The latest:

• Thoughts from CSD’s Brandon Lee on yesterday’s call on red-blue dialogue
  Had a great time listening in to NCDD’s confab call this month on liberal-conservative dialogue. Unfortunately I had to jump off a little early, but there was still plenty of great conversation to be had.
• “Poverty/Wealth in America” is the September Inaugural Issue of the National Dialogue Network
  The National Dialogue Network (NDN) conducted a survey in April 2013. A total of 415 people participated (including both self-selected and random panel responses). The top ranked issue title selected was “Poverty/Wealth in America.”
• A timeline of major red-blue dialogue efforts in our network
  In preparation for our NCDD Confab call on Wednesday, May 15 on the current state of liberal-conservative dialogue, we’ve been thinking about key milestones and programs in this area that NCDD members have spearheaded or have played a major role in.

Most recently added:

• Reaching Out Across the Red Blue Divide
  This 4-page guide entitled Reaching Out Across the Red Blue Divide, One Person at a Time (available for download in PDF format) by PCP Associate and NCDD member Maggie Herzig is a step-by-step approach to inviting one other person—someone whose perspectives differ from your own—into a conversation, focusing on developing a better understanding of each other’s perspectives.
• Open Grounds program at the University of Virginia
  OpenGrounds programs, places and people are catalysts for forward-looking research and curricular initiatives that will redefine the public research university for the new millennium. The fundamental changes that are taking place globally reflect an unprecedented speed of technological and social transformation.
• The Case for Strengthening Personal Networks in California Local Government
  The term “innovation” is often applied to products emerging from the private sector. When innovation is discussed in the context of government, commentators generally concentrate on achievements at the federal level. The popular press rarely devotes attention to innovation in local government, or examines innovation as a process, rather than an output.

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