Downloadable Tools
The Harwood Barometer for Political
Conduct
Standards of Excellence in Civic Engagement
How Public Agencies Can Learn from the Community, Use What They Learn, and Demonstrate that Public Knowledge Matters
Standards of Excellence is a tool The Harwood Institute developed to help public agency practitioners make better decisions regarding how they engage the public. The tool lays out four key standards that every agency should strive to meet if they seek to make engaging the public a core part of their work. The tool is also helpful for other kinds of organizations that engage the public.
Download a pdf version of Standards of Excellence
TAPPING CIVIC LIFE: How to Report First, and Best, What's Happening in Your Community
A workbook that helps journalists improve their local reporting, by describing knowledge keys and exploring strategies for mapping the civic layers of neighborhoods and communities. More about Tapping Civic Life from the Pew Center for Civic Journalism.
Take A Step Civic Engagement Tools
A set of materials for people to enter and engage in public life.
The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation
developed the Harwood
Barometer for Political Conduct with citizens
from across the country.
Through citizen assemblies over a number of
years, Americans expressed
their aspirations for political conduct and a
set of specific behaviors
they seek from political leaders, news media,
and citizens. We call
these behaviors America's Aspirations for
Political Conduct. more...
Standards of Excellence in Civic Engagement
How Public Agencies Can Learn from the Community, Use What They Learn, and Demonstrate that Public Knowledge Matters
Standards of Excellence is a tool The Harwood Institute developed to help public agency practitioners make better decisions regarding how they engage the public. The tool lays out four key standards that every agency should strive to meet if they seek to make engaging the public a core part of their work. The tool is also helpful for other kinds of organizations that engage the public.
Download a pdf version of Standards of Excellence
TAPPING CIVIC LIFE: How to Report First, and Best, What's Happening in Your Community
A workbook that helps journalists improve their local reporting, by describing knowledge keys and exploring strategies for mapping the civic layers of neighborhoods and communities. More about Tapping Civic Life from the Pew Center for Civic Journalism.
Take A Step Civic Engagement Tools
A set of materials for people to enter and engage in public life.