CCF Round 8 Grant Partner Training

Countywide Community Forums (CCF) Round 8: Partner Grant Program Training Suzanne Pak & John Spady08/24/11 http://www.CommunityForums.org CommunityForums@KingCounty.Gov 1

Countywide Community Forums (CCF) is a nationally recognized public engagement program inpartnership with King County. The program is designed to make democracy more user-friendly and wascreated through citizen initiative in 2007 and unanimously adoption by the King County Council. Over2,000 people have registered to be a Citizen Councilor through the program to share their own insightsand opinions on key issues that impact communities across King County.CCF is independent and overseen by the King County Auditor’s Office (KCAO). It uses no tax dollars anddepends on donations from civic-minded individuals, companies, and foundations. It is underwritten by theSpady family of Dick’s Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. Dick Spady is a lifelong advocate for civic participationand meaningful public dialog. He serves as Citizen Councilor Coordinator Emeritus for CCF and is joined byhis sons John and Jim in support of his work to strengthen our civic infrastructure and communityconnections.King County webpage for CCF program:http://www.kingcounty.gov/operations/auditor/communityforums.aspx Richard Spady is the author of “The Leadership of Civilization Building.”http://www.ForumFoundation.org/leadership John Spady is the current appointed Councilor Coordinator for the Countywide Community Forums ofKing County and is a member of both the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD.org) andthe International Association for Public Participation (IAP2.org).Story On King 5 Up Front with Robert Mak: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvdw-d-OG6gRound 2 Topic Video produced by KCTS9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_jXQcCvLC0For more news stories about CCF: http://communityforums.org/participate/ccf-in-the-news/CCF Overview 08/24/11 http://www.CommunityForums.org CommunityForums@KingCounty.Gov 2

Join Us on Our Website & Social Media: http://CommunityForums.org/ http://www.facebook.com/CCFKC http://twitter.com/CCForums We have 38 Round 8 partners! http://CommunityForums.org/partners- page/ Here, you can add, view, and RSVP to CCF forums: http://ccfkc.CommunityForums.org/en/ index/events/ Register as a Citizen Councilor & receive our email communications: http://ccfkc.CommunityForums.org/en/ registration/index/ How to Engage with CCF: Online & Social Media ChannelsYou can tag Countywide Community Forums on Facebook & Twitter. You can also useTwitter hash tags #R8budgetforums, #R8ukcforums 08/24/11 http://www.CommunityForums.org CommunityForums@KingCounty.Gov 3

For Each Survey Response to Count:  Each survey respondent must select your organization from the CCF Partner list provided in the survey. Participants must select only one CCF Partner for a selection to be counted on a paper survey. The online survey only allows a participant to designate one CCF Partners.  Each survey response (online or paper) will count equally towards winning the grant.  Only one survey response per individual per topic will count towards the grant. If there are multiple responses to the same survey from one respondent, only the first qualifying one will be kept.Here is a reminder of how you can earn a grant from CCF. You can always referto http://communityforums.org/partnerapplication for more details on CCF’sPartner Grant Program. 08/24/11 http://www.CommunityForums.org CommunityForums@KingCounty.Gov 4

Tip: Friday 9/9: Starting Monday Tuesday 8/23:Launched UKC survey On question “(I-3) Deadline for responses 9/12: Please indicate if to UKC SurveyShare this online survey After confirming tallies you are awith anyone who lives NOTE: In order for a with the KC Auditor we supporteror works in King County survey to be counted will send you individual of one of these http:// as complete by the emails with the number CCF grantccfkc.communityforums. Auditor, survey must of survey responses partners” org/en/index/survey/ have at least one credited to your encourage your “D” (Demographic) organization. supporters to or question, and at least select your Your tally will be added one “T” (Topic) organization to any additional surveyhttp://tinyurl.com/CCF- question answered. responses you get for SurveyIndex the King County Budget survey that starts on Sept 12 and ends on Oct. 16 Unincorporated King County: New Framework for Public Engagement (UKC)Participation in this online survey counts toward the partner grant 08/24/11 http://www.CommunityForums.org CommunityForums@KingCounty.Gov 5

