12 Years of Herding Cats…

National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation

NCDD Board of DirectorsSandy Heierbacher, DirectorRoshan Bliss, Blog Curator

Agenda• Welcome • NCDD overview• Lessons learned (part 1)• Discussion: aspirations for the next phase of the

field• Lessons learned (part 2)• Discussion: challenges & opportunities for the

field• Playing a facilitative role in this community• Next steps

What terms do you use to describe the work you do relating to dialogue

and deliberation?

Words NCDD Members Use

NCDD’s Purpose:

Strengthening and uniting the “dialogue &

deliberation community.”

Supporting Innovators in D&D

Open-Source Philosophy•Membership is open to those who can’t afford to pay the fee

•Resources shared widely – no “members only”

•Popular listserv open to all

•Highly consultative, iterative

Welcoming

Discuss for 3 to 4 mins:

How do you find out about others doing work in your field and related

fields?

What Members Value•High quality, extensive website and resources

•Large, responsive, knowledgeable network

•Communication strategies & style

•Biennial national conference as a focal point for field building

Membership Map

Our Conferences

21 Categories

130 Tags2,900

Resources

We share NCDD’s Work

Many Others’ Work

Opportunities to Contribute

The NCDD Discussion list

www.ncdd.org/listservs

Too Much Information?

NCDD as a Lean Startup

Lean & Mighty Staff

Strategic Alliances•Kettering Foundation

•CommunityMatters Partnership

•Creating Community Solutions

•IAP2 Canada, Participedia

•And more!

What would be the benefit to you – and to society – if the field

were even more developed/robust?

Discuss your shared aspirations for the next

phase of the field.

2010 Regional EventsAustinBoston

PortlandDenver

San Francisco

2010 All-Star Sponsors

2014 Conference Sponsors

Five Challenge Areas •Framing •Systems•Evaluation•Inclusion•Moving from talk to action

The “Framing Challenge”

What do you think is one of the field’s biggest

challenges, and one of the biggest opportunities?

Bridging Tech Enthusiasts & Tech

Skeptics

Codigital Experiment

Learning from Social Media

www.ncdd.org/social for links

Education

Civic/adult educ.Dewey/Freire

Experiential and service learning

Public reasonHabermas/Rawls

Public sphereEthics, logic, and judgment

Multi-stakeholderdispute resolution

Democratic theory Local/state politics Public opinion

Civil society

Power/conflict Diversity studies

Community organizing

Collaborative problem solving

Community building Community development

Philosophy

Political Science/Public Affairs

Journalism

Public Administration

Sociology/Social Work

InformationTechnology

NaturalResources/

Environ-mentalStudies

Online deliberationGroup decision

support systemsPublic and civic

journalismMediated delib.

Law

Public lawMediation

DeliberativeDemocracy &CollaborativeGovernance

Communication

Conflict resolutionSmall group/org. comm.

Intercultural dialogueRhetoric/political comm.

Urban Planning/

Civil Engineering

CooperativeExtension

Democratic governanceCollaborative

decisionmaking and public participation

PublicHealth

Deliberation in the disciplines

Public role inpolicy decisions

Public role indesign charettes

What is NCDD’s role?•Community of practice / hub

•Facilitative leader

•Encouraging collaboration to achieve shared goals

Newtown Example

What should be NCDD’s role in

helping achieve our aspirations for the

field?

More at: www.ncdd.orgEmail: hq@ncdd.org