RESOURCES AND ASSISTANCE
Community Conversations: An Inside Look at Citizen Deliberation in Action
Achieving the Dream: Community Conversations This communications piece documents Public Agenda’s public engagement work for an initiative aimed at closing achievement gaps at the nation’s community colleges. In addition to tracing and illustrating the Community Conversation process, this video shows how our model for public engagement builds capacity for public problem solving, setting us apart from from standard outreach efforts and from “event-oriented” approaches to engagement.
Achieving the Dream: Community Conversations This communications piece documents Public Agenda’s public engagement work for an initiative aimed at closing achievement gaps at the nation’s community colleges. In addition to tracing and illustrating the Community Conversation process, this video shows how our model for public engagement builds capacity for public problem solving, setting us apart from from standard outreach efforts and from “event-oriented” approaches to engagement.
Citizen Choicework Technical Assistance
Public Agenda's basic technical assistance package will guide your community or organization from the initial planning stages through the holding of one or more choicework forums on a topic of your choice. Our aim is to ensure a successful start to your public engagement initiative and build your capacity to continue this work without us.
Typically, our program contains the following components, but we are happy to speak with you about tailoring our assistance to suit your unique needs.
Public Agenda's basic technical assistance package will guide your community or organization from the initial planning stages through the holding of one or more choicework forums on a topic of your choice. Our aim is to ensure a successful start to your public engagement initiative and build your capacity to continue this work without us.
Typically, our program contains the following components, but we are happy to speak with you about tailoring our assistance to suit your unique needs.
Organizer, Moderator and Recorder Choicework Training
These sessions provide hands-on, practical training in Citizen Choicework for organizers, moderators, and recorders. They often make the most sense in the context of a customized program of technical assistance (below) but can sometimes be provided as stand-alones.
These sessions provide hands-on, practical training in Citizen Choicework for organizers, moderators, and recorders. They often make the most sense in the context of a customized program of technical assistance (below) but can sometimes be provided as stand-alones.
Framing Choicework Dialogues
A core challenge in any public engagement campaign is selecting an appropriate theme and presenting it in a way that helps people understand the basic values, conflicts and practical tradeoffs that different solutions offer. This one-day workshop offers a hands-on exploration of principles of effective issue-framing by analyzing examples of public engagement materials, and by working on framing an issue of interest to participants.
A core challenge in any public engagement campaign is selecting an appropriate theme and presenting it in a way that helps people understand the basic values, conflicts and practical tradeoffs that different solutions offer. This one-day workshop offers a hands-on exploration of principles of effective issue-framing by analyzing examples of public engagement materials, and by working on framing an issue of interest to participants.
Thematic Introductions to Public Engagement
This workshop covers most of the same topics as the introductory Principles and Strategies described above. The important difference is that "planning public engagement" is omitted and a module on a particular issue area is added, such as education, criminal justice reform or foreign policy.
This module includes a review of current public opinion research, an analysis of opportunities and likely resistances to engagement, and advice for planning a discussion or initiative around your theme.
This workshop covers most of the same topics as the introductory Principles and Strategies described above. The important difference is that "planning public engagement" is omitted and a module on a particular issue area is added, such as education, criminal justice reform or foreign policy.
This module includes a review of current public opinion research, an analysis of opportunities and likely resistances to engagement, and advice for planning a discussion or initiative around your theme.
Principles and Strategies for Successful Public Engagement
This introductory workshop provides essential background in the theory and practice of public engagement, as well as opportunities to begin planning public engagement campaigns and initiatives. Topics include:
This introductory workshop provides essential background in the theory and practice of public engagement, as well as opportunities to begin planning public engagement campaigns and initiatives. Topics include:
- Coming to public judgment: Yankelovich's seven-stage model
- Guidelines and principles for successful public engagement
- Public Agenda's Citizen Choicework approach to civic dialogue
- Optional: An observed choicework dialogue can be arranged through a local focus group facility
- Planning public engagement: First steps
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