Polco News & Knowledge
Hype to Help: How to Actually Use AI in Local Government
October 17, 2025
Leading the Nation in Stewardship: Honoring Communities Excelling in the Natural Environment
October 16, 2025
5 HR Practices That Matter Most for Residents
October 15, 2025
Connected, Accessible, and On the Move: Honoring Top Communities in Mobility
October 14, 2025
Building Stronger Bonds: 2025 Best in Governance Winners for Community Connections
October 9, 2025
Do Better HR Practices in City Government Lead to Better Outcomes for Residents?
October 8, 2025
Celebrating Excellence in Community Design
October 7, 2025
Celebrating the Best in Governance: Health and Wellness Award Winners
October 2, 2025
Celebrating the Best in Governance: Education, Arts, and Culture Award Winners
September 30, 2025
The ROI of Results: Making Data Count in Local Government
September 29, 2025
Celebrating the Best in Governance: Economy Award Winners
September 25, 2025
5 Common Misconceptions About Community Surveys, and the Truth Behind Them
September 24, 2025
Celebrating Excellence in Resident Engagement
September 23, 2025
The People Have Spoken: Honoring America’s most Trusted Local Governments
September 18, 2025
What Makes a Community Livable? The Data Behind the Question
September 16, 2025
Why the Housing Crisis Demands Local Government Action
September 9, 2025
5 Game-Changing Ways Local Governments Are Using Data
September 5, 2025
Are You Ready for a State Audit? How to Prove Your Programs Deliver ROI
September 4, 2025
From Chaos to Clarity: Lead with Confidence Using Domain Scores
August 22, 2025
Aging Well in Place: What Older Adults Want from Local Governments
August 21, 2025
The Data Dump Dilemma: Transparency Without Clarity
August 19, 2025
If Everything is a Priority, Nothing Gets Done
August 15, 2025
Why No One Understands Your Budget, and Why That’s a Problem
August 13, 2025
10 Simple Rules for Using AI in Grant Writing
August 12, 2025
August 8, 2025
You Bought an AI Chatbot. Now What?
August 6, 2025
The 500-Page Budget No One Reads
August 5, 2025
Beyond the Loud Few: Engaging the Silent Majority in City Decisions
August 1, 2025
Everyone Has AI, But Few Know What to Do With It
July 31, 2025
“We Listened!” Isn’t Enough Anymore. You Need to Prove It.
July 28, 2025
From Zero to Funded: How Small Cities Are Finally Winning Grants
July 25, 2025
We Did All the Outreach – Why Didn’t People Engage?
July 22, 2025
5 Ways to Make Your Budget Easier to Understand
July 21, 2025
From Tools to Ecosystem: Polco’s Summer 2025 Product Release
July 17, 2025
The Surprising Upside of Showing a Budget Deficit
July 16, 2025
What Governments Can Learn from Netflix, Spotify, and Amazon
July 14, 2025
Beyond Retirement: How Older Adults Are Seeking New Purpose Through Work
July 11, 2025
Local Governments Can Harness AI for Good
July 9, 2025
The Perfect Fit for Local Government: Timeless Lessons for a Changing Era
July 8, 2025
Local Governments Are Ready to Rethink Budgeting
July 2, 2025
The Future of Public Trust is Transparent Math
June 30, 2025
Beyond the Spreadsheet: How AI is Transforming Public Budgets
June 27, 2025
Community 2.0 - A Local Blueprint to Heal a Divided Nation
June 24, 2025
Countdown to the Future: 10 Mega Trends Shaping Cities and Communities
June 23, 2025
From Input to Impact: How Polco Powers Real Resident Participation
June 18, 2025
What Budgets Reveal About Our Values
June 16, 2025
National Survey Reveals Shocking Gaps in Housing for Older Adults
June 11, 2025
Beyond the Bot: How Polco’s AI is Transforming Communities
June 9, 2025
🎉 Celebrating 10 Years of Polco: From a Big Idea to a National Movement in Civic Engagement
June 6, 2025
Is Civic Engagement just an Illusion?
