Category: civic engagement
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A New Blog at the Kettering Foundation
Inside Public Judgment is a space where Kettering hopes to share what we learn about how the public comes to judgment on difficult problems. My first post, Starting Points for Deliberative Politics, is live now.
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New Case Foundation Report: "To Be Fearless"
I’m pleased to announce that the Case Foundation has released a new report co-authored by me (with Cynthia Gibson) titled To Be Fearless. The report, commissioned for the Case Foundation’s fifteenth anniversary, is an exploration of what it means for organizations in the social sector to be fearless.
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The Deal Is Falling Apart: Seven Concerns About The Future
I recently was asked to recap some of the research I have been fortunate to be a part of as it relates to Americans’ concerns when they think about the future. I’ve had a chance to review focus group findings (and conduct a few of my own) for a number of projects over the past…
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Report: Civic Engagement Helps Communities Weather Economy
A report released today by the National Conference on Citizenship, CICLE (the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement), Civic Enterprises, Saguaro Seminar, and the National Constitution Center suggests that “levels of civic engagement in 2006 and 2008 strongly predicted how well states and large metro areas would weather the unemployment crisis…
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How-To: Framing Issues For Public Deliberation
I created a Prezi that goes through the process I use to frame issues for public deliberation, and filmed a video that walks through it. I thought this might be helpful in talking to colleagues about how I go about doing my work — it is not the only method to frame issues, but it…
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Interview On Building Community
My friend Craig Patterson asked me to cut a short video as a part of a series he was working on. He was asking a handful of participants to respond to the question: “How can we come together as a community to rebuild our community?” Here is my brief response.
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Add To Our Basic Needs: Balance
I am traveling today, so rather than post a lengthy article, I’d instead like to point you to a friend’s piece from earlier this year. One of my favorite thinkers on public life (and a good friend and colleague), John Creighton, wrote a wide-ranging essay as the new year turned about the mood of America.…
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Japanese Civics Lesson
This afternoon, in the locker room at my gym, I witnessed a scene I would not see just any old where. There were two Japanese men, one younger and in his twenties, the other looking mid-fifties or so. They were speaking to one another in a patois of Japanese and English. Mostly Japanese, with a…
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