This 5-page PowerPoint document was created as a handout for the workshop entitled "Collaborative Governance in Local Government: Choosing Practice Models and Assessing Experience" given by Terry Amsler, Lisa Blomgren Bingham, and Malka Kopell at the 2006 NCDD Conference in San Francisco. The session addressed how civic engagement practitioners can assist local governments in thinking systematically about and choosing among the various forms of civic engagement in public decision-making. Using this and other documents, Kopell described a year-long process to involve the Menlo Park, California community in decisions about a sustainable funding strategy for city-provided services. (continue)

In June 2009, NCDD’s director Sandy Heierbacher created a number of public playlists on YouTube, featuring some great, short videos that show and/or introduce people to dialogue and deliberation. The playlists, which are added to regularly, can be found at www.youtube.com/user/sheierbacher/videos?view=pl. Here’s the playlist featuring Sandy’s absolute favorite D&D videos on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=FLAiollxZrTF4kFvLaGQCElw&feature=plcp Well over 100 YouTube videos are organized on these public playlists, which are periodically updated: About dialogue & deliberation (people talking about D&D) Dialogue & deliberation in practice (includes clips of actual ... (continue)