ALA Center for Civic Life

Hosting Public Issues Forums @ your library

The Place Where Democracy Happens

Deliberative Dialogue Training Tools

ALA Center for Civic Life, Deliberative Dialogue Training Tools, http://connect.ala.org/file-manager/group/64933/Forum-Training-Tools

ALA Center for Civic Life, Deliberative Dialogue Training Webinars, Archived, Available for Download for Free at: http://www.programminglibrarian.org/learn/conveningmoderating-forums-your-library-getting-started-session-1-4

• Webinar 1: Getting Started–An Introduction to Convening Forums @ your library
• Webinar 2: Moderating Forums @ your library, Part 1–Nuts and Bolts
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  Webinar 3: Moderating Forums @ your library, Part 2—Step-by-Step

• Webinar 4: Convening Forums @ your library–Nuts and Bolts
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  Webinar 5: Guides for Community Discussions: National Issues Forums (NIF) and Others

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  Webinar 6: Naming and Framing Public Issues (Part 1)– Beyond Deadlock: A Better Way to Talk about Difficult Issues

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  Webinar 7: Naming and Framing Public Issues (Part 2)—Tools for Naming and Framing Public Issues

  Related Training Tools available at: 

  http://connect.ala.org/node/167956 and http://connect.ala.org/node/add/managed-file?og_group_ref=64933&folder=Naming%252525252525252520and%252525252525252520Framing%252525252525252520Webinar%252525252525252520Resources

  Future Training: Watch our Calendar and Blog at http://discuss.ala.org/civicengagement/

Resources from other groups:

America Speaks, Publications, http://americaspeaks.org/resources/publications/

Community Toolbox, Resources, http://ctb.ku.edu/en/default.aspx

Deliberative Democracy Consortium, Resources, http://www.deliberative-democracy.net/index.php?option=com_docman&Itemid=92

Everyday Democracy, How-To Guides, http://www.everyday-democracy.org/en/HowTo.aspx

National Coalition on Dialogue and Deliberation, Resource Center, http://ncdd.org/rc/ and Resource Guide for Public Engagement, http://www.ncdd.org/files/NCDD2010_Resource_Guide.pdf

National Issues Forums Institute, Forum Starter Kit, http://nifi.org/forums/
starterkit.aspx and Network Contacts, http://nifi.org/network/index.aspx

Open Space World, Resources, http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/wiki.cgi?

Public Agenda, Resources and Assistance, http://www.publicagenda.org/
publicengagement/resources-assistance

Public Conversations Project, Fostering Dialogue Across Divides: A Nuts and
Bolts Guide, http://www.publicconversations.org/pcp/docs/resources/Jams_website.pdf and Constructive Conversations for Challenging Times, http://www.publicconversations.org/pcp/docs/CommGuideREV_9.2011.pdf

World Café, Resources, http://www.theworldcafe.com/toolstore.html