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Keypad Polling is an electronic meeting support tool that allows users to respond to multiple choice questions using a wireless keypad.

Pioneered in Snoqualmie, WA, the Character Impact Assessment process is used to assess the potential impact of development proposals on community character. The process is based on an adaptation of the Environmental Impact Statement process.

Human Geographic Mapping abandons typical political boundaries and maps areas based on natural elements and human interactions. The process is used to outline boundaries and important features based on social networks and scales.

MetroQuest is an integrated 3-D scenario planning software platform, designed to produce powerful visual displays as well as substantive information on scenarios, proposals, and tradeoffs. It is designed to substantively engage people in planning.

Youth Master Planning, a comprehensive process to plan for issues facing young people, brings together stakeholders including parents, teachers, employers, and youth. This method of community planning is taking hold in cities throughout America.

An affinity diagram is a tool used to organize information and ideas. In a planning process it can be used to sort ideas generated through brainstorming into categories. It is also a way to see how much commonality or overlap in those ideas exists.

EngagingPlans is a powerful and comprehensive tool for creating and maintaining a public involvement Web site. The platform allows citizens to create accounts and have conversations or offer feedback about community planning processes.

The Community Capitals Framework is a conceptual model for evaluating the overall health of a community and its capacity for community and economic development. The framework is based on successful communities that focus on seven types of capital.

i-Neighbors is a free online social networking service that connects residents of geographic neighborhoods. The goal of this site is to help individuals and their communities organize, share information, and work together to address local problems.

uMAP is a participatory youth community mapping process that facilitates social action and neighborhood change. Mapping is based on young people’s everyday lives, perceptions, values, assets and needs.