The Future of Municipal Reporting

What is the state of municipal reporting practices in Ontario and beyond? Where is this field headed? How are plain language and accessible design principles helping to regenerate this tradition? What towns are establishing persuasive narratives through compelling reporting and communications? What forms do great reports take and what does excellence look like?

Introduction The Importance and Inevitability of Improved Reporting, Renewing the Tradition

Visual Communication Sharing A Room, Expressing Yourself, Connecting Concepts

Context Professional and Technical Movements, Public Sector Renewal, “How we doin’?”

Perspective Broadening Our Understanding of Town Planning, Local Conversations, Storytelling, Placemaking

Stages Assembly – Publication – Dissemination - Feedback

System Perspective Basics – Eseentials – Advanced  //  Forms – Channels – Pathways - Loops