Civic Roundtable

“"What surprised me," said Cowan, "is the engagement that we've had from county VSOs, and how many people are posting questions and comments."”

““We want our operation to be built on best practices. Roundtable is a critical component of our ability to be at our best.””

““Roundtable has been an incredible time-saver.””

““Roundtable was easy for IT to set up, and it was minimal work for us to get going.””

““Roundtable's our secret weapon! It keeps us connected and on track.””

““When I saw Civic Roundtable, it was exactly what we needed: a centralized place for communication, documents, training, and connections.””

““Roundtable brings everyone working on this challenge together, making us all more effective, efficient, and ultimately better at achieving our mission.””

““With Civic Roundtable’s platform, we’ve created a network that didn’t exist two years ago, ensuring communities can adapt and respond to challenges in real time.””

““In Roundtable, search is simple. Ten out of ten times, users are taken to the right place to find the right information when they search.””

““More people join the weekly meetings, more people can access resources after the meeting, and having all our partners know where all the information lives is invaluable.””

““Ultimately,” Brooks said, “Roundtable enables us to improve service delivery and help people in rural communities across Oregon.””

““Roundtable is an additional form of capital. We use the platform to increase capacity, capital, and accessibility.””

“Civic Roundtable is an extremely helpful resource as an Election Commissioner. It is a platform that allows for collaboration between all election officials in our state and is a safe space for us to discuss best practices, ask questions, and bounce ideas off of each other. The instant access to a network of peers has proved invaluable as we all prepare to conduct elections to the best of our abilities.”

““My feeling is it's become a good way for us — which we weren't expecting — to organize and expand working groups,” Link said. “It makes communication that much easier.””

““I think it reduces a lot of the bureaucracy of communications for a membership platform,” Langmade explained. “Instead of finding someone, it empowers them to build relationships themselves. The biggest part is the network, and two, as a file sharing platform, many different organizations use Google or Microsoft or something else, which makes the entire thing a mess, so it’s an easy place to access information.””

““Roundtable allows us to segment our audience,” said Leder simply. “It's so much easier, a huge help for the working groups.””

““The value of Roundtable is definite and conclusive for our members,””

““Roundtable represents a permanent repository of knowledge for us,””

““We can share resources, we can plan events, we can share meetings in Roundtable, they are all great ways that they help us be better public servants for the people of Illinois.””

““The tools that Roundtable brings highlight the ability for the person sharing the answer to do it, and do it more effectively.””

““Our members can use Roundtable to answer their own questions in a timely manner without having to re-email, re-initiate a question or conversation is excellent,” Fox said. “You can just search for it.””

““The amount of time savings is enormous,” Fox said.”

““There are two main things that stand out to me,” Fox said. “The biggest change is the number of emails, that’s how we communicated before. Emails have dropped roughly by 50% because peers can communicate with one another in Roundtable,” Fox said. “For me, personally? That’s ten hours every single week I get back.””

“Roundtable has made it incredibly easy for providers to keep track of and find essential resources, which was a struggle amid our countless emails. It has also rekindled peer connections and a sense of community among our providers across different geographical areas and levels within organizations. This platform encourages open conversations and fosters meaningful relationships, ensuring cohesive collaboration in our operations.”

“"Roundtable became the perfect home base for accessibility coordination," Tang said. "If a webmaster has a question on Wednesday — Is anyone using Adobe Sign for accessible web forms? — they can post it and get answers from two other agencies the same day.” Previously, questions could disappear in email threads, meaning requests for advice went unanswered. "Roundtable enables every agency to see what their peers are doing, contribute what they know, and make real progress,” said Tang.”