Application area Participation and policy
Develop policy with insights from practice.
Involve the people who experience the consequences of policy. Also hear the silent majority and discover which experiences, objections and practical consequences you need to weigh.
- Applications3
- Participants1 click, no download
- Duration45–75 minutes
- ScaleUp to 10,000 per session
Overview 3 applications
Which trigger do you recognise?
- Trigger 1
Explore policy
The client first wants to understand how a problem is put together from the perspective of the people who experience it.
- Trigger 2
Test policy
A policy direction is on the table and people want to know how it could play out in practice, which objections exist and what must not be overlooked.
- Trigger 3
Involve stakeholders
You need to hear many people, without the conversation dissolving into scattered responses.
Background Participation and policy
Why this challenge is hard
- At a public consultation evening or formal written response, you mainly hear from those who already speak up.
- A formal participation moment does not automatically yield substantive insights.
- On sensitive or polarised topics, many people prefer to keep their opinion to themselves.
Policy has to fit practice; the client doesn't just want to organise a formal participation moment, but actually gather substantive insights.
What Upvoice adds
What Upvoice adds
- 01
Qualitative participation, also on complex or polarised topics
- 02
Anonymity helps you hear more voices than only the most outspoken participants
How it worked out for others
Read what the dialogue delivered in each project.
Discuss your participation or policy question.
In a demo we show you how your question works as a dialogue: what you ask, who you invite and what you'll have at the end.