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1. Creating Spaces for Change
(Headlines/U.S. News)
Over the last two decades, ordinary people have been playing increasingly prominent roles in politics and public life, thanks in part to the work of an unheralded set of leaders. These practitioners of ...
... citizen participation to support public deliberation.” “When engaging in national discussions, add in a set of questions about the actions people can take at the local level.” “Empower federal agencies ...
3. Community Engagement and Economic Growth
(The Democracy Movement/General)
There is a strong connection between the way people feel about their community and the economic vitality of that city or town - this is one of the key findings of an important new study, "Soul of the Community," ...
4. DDC Staff
(About Us/Deliberative Democracy Consortium)
Matt Leighninger Executive Director Over the last thirteen years, Matt has worked with citizen involvement efforts in over 100 communities, in 40 states and two Canadian provinces; roughly 25,000 people ...
5. Democracy Helpline
(Initiatives/Projects - General)
... a project of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium and its Partners, is to enable a broader array of people to make use of these powerful democratic strategies and principles. The Democracy Helpline will ...
6. Affiliates and Partners
(About Us/Deliberative Democracy Consortium)
... thousands of people in dialogue, deliberation, and problem-solving. Many of these projects included large numbers of people who are often considered 'hard to reach,' including young people, recent immigrants, ...
7. Deliberative Democracy Fact Sheet
(About Us/Deliberative Democracy Consortium)
... of people in dialogue, deliberation, and problem-solving. Participants include large numbers of people who are often considered 'hard to reach,' including young people, recent immigrants, and low-income ...
8. Diers on neighborhood problem-solving
(The Democracy Movement/Knowledge Building)
... Jim argues that “People will get involved to the extent that the effort is fun, shows results, utilizes the gifts that everyone has to offer, and starts where people are – their network, their passion, ...
9. America Wants National Discussions
(The Democracy Movement/AmericaSpeaks)
...  At AmericaSpeaks, we’ve been waiting to see national polling results on what people think about the idea of conducting national discussions for a long time. It’s great to see that 80% number. What is ...
10. Who Should Be the Civic Advisors to the Next President?
(The Democracy Movement/Links to Government)
The November 5th Coalition wants to know what you think about the civic priorities of the next administration.The Coalition is generating a list of people who would be valuable advisors to the next president ...
... with the outcome of an environmental decision should have some influence on it. Critics maintain that public participation slows decision making and can lower its quality by including people unfamiliar ...
12. Conference on Online Deliberation
(Headlines/U.S. News)
... deliberation. From the organizers' site: At the dawn of the 21st century humankind faces challenges of profound proportions. The ability of people around the world to discuss, work, make decisions, and ...
13. The Next Form of Democracy
(Resources/Member Contributions)
... new ways for people and public servants to work together. The stories of civic experiments in "The Next Form of Democracy: How Expert Rule Is Giving Way to Shared Governance -- and Why Politics Will Never ...
14. The Change Handbook
(Resources/Member Contributions)
In 1999, the first edition of The Change Handbook provided a snapshot of a nascent field that broke barriers by engaging "whole systems" of people from organizations and communities in creating their own ...
15. Taking Democracy to Scale: Trip Report
(Resources/Member Contributions)
... and people to produce positive group experiences. They provide an online meeting space that is largely asynchronous to allow individuals to access the conference site at their own space. They also allow ...
16. Thrilling Show of People Power
(Resources/Member Contributions)
... to make mass arrests. All laced together with self-righteous sound and obsessive fury. None of that happened. Instead, our 5,000 men and women, including people from the suburbs, New ...
by Christopher Kelley, Program Associate, the Kettering Foundation The Kettering Foundation long ago identified a disconnect between the 'public' and 'politics.' People in communities all ...
... an alternative approach to mediation and arbitration where various people consider the case rather than just one potentially biased mediator or decision maker. Interest groups may be more motivated ...
... can co-opt deliberative processes or strongly organized sectors can do so at the expense of the less organized (even when the organized group represents the poor they may marginalize other poor people). ...
20. Boston Civic Summit
(The Democracy Movement/AmericaSpeaks)
... about the event was the simple fact that it was convened at all. Often people bemoan the state of civic engagement in our communities, but few actually mobilize around the issue as a critical problem. ...
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Deliberative Democracy Handbook

The Deliberative Democracy Handbook is the first book to bring together the best practices and thinkin on deliberative citizen participation processes. Deliberative democracy is the nationwide movement to make citizen participation meaningful and effective. Learn more...

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Change Handbook

In a completely revised and updated second edition, lead authors Peggy Holman, Tom Devane, and Steven Cady profile sixty-one change methods--up from eighteen in the first edition. Nineteen of these methods are explored in depth, with case studies, answers to frequently asked questions, and details on the roles and responsibilities of the people involved, conditions for success, and more. Learn more...

Journal of Public Deliberation
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The Next Form of Democracy

Beneath the national radar, the relationship between citizens and government is undergoing a dramatic shift. The stories of civic experiments in "The Next Form of Democracy: How Expert Rule Is Giving Way to Shared Governance -- and Why Politics Will Never Be the Same" by DDC Executive Director Matt Leighninger show us the realpolitik of deliberative democracy, and illustrate how the evolution of democracy is already reshaping politics. Learn more...

Democracy Helpline


Deliberative Democracy HelplineThe growth of democratic governance has been a grassroots phenomenon. The promise of the Democracy Helpline, a project of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium and its Partners, is to enable a broader array of people to make use of these powerful democratic strategies and principles. Learn more...