June 4, 2025
Unlock the Power of Community Insight with Polco’s Assess Module
June 2, 2025
Rethinking Budgeting: Why Civic Engagement is the Future of Public Finance
May 30, 2025
Engage Your Community like never before with Polco’s Engage Module
May 27, 2025
1 Million Strong: How BPC is Driving National Civic Engagement with Polco
May 23, 2025
What Your Community Really Thinks (And Why Most Leaders Are Wrong)
May 20, 2025
Rewriting the Map: Why Millennials are Moving - and What it Means for Your Community
May 19, 2025
5 Reasons You Need Online Public Engagement
May 15, 2025
5 Ways Polco’s AI-Powered Tools are Revolutionizing Public Sector Operations
May 13, 2025
Flashback: How Hartford, CT Helped Launch a New Era of Budget Engagement
May 8, 2025
How Edmonds School District Reimagined Community Engagement through Budget Simulations
May 7, 2025
The Economic Pulse of Your Community is Just a Click Away
May 6, 2025
Beyond the Snowbird: How Boomers are Shaping the Future of Retirement
May 2, 2025
What would YOU cut? How Budget Simulations are Transforming Civic Engagement
May 1, 2025
Why Polco's Rethinking Budgeting Tools are Essential for Transparent and Effective Budget Planning
April 29, 2025
How to use Polco's Benchmark Surveys to Shape Your Community’s Future
April 24, 2025
From Three Minutes at the Mic to Online Engagement
April 22, 2025
Meet Grace: Your AI-Powered Grant Writing Assistant is Here to Save Time and Sanity
April 17, 2025
Reimagining Public Budgets: The Beginning of Balancing Act (Now a Polco Tool)
April 15, 2025
Polco featured on The FutureList: A global nod to smarter, more inclusive governance
April 10, 2025
April 7, 2025
Aging in Place, or Being Left Behind?
April 2, 2025
Your business community is talking. Are you listening?
April 1, 2025
What If You Knew The Questions That Could Change Everything for Your Community
March 27, 2025
In a World of Uncertainty, Your Community Already Has the Answers
March 25, 2025
A Transparent Path to Smarter Budgeting
March 13, 2025
Interactive Budget Simulations: A New Era of Public Engagement
March 11, 2025
Why Governments Need AI Chatbots: Efficiency, Trust, and Smarter Public Engagement
March 7, 2025
Transforming Public Finance: Embracing Rethinking Budgeting Principles
February 25, 2025
Which U.S. Cities Deserve an NFL Team? Our Data Science Team Has Answers!
February 6, 2025
Polco AI: Unlocking Smarter, Data-Driven Communities
January 27, 2025
Polco and Tyler Technologies Announce Strategic Partnership
January 23, 2025
Polco Named a 2025 GovTech 100 Company: Leading Innovation in Government Technology
January 21, 2025
How to Overcome Polarization and Build Trust in Your Community
January 17, 2025
Empowering Small Governments with Polco AI Solutions
January 14, 2025
Polco AI and BYOD: Revolutionizing Data Integration
January 8, 2025
Streamline Your Grant Writing Process with Polco's Grant Writing AI
December 20, 2024
Choosing the Right Grant for Your Community with our Grant Writing AI
December 17, 2024
Unlocking the Power of Effortless Grant Writing with Polco's Grant Writing AI
December 12, 2024
Polco’s New Comparison Groups Feature
December 2, 2024
Avoid These Top Ten Common Community Survey Mistakes
November 25, 2024
How Polco’s New Track Feature Puts Older Adults’ Data in Focus
November 22, 2024
How Polco’s Engage Module Elevates Community Engagement and Feedback
November 18, 2024
AI in Action: How Governments Are Turning to Technology to Drive Change
November 15, 2024
Top Ten Things You Should Know About Local Government Employee Surveys
November 8, 2024
Fall 2024 Release: A Polco Product Showcase
November 5, 2024
Top 7 Cities for Trick-or-Treating: A Data-Driven Halloween Adventure
October 29, 2024
AI Is Here. Are City Leaders Ready?
