Post on 22-Aug-2014
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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
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