Leading Engagement: Involving People in the Decisions that Affect Them
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Learn how other communities ignite civic engagement and create meaningful stakeholder and public dialogue on tough issues. Find more effective ways to engage people in shaping the future that affects them.
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- Practice using and hosting a set of simple, yet powerful conversational process for thinking together, such as Circle, Appreciative Inquiry, World Cafe, Open Space and Pro-action Cafe.
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- Move beyond ‘planning a meeting’ to developing multi-step engagement processes, including diverse methods to effectively capture and use community input.
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