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		<title>Meeting Facilitation Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following meeting facilitation tips were submitted by John Godec of The Participation Company. As public sector consultants, The Participation Company helps government agencies manage public issues to accomplish agency objectives. Their private sector business clients are able to maintain or improve their relationships with the public and gain support for their projects. Facilitating meetings can be both an art and a science when the issues being discussed are comparably complex. Getting the right people involved in the discussion from the start can go a [&#8230;] <a href="https://ncdd.org/rc/item/12312/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More Than a Seat at the Table: A Resource for Authentic and Equitable Youth Engagement</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11742</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2017 13:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The article, More Than a Seat at the Table: A Resource for Authentic and Equitable Youth Engagement (2016),&#160;was&#160;written&#160;by Rebecca Reyes and Malana Rogers-Bursen, and published on&#160;Everyday Democracy. &#160;This article explores several challenges when it comes to youth engagement and offers solutions to more effectively engage young people. It is important to engage young people in meaningful ways and for them to be a part of the key decision-making processes. Use this article as a way to gauge if your processes are inclusive of young people [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11742">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Equity in School Forums: An Interview with John Landesman</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11646</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 14-page article, Equity in School Forums: An Interview with John Landesman (2016),&#160;was written by Carolyne Abdullah, Christopher Karpowitz, and Chad Raphael, and published in the&#160;Journal of Public Deliberation: Vol. 12: Iss. 2. In the article, the authors interview Landesman of Everyday Democracy to share his experience working to address the barriers within the Montgomery County Study Circles Program, which he helped to coordinate. Landesman clarifies the importance between equality and equity; and how these play out when designing a process to effective address the [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11646">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Community Conversations About Mental Health</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11363</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2016 14:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 20-page discussion guide, Community Conversations About Mental Health (2013),&#160;was sponsored&#160;by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration&#160;(SAMHSA), an agency of the&#160;U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services. This guide was prepared for SAMHSA by Abt Associates and its subcontractors, the Deliberative Democracy Consortium and Everyday Democracy. In the guide are instructions for hosting and facilitating community dialogues around mental health issues today and especially for young people; how to identify challenges and what ways to support youth mental health. The beginning of the [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11363">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Racial Dynamics to Watch For</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10973</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2016 13:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The two-page tip sheet from Everyday Democracy,&#160;Racial Dynamics to Watch For, was&#160;published April 2010. The tip sheet gives pointers on how to keep racial dynamics in mind, in order to design better and more inclusive programs/events. The tip sheet gives advice for three categories:&#160;Planning and organizing,&#160;Dialogues and facilitation, and&#160;Working on Action.&#160;Below is an excerpt from the tip sheet and it&#8217;s available on Everyday Democracy&#8217;s site&#160;here. From Everyday Democracy&#8230; As you approach a large community-change initiative, pay attention to racial dynamics. Consider the following examples. Talk [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10973">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What’s Race Got to Do with It? (Video)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10525</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 49-minute video, What&#8217;s Race Got to Do with It?,&#160;published by California Newsreel in 2006, shows the journey of a diverse group of 16 UC Berkeley students who participated in a&#160;semester-long intergroup dialogue program sponsored by University of California, Berkeley Ethnic Studies Department and Stiles Hall.&#160;The&#160;students were part of the class, &#8220;FACING YOU, FACING ME: Race, Class &#38; Gender Among UCB Student Leaders&#8221;, led by David Stark and co-facilitator, Jerlena Griffin-Destaco.&#160;An online facilitator&#8217;s guide is available on PDF&#160;here. Below is a six minute clip from [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10525">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>7 Tips For Facilitating Discussions On Community-Police Relations</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10310</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2015 13:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The article from Everyday Democracy, 7 Tips For Facilitating Discussions On Community-Police Relations,&#160;offers seven guidelines for creating a more comfortable space when facilitating dialogue between the community and police. Below are the seven tips and on Everyday Democracy&#8217;s site, you can find the full tip guidelines with examples. Check out it on their site here. From Everyday Democracy&#8230; Having conversations about community-police relations can sometimes be uncomfortable. To help dialogue participants feel at ease, facilitators should come prepared to explain certain points at the beginning [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10310">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Leading Great Meetings: How to Structure Yours For Success</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10268</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2015 13:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 230-page book,&#160;Leading Great Meetings: How to Structure Yours for Success,&#160;by Dr. Richard Lent was&#160;published June 2015. This book discusses how providing structure to meetings can help to create more productive meetings and offers 32 tools to conduct better meetings. More about the book&#8230; Recent advances in helping groups talk together to provide new ways to run effective meetings naturally&#8230;a structural approach. All meetings come with structures that affect how we behave in them. Structure includes how leaders frame a task, include different views, support [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10268">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UC Davis Extension: Conflict Resolution Courses</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10057</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2015 13:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From UC Davis Extension, The Conflict Resolution Professional Concentration, which has proven tools to resolve conflicts, negotiate agreements, deal with difficult people, facilitate groups and build consensus. In a streamlined format composed of three courses, the program prioritizes theory and practical tools to equip students to resolve every type of conflict and positively impact people, organizations, programs and policies. These courses are designed for professionals seeking to further develop their effectiveness and leadership skills in a broad variety of fields including government, business, health care, [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10057">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Read the Room for Real</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/9355</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2015 13:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read the Room for Real: How a Simple Technology Creates Better Meetings&#160;(2015) by David Campt and Matthew Freeman is a 200-page&#160;book intended for facilitators, presenters, conference planners, or anyone who is curious about how to use increasingly accessible audience polling technology to improve meetings. Campt and Freeman&#160;have a deep background in facilitating dialogues about difficult diversity issues and as well as refining dialogic processes on all matter of topics for very small to very large groups of people. From the DWC Group&#8230; Read the Room [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/9355">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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