Monday, 9/12: Host your own Join us for a Sunday, 10/16: CCF forums special catered Launch of King forum in Last day for in- County Budget During your International person forums. Survey meeting or event District! in September or Mailed responses Forum will be around Follow the same early October, must reach 10/14 or 10/15; directions as you schedule an in- Auditor by invitations will go out person forum for Wednesday, 10/19 did for the UKC in early September. 30-45 minutes! to qualify. survey, and encourage people You should invite Remember, there After 2 weeks, we to fill out the your stakeholders, is a special $1,000 will send you online survey members, and staff Bonus Grant for emails with the who have not yet the organization number of survey participated to join that generates the responses credited you. Survey most number of to your responses at this paper survey organization. event will count responses through toward your partner an in-person grant. forum!King County Budget: Achieving Sustainability TogetherParticipation in this online survey counts toward the partner grant 08/24/11 http://www.CommunityForums.org CommunityForums@KingCounty.Gov 6

Hosting a Forum: Facilitating a Forum: During September 1st– October 16th, you can  We can provide a trained facilitator, and we host a CCF Forum during your meeting, event, encourage you to co-facilitate the session with or office hours! us! We will provide topic video DVD, paper Best Practices: surveys, and optional facilitator(s) for your  In many organizations, there many be common forum. viewpoint about certain issues. If our topic is We will also post your CCF Forum on our related to an issue your organization is website, Facebook page, and Twitter. involved with, you may reference that in your communications. But we discourage Please login at CommunityForums.org to organizations from explicitly asking people to schedule your own event or contact us to help fill out the survey a certain way (apart from schedule a forum for you! selecting your organization as a partner). Typical Agenda for a CCF Forum (30 min):  We also encourage you to keep an open mind and encourage those with divergent viewpoints Introduction (4 min) to share their views. Our goal is not to try to Topic Video (7 min) achieve consensus of viewpoint, but to Table or Group Discussion (12 min) empower individuals to discuss public policy Survey (7 min) issues civilly.Hosting & Facilitating a CCF Forum 08/24/11 http://www.CommunityForums.org CommunityForums@KingCounty.Gov 7

 Can the surveys be translated into different  If we have a lot of members who don’t havelanguages? computers or easy access to the Internet, is it We have the technical capability to put translated possible to provide them with paper surveys?versions of our survey into both online and paper  Yes, but we encourage you to capture the paperversions, but we unfortunately do not have staff or surveys during an in-person forum. Otherwise, youfunding to pay for translation. If your organization can would need to fill out a “Certification of Authenticity”translate our survey, we’d be happy to validate and put and ask each survey respondents to fill out a guestthe translation into our surveys. registration form. You will need to mail these in along How do I respond if my members are having with the paper survey responses. You will also needtrouble understanding or answering a certain to hold an in-person forum if you wish to qualify forquestion? the Bonus Grant of $1,000 http://CommunityForums.org/partnerapplication If someone does not understand the survey question orfeel they have enough information to answer, they can  How are the topics and survey questionsalways select ‘Abstain’ as their answer. They are also not selected? Do I have a say in how future topicsrequired to answer every question on the survey. In order and questions are developed?for a survey to be counted as complete, surveyresponders must answer at least one “D” (Demographic)  The topic for each round is developed in closequestion, and at least one “T” (Topic) question. collaboration with the CCF Steering Committee and King County Council. If your organization is credited Will the individual level survey responses be sold with more than 250 registered Citizen Councilors (whoor shared with third-parties? select your organization as partner), you will be invited to be part of the Steering Committee to advise No. The survey responses are anonymous, and only us on future topics. The survey questions arethe aggregate results will be shared publicly. Please see developed by the CCF team and King County Auditor’sour Privacy Policy: Office.http://communityforums.org/participate/ccf-privacy-statement/Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 08/24/11 http://www.CommunityForums.org CommunityForums@KingCounty.Gov 8

THANK YOU! Suzanne Pak & John Spady Leave us a message at: 206-296-163308/24/11 http://www.CommunityForums.org CommunityForums@KingCounty.Gov 1

CCF Round 8 Grant Partner Training

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