Here’s what Duvall said after using the pulse pads:

“The system was very useful. I received results from the audience that I didn't expect. The audience was occasionally surprised at the results.

“It seemed to defuse the very vocal minority in the audience. After two or three questions, they realized that they were not speaking for everyone, as they may have thought. It gave everyone an equal opportunity to give their opinion, even those tentative to speak.

“I also feel that it showed people that we do desire their opinion, and that we went the extra mile to get it.”

Communicating with citizens

You asked for help in communicating with your citizens.

AWC’s Keeping In Touch project focuses on giving you outreach tools that can help you effectively deliver your city story. It's about...

Listening and two-way communication.
Giving citizens their voice.
Educating and demonstrating competing priorities.
Building community consensus.
Establishing clear priorities.
Creating accountability with citizens.

Use these communication tools from AWC to keep in touch with your community:

An AWC tool kit you can use to communicate your budget with your citizens.
AWC’s electronic voting technology builds community consensus and helps create accountability with your citizens. Use it at any meeting where people are sharing opinions – it’s an out-of-the-box approach for giving citizens a voice.