The One About How (And Why) to Engage the Public

At its root, public engagement seeks to better involve the community in policy decisions to achieve long-term and sustainable outcomes, processes, relationships, discourse, decision-making, or implementation. However, these engagement efforts can be exceedingly difficult due to a variety of factors including a shift in communication and skepticism of government. So what does effective public engagement look like? On this episode of the COGCast, Ashely Labosier, Executive Director at the Davenport Institute for Public Engagement at Pepperdine University shares her insight on this relevant topic.