The Public Participation Handbook

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Internationally renowned facilitator and public participation consultant James L. Creighton offers a practical guide to designing and facilitating public participation of the public in environmental and public policy decision making. Written for government officials, public and community leaders, and professional facilitators, The Public Participation Handbook is a toolkit for designing a participation process, selecting techniques to encourage participation, facilitating successful public meetings, working with the media, and evaluating the program. The book is also filled with practical advice, checklists, worksheets, and illustrative examples.

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"The Public Participation Handbook is a practical,essential, and thorough guide for practitioners, public and privatesector managers, NGOs, civic groups, and citizens. It is written byone of the gurus of the field and is an essential work for allthose concerned with practical issues of good governance." --Jerome Delli Priscoli, editor in chief, Water Policy "The public has a wisdom that government needs to understandbefore it can fulfill its mission. Creighton has cleared a pathtowards that wisdom." --David Matthews, president, Kettering Foundation "A very strong and accessible guide to public participation. Thecontent is well-grounded in experience and the relevantresearch." --Daniel J. Fiorino, adjunct professor, American University "Finally, a book that provides specific insights and techniquesfor designing public participation strategies and programs. ThePublic Participation Handbook is just that—a how-tobook for practitioners and decision-makers who must meaningfullyincorporate the public's values into public and corporatedecisions." --Martha A. Rozelle, president, The Rozelle Group, Ltd., and pastpresident, International Association for Public Participation "The Public Participation Handbook clearly sets forthJames L. Creighton's profound mastery of the craft of publicparticipation." --Peter T. Johnson, former administrator, Bonneville PowerAdministration "Jim Creighton is the master chef for successful publicparticipation. In this handbook he divulges a lifetime ofexperience that every practitioner can tap into." --William L. Robertson, chairman, Weston Solutions, Inc. "Governmental agencies need to get information out to thepublic. They also need to find what the public wants and needs.The Public Participation Handbook offers the mostcomprehensive list of techniques for accomplishing these twoobjectives." --Lawrence Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and EnvironmentalPlanning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Most books either lay out the arguments for using publicparticipation or concentrate on tools. This book provides acomprehensive approach including insights about real-worldmanagement and planning plus advice on how to do publicparticipation from start to finish." --Bojinka Bishop, associate professor and Sloan Professorship,College of Communication, Ohio University "Creighton's handbook is equally useful for those new to thefield of public participation and long-time practitioners. He'sgathered wisdom collected from 30 years of experience between thecovers of this volume. Every practitioner and decision-maker shouldown a copy to this handbook and refer to it frequently." --LaVerne Kyriss, president, International Association for PublicParticipation
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