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		<title>Home for the Holidays: Dialogue Across Divides Among Family and Friends</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Living Room Conversations released the guide,&#160;Home for the Holidays: Dialogue Across Divides Among Family and Friends, which we&#160;found Fall 2017 (original publish date unknown). The guide give excellent pointers on how to hold living room conversations with family members taking into consideration all the challenges that family can bring. You can read the guide below, find a downloadable PDF here or the original on Living Room Conversation&#8217;s site here. From the guide&#8230; This year we&#8217;ve been hearing from all sorts of people that they want [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11923">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Choices: What Should We Do About America’s Energy Future? (NIFI Issue Guide)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 22:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The issue guide placemat, What Should We Do About America&#8217;s Energy Future?, was published on&#160;National Issues Forums Institute&#160;site in Summer 2017. This issue guide gives three options for participants to deliberate around the issue of how America&#8217;s energy consumption is sustainable. In addition to the issue guide placemat, there is also a post-forum questionnaire available to download on NIFI&#8217;s site here. From the guide&#8230; Meeting the United States&#8217; substantial appetite for energy raises a complex network of economic, environmental, and political issues. There are national-security [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11851">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the Goals of Deliberation Seriously: A Differentiated View on Equality and Equity in Deliberative Designs and Processes</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11816</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 13:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 20-page article,&#160;Taking the Goals of Deliberation Seriously: A Differentiated View on Equality and Equity in Deliberative Designs and Processes&#160;(2016), was written by Edana Beauvais and Andre Baechtiger, and&#160;published in the&#160;Journal of Public Deliberation: Vol. 12: Iss. 2. The article reviews the goals of healthy deliberative systems and the different designs of civic forums, including participant recruitment, nature of interaction, and decision-making.&#160;The authors reviews research which shows evidence that the design of a deliberative system affects its outcomes and goals. Read an excerpt of the [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11816">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>21st Century Civic Infrastructure: Under Construction</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11769</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2017 13:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 28-page paper,&#160;21st Century Civic Infrastructure: Under Construction,&#160;written by Jill Blair and Malka Kopell was commissioned by The Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions and published in spring 2015. The paper offers 3 keystones for building an effective and more equitable civic infrastructure: engaging all sectors; enlisting all voices; and creating vertical and horizontal thoroughfares for the exchange of information and practice. Below is an excerpt of the paper, which can be found in full on The Aspen Institute&#8217;s FCS&#8217;s site here. From the introduction&#8230; [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11769">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Civic Engagement Primer (PACE)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11755</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2017 13:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The resource, The Civic Engagement Primer, from Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) was released April 2017. It was designed to help philanthropies explore fostering civic engagement interests and increase their understanding of the civic engagement field. You can view the primer&#8217;s write up from PACE below and check out the primer on PACE&#8217;s site here. From the site&#8230; A&#160;new conversation about civic engagement is emerging. At PACE&#8211;a network of funders and foundations committed to civic engagement and democracy&#8211;we&#8217;ve seen the swell in interest and [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11755">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>Affinity Groups, Enclave Deliberation, and Equity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 42-page article, Affinity Groups, Enclave Deliberation, and Equity (2016), was written by Carolyne Abdullah, Christopher Karpowitz, and Chad Raphael, and&#160;published in the&#160;Journal of Public Deliberation: Vol. 12: Iss. 2. The article provides evidence&#160;for the practice of holding enclaves for marginalized groups within dialogue and deliberation processes, as part of a larger conversation. They have found that by creating space within affinity groups for enclaves to dialogue; processes are more inclusive,&#160;participatory, and democratic. The authors show several ways in which enclave groups can be used [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11734">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The World Café: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11722</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2017 15:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 300-page book, The World Cafe, was written by Juanita Brown and David Isaacs and published April 2005.&#160;In the first comprehensive book on the World Caf&#233;, co-founders Brown and Isaacs introduce readers to this simple yet powerful conversational process for thinking together, evoking collective intelligence, and creating actionable results. Beautifully illustrated with stories contributed by World Caf&#233; practitioners, this is still the most definitive compendium of Caf&#233; Know-How available. Available in&#160;Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Japanese, Simple Chinese, Complex Chinese, German, Korean, and Thai. Below is an [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11722">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Wise Democracy Project</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11676</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2017 13:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wise Democracy Project was initiated by Tom Atlee of the Co-Intelligence Institute with impetus and tremendous help from Martin Rausch in Switzerland, between July 2016 and March 2017. The Wise Democracy Project has been created to inspire the formation of a community of practice around approaches and innovations that can further the development of a democratic system capable of generating wise public policy and collective activities. &#8220;Wise&#8221; in this context means taking into account what needs to be taken into account for long-term broad [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11676">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Should We Reduce Obesity in America? (NIFI Issue Guide)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11656</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The issue guide, How Should We Reduce Obesity in America?, was published on&#160;National Issues Forums Institute&#160;site in Spring 2017. This issue guide gives three options for participants to deliberate around the issue of obesity in the US. In addition to the issue guide, there is a moderator&#8217;s guide and a post-forum questionnaire, all available to download on NIFI&#8217;s site here. From the guide&#8230; Obesity is a health problem that is growing rapidly in the United States and other parts of the world. In this country, [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11656">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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