MAPC
What We Do
Community Engagement:
We Make Things Happen
Done right, community engagement builds trust – even when consensus is out of reach. It brings fresh thinking, new voices, and creates a more informed and involved public. Decisions made with the public are better decisions, and better accepted.
But the reality of crafting and running an engagement process can be overwhelming. It takes a methodical, data-driven strategy, ease with all kinds of stakeholder groups, and a knack for making it easy and fun to get people involved.
MAPC brings award-winning community engagement to your project. We seek people out and draw them in, even from groups that tend to be hard to reach and engage. That means new ideas, new participants, and plans with wider support. We work to make data, tradeoffs, and the entire planning process inclusive, clear, and accessible to all. With our regional lens and deep connections with diverse networks and partners your projects are sure to be a success.
Our team can teach you how to improve your community engagement practice through trainings and workshops, or you can hire us to consult on your project! Learn more below.
Questions?
To discuss how your project can benefit from our community engagement expertise, contact Community Engagement Manager Carolina Prieto at cprieto@mapc.org.
community engagement services
workshops and trainings
Does your municipality, community development corporation, university, non-profit, or coalition want to improve its community engagement practice? We want to work with you! Our team offers the workshops below:
Contact us at communityengagement@mapc.org to book a training!
Interested in learning about an aspect of community engagement that you don't see here? Reach out to us! We can work with you to provide a tailored workshop experience based on our desired focus and goals.
consulting services
Sometimes you need an extra pair of hands. You can hire our team directly to lead or assist with community engagement for your projects. Our consulting services include:
We're excited to help out with your public participation efforts! To set up a 30 minute consultation call, email commmunityengagement@mapc.org.
...and more
We offer even more than trainings and consulting services, including:
Community Engagement Recipe Book
A menu of community engagement tactics you can use for your project. Click through to learn about strategies such as focus groups, participatory budgeting, and more!
Shared Practices for Engagement in Virtual Meetings
This document and webinar assembles our top recommendations and shared practices for digital community engagement, before, during, and after your meeting.
Community Engagement Strategy
Use this chart to help think through your community engagement strategy, from your purpose to your approach.
Meeting Design Guidelines
Use this chart to design your meeting and help participants explore, share, connect, and reflect.