The ENGAGE! Toolkit Roadmap

Welcome

Welcome to the toolkit roadmap. This is a great place to start if you want to learn about how to take a step-by-step approach to planning your public engagement. This part of the toolkit is broken down into sections comprised of a series of steps.

Recruit

Engage

Evaluate

Dissemination

Action

Institutionalization

Learn

Learn about public engagement, trust, and how public engagement can be used to build trust in and among communities and courts. Learn about the reasons why courts may conduct engagements, and what they hope to achieve.

Why engage the public?
Why engage the public?

Explore some of the goals and reasons your court may want to use public engagement.

Engage    

Once you know your goals, it is time to plan and partner with others, carefully implement your engagement activities, and then reflecting on what you learn so that you can use it for future improvements.

Step 1 Recruit: Who will you involve and how?
Step 1 Recruit: Who will you involve and how?

Learn how to choose partners to help you reach your goals, get them to engage, and keep them engaged.
Step 2 Engage: Which methods will you use?
Step 2 Engage: Which methods will you use?

Learn about a variety of public engagement methods, their pros and cons, and how to implement them.
Step 3 Evaluate: What were your areas of strength and challenge?
Step 3 Evaluate: What were your areas of strength and challenge?

Learn how to measure the success of your community engagement activities and reflect on areas for improvement.

Sustain

You want your court's engagement efforts to be more than a one-time event. Read about ideas, options, and strategies for sustainability, including how the pilot projects plan to sustain public engagement over time.

Sustaining Engagement
Sustaining Engagement

Learn about various options to sustain your efforts.