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12 Years of Herding Cats…

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National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation

NCDD Board of DirectorsSandy Heierbacher, DirectorRoshan Bliss, Blog Curator

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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

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

and deliberation?

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Words NCDD Members Use

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NCDD’s Purpose:

Strengthening and uniting the “dialogue &

deliberation community.”

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Supporting Innovators in D&D

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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

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Welcoming

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Discuss for 3 to 4 mins:

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

fields?

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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

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Membership Map

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Our Conferences

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21 Categories

130 Tags2,900

Resources

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We share NCDD’s Work

Many Others’ Work

Opportunities to Contribute

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The NCDD Discussion list

www.ncdd.org/listservs

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Too Much Information?

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NCDD as a Lean Startup

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Lean & Mighty Staff

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Strategic Alliances•Kettering Foundation

•CommunityMatters Partnership

•Creating Community Solutions

•IAP2 Canada, Participedia

•And more!

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

were even more developed/robust?

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Discuss your shared aspirations for the next

phase of the field.

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2010 Regional EventsAustinBoston

PortlandDenver

San Francisco

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2010 All-Star Sponsors

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2014 Conference Sponsors

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

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The “Framing Challenge”

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

challenges, and one of the biggest opportunities?

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Bridging Tech Enthusiasts & Tech

Skeptics

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Codigital Experiment

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Learning from Social Media

www.ncdd.org/social for links

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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

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

•Facilitative leader

•Encouraging collaboration to achieve shared goals

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Newtown Example

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What should be NCDD’s role in

helping achieve our aspirations for the

field?

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