Improving Citizen Participation and Feedback in Your Bagh: AManual on Town Halls
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Contents
Disclaimer.............................................................................3
Introduction..........................................................................3
The International Republican Institute............................4
IRI in Mongolia..............................................................4
I. Constituent Engagement...................................................6
Benefits of engagement...................................................9
Your role as an elected official........................................9
II. Engaging through town hall meetings...........................10
Choosing a town hall meeting format............................11
Open forum....................................................................12
Issue-specific forum.......................................................13
Open House format........................................................14
Panel format...................................................................14
Representative town hall................................................15
Media-focused roundtable..............................................15
Determining how questions will be asked.....................16
III. Organizing your town hall meeting..............................17
Five steps to get started..................................................17
During the meeting........................................................20
Do’s and don’ts while participating in
town hall meetings.........................................................23
Effectively using media.................................................24
IV. After the town hall........................................................26
V. Appendices.....................................................................30
Appendix 1: Town hall event checklist..........................30
Appendix 2: Sample town hall agendas.........................33
Appendix 3: Sample constituent outreach log...............37
Appendix 4: Constituent sign-in sheet...........................39
Appendix 5: Feedback Survey Template.......................40
Appendix 6: Case study: Jordon....................................43
