betterment efforts doesn't occur by chance - the New Iowa approach applies specific principles of organization that are easily embraced by participants.

Citizens/members are eager to participate in the organization’s efforts when they:

· see positive benefits to be gained.

· have an appropriate organizational structure available for expressing their interests.

· see some aspect of their way-of-life threatened.

· feel committed to be supportive of the activity.

· have better knowledge of an issue or situation.

· feel comfortable in the group.

Further, The New Iowa Group strategies increase member/citizen participation by:

· stressing participation benefits.

· organizing or identifying appropriate groups receptive to citizen input.

· helping citizens find positive ways to respond to threatening situations.

· stressing shared obligations related to community improvement.

· providing citizens with better knowledge on issues and opportunities.

· helping participants feel comfortable within the development group.

· Citizen Engagement

· Community Research

· Constituency Group Facilitation

· Coalition Building

· Public Policy Advocacy

· Public and Media Relations

Phone: 515-255-0776

Mobile: 515-710-8116

E-mail: new-iowa@mchsi.com

www.new-iowa.biz

To contact us:

Collaborative Citizen/Member Participation

New Iowa Group

Connecting People to Resources and Solutions