Ten Tips to Ensure Equitable Engagement

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Learning Outcomes

  • Host successful hybrid meetings and events that reach digital deserts in your community.
  • Inspire traditionally unengaged community members to be a part of the conversation.
  • Utilize your community leaders and partner agencies through community conversations and ensure you’re engaging everyone in your community equitably.

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These 10 tips will change how you use hybrid engagement without losing momentum, engage people living in a digital desert, utilize your community leaders and partner agencies, and build a framework for equitable engagement in an ever-changing world.

The increased use of online engagement tools has amplified barriers facing many historically underserved communities, where individuals lack internet access or internet-accessible devices. Planners must use hybrid techniques to reach traditionally marginalized community members and ensure everyone has a voice in the planning process.