Community Guide

If you feel that your community would benefit from public dialogue on a specific issue, the Public Forum Institute would like to help you plan, promote and produce your own forum. 

Organizing a Community Forum on a Shoestring Budget
Below are some tips - developed by the Forum’s specialists - to help you plan your own forum. Planning a forum usually requires four prime areas of activity:  

• Section 1: Audience Building & Publicity

• Section 2: Site Logistics

• Section 3: Program

• Section 4: Follow up

The Forum’s professional staff clearly operate from considerably more detailed plans. But if you are looking for a simple guide and a check-off list – this will work. We hope it helps.

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