Upcoming Webinars
Referendum Ready: Preparing for a Successful Ballot Measure
Tuesday, November 12, 2025 - 11:00am ET / 8:00am PT
This webinar will guide local government leaders through proven strategies to understand community priorities, build public trust, and effectively prepare for upcoming referenda or budget-related ballot initiatives.
Past Webinars
          Hype to Help: How to Actually Use AI in Local Government
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Hype to Help: How to Actually Use AI in Local Government
October 17, 2025
          5 Game-Changing Ways Local Governments Are Using Data
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
5 Game-Changing Ways Local Governments Are Using Data
September 5, 2025
          From Tools to Ecosystem: Polco’s Summer 2025 Product Release
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
From Tools to Ecosystem: Polco’s Summer 2025 Product Release
July 17, 2025
          Countdown to the Future: 10 Mega Trends Shaping Cities and Communities
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Countdown to the Future: 10 Mega Trends Shaping Cities and Communities
June 23, 2025
          How to Overcome Polarization and Build Trust in Your Community
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How to Overcome Polarization and Build Trust in Your Community
January 17, 2025
          Avoid These Top Ten Common Community Survey Mistakes
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Avoid These Top Ten Common Community Survey Mistakes
November 25, 2024
          Top Ten Things You Should Know About Local Government Employee Surveys
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Top Ten Things You Should Know About Local Government Employee Surveys
November 8, 2024
          Fall 2024 Release: A Polco Product Showcase
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Fall 2024 Release: A Polco Product Showcase
November 5, 2024
          AI Is Here. Are City Leaders Ready?
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
AI Is Here. Are City Leaders Ready?
October 21, 2024
          Connected Communities: Unlocking Success Through Social Capital, Trust, and Equity
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Connected Communities: Unlocking Success Through Social Capital, Trust, and Equity
September 13, 2024
          How Community Engagement Helps Leaders Make Tough City Budget Decisions
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How Community Engagement Helps Leaders Make Tough City Budget Decisions
September 4, 2024
          The Proven Method to Successfully Advocate Healthy Aging
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
The Proven Method to Successfully Advocate Healthy Aging
July 31, 2024
          How To Triple the Impact of Priority-Based Budgeting With Public Engagement
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How To Triple the Impact of Priority-Based Budgeting With Public Engagement
July 2, 2024
          America’s Top Five Infrastructure Needs
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
America’s Top Five Infrastructure Needs
June 10, 2024
          AI Is Here. Are Local Governments Ready For It?
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
AI Is Here. Are Local Governments Ready For It?
May 3, 2024
          Introducing AI Data Analytics for Government Performance Management and Decision-Making
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Introducing AI Data Analytics for Government Performance Management and Decision-Making
April 10, 2024
          How To Prepare and Create an Age-Friendly Community
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How To Prepare and Create an Age-Friendly Community
March 25, 2024
          Top Ten Ways To Build a Successful and Vibrant Downtown
          
            
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Top Ten Ways To Build a Successful and Vibrant Downtown
March 1, 2024
          How To Build a Data-Driven Culture for Successful Community Decisions
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How To Build a Data-Driven Culture for Successful Community Decisions
February 15, 2024
          Proven Methods for Governments to Bridge the Urban-Rural Divide
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Proven Methods for Governments to Bridge the Urban-Rural Divide
February 3, 2024
          How To Engage Residents in Housing Solutions
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How To Engage Residents in Housing Solutions
January 19, 2024
          How To Easily Turn Big Data Into Successful Decisions for Small Communities
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How To Easily Turn Big Data Into Successful Decisions for Small Communities
December 13, 2023
          How Local Government Leaders Can Overcome Polarization
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How Local Government Leaders Can Overcome Polarization
December 8, 2023
          Higher Education Budgeting: Engaging Stakeholders To Make Tough Tradeoffs
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Higher Education Budgeting: Engaging Stakeholders To Make Tough Tradeoffs
December 1, 2023
          What Does It Take to Rethink Budgeting?
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
What Does It Take to Rethink Budgeting?
October 19, 2023
          How Virginia Makes Positive Impacts on Housing for Aging in Place
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How Virginia Makes Positive Impacts on Housing for Aging in Place
September 20, 2023
          How Prepared Is Your School District for the Coming Fiscal Cliff?
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How Prepared Is Your School District for the Coming Fiscal Cliff?
August 30, 2023
          Housing Impacts on Aging in Place and How You Can Drive Solutions
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Housing Impacts on Aging in Place and How You Can Drive Solutions
August 28, 2023
          Tackling Government’s Wicked Challenges: From Budget Shortfalls to Climate Change
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Tackling Government’s Wicked Challenges: From Budget Shortfalls to Climate Change
June 16, 2023
          Big Data for Small Community Decisions
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Big Data for Small Community Decisions
June 13, 2023
          Let’s Talk Taxpayer Receipts!
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Let’s Talk Taxpayer Receipts!
April 17, 2023
          Top 10 Community Needs According to US Residents
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Top 10 Community Needs According to US Residents
April 17, 2023
          The Secret Ingredient to Employee Retention
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
The Secret Ingredient to Employee Retention
March 23, 2023
          Today's Top Ten Community Needs According to US Residents
          
