
NH Listens partners with local communities, schools, and state-wide organizations to create environments that help move conversations forward.
We work with public officials, organizations, and leaders in all sectors to build relationships, talk about difficult subjects, build coalitions, and gather broad input that can lead to improved practice and policy.
We design opportunities for people to engage with each other regarding some of the most challenging issues communities face. We work with state and local partners to achieve equitable decision making through facilitated dialogues and learned exchanges that engage a mix of people with lived experiences and content expertise. We are committed to being fair-minded in our mission to create and sustain an inclusive process for public engagement.
Working with us brings nonpartisan, civic engagement expertise into challenges your community is facing and helps guide the process, ensure broad outreach, and monitor fairness. We believe engaging all voices in a community can have transformative effects.
We build upon the work of Archon Fung, the Director of Harvard's Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and our national partners who are invested in embedding community engagement and dialogue into their work. We believe facilitated conversations that include diverse voices and perspectives keep local democracy, participatory decision-making, and opportunities for deep understanding and connection alive in New Hampshire. these community-engaged practices across traditional power dynamics lend to:
- Increased effectiveness of decisions that get made
- Added legitimacy to the work of public leaders
- Increased equity as more voices are included
NH Listens does not advocate for specific outcomes or actions in any of its public engagement work.
We believe when people can bring voice and agency to community decision making, fair and equitable outcomes are possible and more likely. We help actively remove barriers to inclusive public participation, honor a full range of community interests, and ground solutions in local knowledge. Our overarching goals are to help project partners in communities to:
- Bring people together to talk, listen, and engage with one another across differences to seek common ground
- Provide time for in-depth, informed conversations about public life and challenges
- Achieve outcomes that lead to community informed solutions
Core Areas and Apporaches To Our Work
Contact Us Anytime. We Love a Good Conversation.
We develop scopes of work and project designs with our partners that are short, medium and longer-term.
You can reach us by email or by phone at 603-862-0692. We look forward to talking about your project ideas and working with you!