Plenary Session: Rules of Engagement: What Government Agencies Can Learn about Citizen Engagement from Successful Private-Sector Customer Engagement

05/05/10

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer

PhD

AmericaSpeaks

Effective citizen engagement is one of the pillars of open government. For many government agencies citizen engagement is a new concept. Government agencies, however, don’t need to start from scratch. There tried and true methods, case studies and lessons to be learned from cutting-edge private sector organizations that have written the rules of engagement. Learn how their experiences can inform your planning:

> What private sector companies have learned about engaging their customers

> How to quantify the success of engagement initiatives

> Best practices for engaging internal stakeholders

> Why citizen engagement is essential to successfully achieving missions and objectives