| Channel | Participation modes | Relationship type | Synchronicity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idea assemblies, project expos and vote sites at community centres, T stops and partner organisations | In-person events | In-person group | Synchronous |
| Weekly after-school Change Agent committee meetings (BCYF sites in 2014, City Hall in 2016) | In-person events | In-person group | Synchronous |
| Schools, classes, after-school programmes and clubs; schools as the main vote sites | Embedded in existing spaces | Embedded in a trusted intermediary | Synchronous |
| Paper ballots, printed in several languages | Paper | Self-service | Synchronous |
| Online idea submission (Citizinvestor site in 2014) and digital ballots (2016) | Digital platform | Self-service | Asynchronous |
| Text message idea submission (2016) | Phone or text | Self-service | Asynchronous |
| Social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) | Social media | Mass or broadcast | Asynchronous |
| Personal outreach by Mayor's Youth Council representatives and Steering Committee organisations | Peer and partner personal outreach | One-on-one | Synchronous |
| Flyers and mass advertising | Flyers and advertising | Mass or broadcast | Asynchronous |
Depth of participation tracks the channel. Voters mostly met the process at a ballot box in a school, community centre or T stop and were often hearing of it for the first time; in 2014 over 70 percent had done nothing else, and 38.7 percent of votes were cast at six Boston Public high schools. Change Agents, by contrast, gave weekly after-school hours and often long journeys, which Grillos (2014) and Augsberger et al. (2016) both identify as the main cost and the reason committees skewed toward already-engaged youth. Digital channels grew from a marginal 2014 website (nine eligible ideas) to text, social media and digital ballots by 2016, which participants credited with wider reach but found impersonal. Door-to-door canvassing was recommended in 2014 and is not documented as having happened. Translation and interpretation were offered as often as feasible, and youth themselves prioritised Haitian Creole, Spanish and Vietnamese for vote materials in 2016.
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