The Center for Management Strategies is proud to feature Peak Democracy’s Open Town Hall,  a cloud-based, online civic engagement platform that augments and diversifies public participation in ways that also enable government leaders to increase public trust in their governance.

Unlike crowd-sourcing, Open Town Hall allows governments to maintain control of the public engagement process, focus on feedback from constituents, keep the dialogue civil and legal, and also not overwhelm staff in ways that can frustrate residents.

In addition to monitoring forums for uncivil activity and reconciling problems, Open Town Hall provides a suite of real-time insight and reporting tools -- including geographic and demographic analysis. Open Town Hall also supports social media integration, multiple languages, and a range of mobile access on smart devices and via texting and voice mail.