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Three different approaches to public engagement are examined below. One is based in dialogue, another in deliberation, and the third in choice-creating. (See the
chart which distinguishes
dialogue, deliberation and choice-creating.)
Home
Mission
Origin Story
News
What you can do
Board and Key Supporters
Jean Rough memorial
>
Personal experiences with Lewy Body
The Solutions
1) Solving GLOBAL issues
>
Solving climate change
>
Handout—climate change
Chart of Solutions to climate change
Proposal to Together1st.org
The ToBe Project--the plan
>
The Abstract
Description of the model
Argumentation- 8 criteria
Spanda Journal: ToBe Project
2) Solving NATIONAL issues
>
Handout -- SB (USA)
7 Strategies to fix America
German National example
3) Solving STATE issues
>
State-level example
4) Solving LOCAL issues
>
Flier —Community democracy
5) Solving ORGANIZATIONS
The Social Innovations
1) Choice-creating
>
Decision-making vs. Choice-creating
Dialog vs Deliberation vs Choice-creating
2) Dynamic Facilitation
>
DF'ing vs. Traditional Facilitation
3) Wisdom Council Process
>
Examples of the WC Process
>
Wisdom Councils in Austria
>
2012 Research Project
Mauthausen example
Rogue Valley OR
WC in Asheville NC
Victoria WC
Student-led WC
Food Co-op
Who Can Use the WC?
>
Government leaders
>
Three Citizen Engagement Strategies
To overcome partisan gridlock
>
How to proceed
Likely outcomes
Risks?
Examples
Reactions
How to Reform Democracy
Activists
Leaders of orgs
Organizers of conferences
4) Society's Breakthrough
>
Society's Breakthrough (2002 vs present)
Wise-Democracy Amendment
Resources
Essential Wisdom
Charts of comparison
>
Democratic forms of thinking
Decision-making vs. Choice-creating
Dialog vs Deliberation vs Choice-creating
Citizens Assembly vs Wisdom Council
Dynamic Facilitation vs. Traditional Facilitation
Articles & Books
>
Wisdom of Dynamic Facilitation
Transforming the Public Conversation
A Rebirth of We the People
The Circle System
DF & WC seminars
Presentations
Conferences
>
Surfing Democracy I
Surfing Democracy II
Video archive (2000-2010)
Archive Audios
Support the Work!
Practitioners
Stay in touch
Democracy Doulas