Category Archives: Budget Simulator tips & tricks

15 ways to promote your Budget Simulator

Our Budget Simulator is a brilliant way for citizens to provide feedback on your spending plans. Here are 15 ways to promote your Simulator for maximum participation. Continue reading

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Even More Ways To Maximise Participation With Your Budget Consultation

Delib recently put together a 15 Ways To Maximise Participation With Your Budget Consultation guide, which included interesting ways to promote your simulator. Some of the best ones featured in the guide were: Offering a Prize-Draw A small incentive can … Continue reading

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Promote your Budget Simulator through QR codes

Here at Delib we are always looking for the best ways to increase participation through our various suite of apps. One of our developers recently investigated using QR codes as part of maximising stakeholder participation. QR codes can also easily … Continue reading

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Budget-setting: it’s more than just cuts. PLUS how can you involve the public?

Cuts have been the background to budget consultation in recent years. When cuts must be made, it’s obviously essential to engage the public in budget setting. However it’s a worthwhile reminder that even with cuts, public sector organisations – especially … Continue reading

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Tips on increasing and improving public participation in budget setting

Running an online budget consultation is proven to increase community engagement and interest in council spending allocations. Ensuring that all stakeholders are both aware of and engaged within this process can however, be more difficult. One of the barriers to … Continue reading

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Using Eventbrite for Offline Consultations

If you’re looking for a better way to organise your offline budget consultations, I’ve blogged about why Eventbrite is a great tool for this.

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