October 21, 2024
Eight Biggest Challenges for Local Governments Today
October 14, 2024
America’s Top Five Most Socially Connected Counties
October 11, 2024
Visual Storytelling: How Histograms Reveal the Secrets Behind Your Data
October 10, 2024
October 9, 2024
Good Government: Mapping the Commons
October 3, 2024
The Power of the Community Livability Snapshot: A Closer Look at Polco's CLS Tool
October 2, 2024
How Hanford, California Collaborated with Residents to Revitalize Downtown
September 25, 2024
September 18, 2024
Social Media Templates for The National Community Survey - Open Participation
September 18, 2024
September 18, 2024
Adding a Suggestion Box (Prioritize)
September 18, 2024
Text Customizations in Prioritize or Simulate
September 18, 2024
Pre-Survey Launch Templates: NCS-RTG
September 18, 2024
Previewing and Activating a Prioritization
September 18, 2024
September 18, 2024
Engagement Outreach Kit and Calendar
September 18, 2024
Balancing Act Account Settings
September 18, 2024
Internal Departments Email Template: Custom Survey Promotion
September 18, 2024
Press Release Template to Share Open Participation Survey
September 18, 2024
Flyer: Custom Survey Promotion
September 18, 2024
September 18, 2024
September 18, 2024
September 18, 2024
Social Media Templates: NCS-RTG Promotion
September 18, 2024
Business Card: Custom Survey Promotion
September 18, 2024
September 18, 2024
September 18, 2024
Select Multiple Options in Scenario Questions
September 18, 2024
NCS Email to Polco Subscribers Template
September 18, 2024
Press Release Template for NCS: Random Sample Survey
September 18, 2024
Pre-Survey Launch Templates: Custom Survey
September 18, 2024
Polco Partnership Announcement: Pre-Survey Launch
September 18, 2024
Business Card: Pre-Survey Launch
September 18, 2024
Adding a Suggestion Box (Simulate)
September 18, 2024
Social Media Templates for The NCS - Random Sample Survey
September 18, 2024
Adding Content Manually (Prioritize)
September 18, 2024
Display Options for Budget and Housing Simulations
September 18, 2024
Adding Content via CSV Import (Prioritize)
September 18, 2024
The NCS-RTG Outreach Kit and Calendar
September 18, 2024
Editing a Simulation After Activation
September 18, 2024
The NCS Press Release Template - Open Participation Survey (second version)
September 18, 2024
Flyer: NCS-RTG Survey Promotion
September 18, 2024
Duplicating Subcategories (Simulate)
September 18, 2024
Understanding Prioritize Settings
September 18, 2024
CSV Import Fields (Prioritize/Simulate)
September 18, 2024
Customizing a URL (Prioritize/Simulate)
September 18, 2024
Press Release Template - The National Community Survey Results
September 18, 2024
Five Award-Winning Women Trailblazers in Local Government
September 18, 2024
September 17, 2024
Using Meeting Mode for Remote and/or In-Person Facilitation
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
How to Keep Residents Engaged Through Quick Quarterly Surveys
September 17, 2024
Answering Respondent Questions About Mailed Surveys
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
Creating Community Resilience with Resident Engagement
September 17, 2024
Sign Up for Polco Product Training!
September 17, 2024
Boost Your Survey on Social Media
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
Year of Transformation: Connect With Polco at the 2024 ICMA Annual Conference
September 17, 2024
Your Checklist for Launching on Polco
September 17, 2024
Share a Short URL For Your Content
September 17, 2024
Crosstabs for Non-Probability Surveys
September 17, 2024
Engaging Hard to Reach Populations
September 17, 2024
Using Balancing Act as a Teaching Tool
September 17, 2024
Margin of Error and Confidence Level in Survey Results
September 17, 2024
Using the Participants Tab to Target Your Outreach on Polco
September 17, 2024
How to Repost a Survey on Polco
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
How to print paper copies of a survey
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
Getting Started? Here’s How to Polco
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
Introduction to Polco's Track Module
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
How are index scores calculated?
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
Polco's Accessibility Statement
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
The Aftermath of Your Benchmark Survey
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
Understanding Data Suppression
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
Selecting a Question Type (Survey or Poll)
September 17, 2024
Managing Administrator Accounts
September 17, 2024
Police Survey eBook: How Americans See Public Safety Services Within Their Communities
September 17, 2024
Using Polco's Track Module for Performance Management
September 17, 2024
How to Email All Your Subscribers on Polco
September 17, 2024
Sharing survey and poll outcomes with respondents
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
Research Findings: Traditional Mailed Surveys vs. Digital Data Collection
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
Adding Images to a Survey or Poll
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
Tips for Promoting a Survey Via Email
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024