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A commitment to helping improve ones community or neighborhood.
-Individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues and public concern
-Ongoing process of public conversation that allows peple to collect information, share common values, and wrestle together with though issues where values may be in conflict
-Continuous, dynamic conversation with the public on many levels that reinforce public commitment. . and strengthens public understanding |
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| Two ways to have continuous conversation with the public |
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| Communication by both talking and listening |
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| How do we engage the public |
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Public Forums: town-hall meeting
Focus Group: People have something in common (10-12 people)
Interviews: 1-2 people for a specific purpose
Survey: Lots of info from lots of people
Usage Studies: People who use facilities
Observational Studies: You watching
Creating volunteer opportunities |
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| Benefits of civic engagement |
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builds public knowledge
better, more widely accepted decisions
more public confidence in an agency's decision making (transparency)
Build relationships with stakeholder groups
Creates a sense of ownership and common future benefiting both recreation agencies and the community |
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| Two roles of civic engagement |
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How we, as professionals, engage the public
How we, as individuals, engage in issues that matter to us |
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Supplement your purpose statement: like the objectives of a goal
Guides/Centers your research: should not cover everything, should not be able to be answered in a few factual statements
Keys: clear, focused, precise
Cannot be: too broad, too narrow |
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Choose a general topic of interest
Conduct preliminary research
What do know now
What do we want to know |
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| Checklist of potential Research Question |
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Does that RQ solve a problem?
Is it too broad?
Is it too narrow?
Is the RQ re-searchable within the given time frame and location?
What information is needed? |
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1. Motivation: responsibility to do so, working towards a common purpose, problem you care about, belief that your involvement will make a difference
2. Opportunity: How can we affect this?
3. Ability to do so: Time, information |
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1. Collect data from a specific group of people
2. Developing Questionnaires: specific, relevant, higher response rate
3. Public relations |
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| 3 main types of focus groups |
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1. Gatekeeper/stakeholder
2. Special Interest Group
3. Randomly selected group |
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6-10 homogeneous strangers
45-90 minutes
About 10 questions
Free-flowing discussion
Want the maximum amount of ideas/opinions |
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| What a focus group is not |
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A debate
Group therapy
A conflict resolution session
Problem solving session
Opportunity to collaborate
Educational session |
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| Designing focus group sessions |
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short/to the point
focused
unambiguous
open-ended
non-threatening/embarrassing
why/how questions |
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| Three types of focus group questions |
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1. Engagement (comfort)
2. Exploration (main discussion)
3. Exit (anything missed?) |
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Nominations
Random selection
Group membership
Same role/job title
Volunteers |
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Listen attentively
Sensitive/empathetic
Listen/think
Keep personal views out
Knowledgeable about topic
Open to all opinions
Relatable (based on topic)
Can manage (sometimes difficult) group dynamics |
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| Assistant Moderator Responsibilities |
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Take notes
Record body language/subtle cues
Allow moderator to do the talking |
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| Lead Moderator Responsibilities |
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Break the ice
Adequately cover all the questions
Get participants to talk
Paraphrase/summarize back to participants
Remain neutral
Tactfully deal with challenging participants |
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| How to write good questionnaires |
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Grounded in your purpose statement/research question
Identify specific topics you want to answer
Focus questions here
Close-ended
Open-ended
Avoid loaded or leading words
Avoid non-specific questions: Frequency
Order questions logically: Broad/general --> Specific/personal --> Demographics
Do not use confusing or unfamiliar question wording: avoid jargon/acronyms
Do not force respondents to answer
Provide a spectrum of options
Do not use non-exhaustive answer choices
Allow for independent answers
Do not use double-barreled questions
Avoid double-negative wording
Use long questions wisely |
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| Three types of questionnaire questions |
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1. Behavior (how many times/how often)
2. Beliefs (strongly disagree/strongly agree)
3. Evaluation (how satisfied) |
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The why
In-depth
Words
Adds details, depth, meaning
Focus groups/interviews/open-ended questions |
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The what
Uniform/quick
Numbers
Questionnaires/surveys |
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Convert speed into tet
Listen to recording
Transcribe exactly wha tyou hear, word-for-word
New line for each new speaker with a space between lines |
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| Code - a word or short phrase that summarized the essence of the data |
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Looking for patterns/like ideas in your codes
Group them together to create categories |
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| Check with co-researchers (step 4) |
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Discuss code/categories
Check for agreement
Similar/Different?
Discuss differences
Reach agreements on final codes/categories |
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| Creation of themes (step 5) |
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Statement of category
Provide more information tying themes to overall study (sentence format/restating with more context)
Sub-themes (have 3-5 themes and 4-5 sub-themes for every theme)
Codes --> Categories --> Themes (sub-themes) |
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