            
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Today's Top Ten Community Needs According to US Residents
February 21, 2023
          How To Turn Big Data Into Successful Community Decisions
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How To Turn Big Data Into Successful Community Decisions
December 15, 2022
          How the Government Performance Action & Learning Partnership Empowers Government Decision-makers
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How the Government Performance Action & Learning Partnership Empowers Government Decision-makers
October 6, 2022
          How Resident Feedback Can Inform Officials on Infrastructure Decisions
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How Resident Feedback Can Inform Officials on Infrastructure Decisions
August 10, 2022
          How Resident Feedback Can Inform Officials on Infrastructure Decisions
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How Resident Feedback Can Inform Officials on Infrastructure Decisions
July 21, 2022
          Building a Stronger Police Force With Help From Your Residents
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Building a Stronger Police Force With Help From Your Residents
May 27, 2022
          How Resident Feedback Can Help You Build Community Resilience
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How Resident Feedback Can Help You Build Community Resilience
May 5, 2022
          How Small Communities Can Best Leverage Resident Feedback
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How Small Communities Can Best Leverage Resident Feedback
March 3, 2022
          How To Build Community Resilience with Input-based Planning
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How To Build Community Resilience with Input-based Planning
February 1, 2022
          Equitable Funding Strategies For Local Government
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Equitable Funding Strategies For Local Government
December 3, 2021
          Allocating ARPA Funds? How Engaging Your Community Will Help
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Allocating ARPA Funds? How Engaging Your Community Will Help
August 19, 2021
          Community Equity and Allocating ARPA Funds
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Community Equity and Allocating ARPA Funds
August 13, 2021
          How Community Feedback Drives Economic Success With ARPA Funds
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How Community Feedback Drives Economic Success With ARPA Funds
July 23, 2021
          You’ve Just Completed The National Community Survey. Now What Should You Do?
          
            
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You’ve Just Completed The National Community Survey. Now What Should You Do?
June 18, 2021
          How To Guide American Rescue Plan Act Funds With Community Input
          
            
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How To Guide American Rescue Plan Act Funds With Community Input
June 15, 2021
          How to Save Time and Eliminate Silos While Maximizing Engagement
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How to Save Time and Eliminate Silos While Maximizing Engagement
April 28, 2021
          What Is Really Happening To City Budgets During COVID-19?
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
What Is Really Happening To City Budgets During COVID-19?
April 8, 2021
          How Can Community Feedback Help Guide American Rescue Plan Act Spending?
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How Can Community Feedback Help Guide American Rescue Plan Act Spending?
April 7, 2021
          Equity and Inclusion: Taking the Next Steps Forward
          
            
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Equity and Inclusion: Taking the Next Steps Forward
March 26, 2021
          How Can We Rethink Police Budgets?
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How Can We Rethink Police Budgets?
March 25, 2021
          Can Resident Feedback Guide A City To Record-Breaking Economic Growth?
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Can Resident Feedback Guide A City To Record-Breaking Economic Growth?
March 25, 2021
          In City Hall, Women Make History
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
In City Hall, Women Make History
March 25, 2021
          How Can We Reach Those Hard-to-Reach Populations?
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How Can We Reach Those Hard-to-Reach Populations?
March 20, 2021
          Can Carefully Targeted Cuts Help With COVID-19's Budget Hits?
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Can Carefully Targeted Cuts Help With COVID-19's Budget Hits?
March 18, 2021
          What are Residents Saying About Local Law Enforcement?
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
What are Residents Saying About Local Law Enforcement?
March 18, 2021
          How to Build an Environment for Civil, Civic Engagement Online
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How to Build an Environment for Civil, Civic Engagement Online
February 24, 2021
          How Local Governments Collaborate with Partners to Communicate Effectively with Residents
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How Local Governments Collaborate with Partners to Communicate Effectively with Residents
December 29, 2020
          Online Engagement Helps Local Governments to Connect with Residents Throughout Policy Cycle
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Online Engagement Helps Local Governments to Connect with Residents Throughout Policy Cycle
December 27, 2020
          Local Government Leaders Pivot Engagement Strategies to Connect with More Residents
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Local Government Leaders Pivot Engagement Strategies to Connect with More Residents
December 27, 2020
          How Leaders from Very Different Communities Connect with Residents in a Socially-Distanced World
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How Leaders from Very Different Communities Connect with Residents in a Socially-Distanced World
December 17, 2020
          What Should Local Governments Do First with Community Survey Results?
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
What Should Local Governments Do First with Community Survey Results?
December 17, 2020
          Deepening Local Government Community Engagement in a Socially-Distanced World
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Deepening Local Government Community Engagement in a Socially-Distanced World
December 10, 2020
          How Can Local Governments Continue Engagement in Today's New World?
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How Can Local Governments Continue Engagement in Today's New World?
December 9, 2020
          Shhh! The Page-Turning Secret of How Libraries Can Read Their Community's Needs
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Shhh! The Page-Turning Secret of How Libraries Can Read Their Community's Needs
November 24, 2020
          How to Modernize Your Community Surveys and Spend Less
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How to Modernize Your Community Surveys and Spend Less
November 18, 2020
          Top Ten Ways To Optimize the Local Government Budget with Resident Input
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
Top Ten Ways To Optimize the Local Government Budget with Resident Input
October 22, 2020
          What Local Government Leaders Should Know about Equity and Inclusion According To Residents
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
What Local Government Leaders Should Know about Equity and Inclusion According To Residents
September 25, 2020
          How Avondale’s Parks Became a Point of Pride
          
            
               
            
            
              
                
                  
                
                
          
        
      
How Avondale’s Parks Became a Point of Pride
July 20, 2020
 
  