4. Challenges we’re facing…
Disillusionment with public institutions
Partisan politics fostering “us against them”
attitudes
Social fabric strained by disconnection, isolation
and “echo chamber”
Complex, growing challenges no one entity can
solve
“Customer” view of government
Few places where people can build their “civic
muscle” in ways that feel safe, practical and
productive
5. What we need more of…
Processes that encourage participation,
personal responsibility, cooperation and action
Moving from a “deficit” based perspective of
community to one that sees and leverages
“assets”
Deliberative conversations that consider
diverse views and values, and weigh carefully
the tradeoffs of possible actions
Opportunities to strengthen relationships
through meaningful dialogue about issues that
matter
6. Core Principles for Public
Engagement
Careful planning Transparency and
and preparation trust
Inclusion and Impact and action
demographic Sustained
diversity engagement and
Collaboration and participatory culture
shared purpose
Openness and
learning
From National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
7. Core Principles for Public
Engagement
Careful planning Transparency and
and preparation trust
Inclusion and Impact and action
demographic
diversity Sustained
Collaboration and engagement and
shared purpose participatory
Openness and culture
learning
From National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
8. Asset-Based Community
Development
INCLUSION
& “ABCD helps us see people and
DIVERSITY places not as problems for experts
to solve, but as being full of hidden
assets, skills and strengths that
can be harnessed.”
- Kretzmann & McKnight
9. Asset-Based Community
Development
It is the capacities of local
people and their
associations that build
powerful communities.
ABCD is a place-based
approach focusing on the
assets of an identified
geographic area. The focus is
on identifying the individuals
that already care about issues
and mobilizing their action.
10. Three “Acts” of ABCD
Source: ABCD Fellow Dan Dunchan www.hddabcd.org
11. Asset Mapping
Is NOT just another list of resources.
It IS:
A strategy to identify assets that are available
from within the community
A process for connecting and engaging the
community and using the talents of people to
help solve problems and build a better
community
12.
13.
14. Asset Mapping Steps
Create a Resident Leadership Team
Select the geographic area for action
Draw first Asset Map
Identify individual gifts and passions
Draw second Asset Map
Connect people with the same passions to act
collectively
Celebrate
Source: ABCD Fellow Dan Dunchan www.hddabcd.org
18. Identify individual gifts and
passions
Conduct a gift inventory
Interview people you know
What gifts, skills or abilities are they’re willing to
share?
What issues do they care about?
What associations to they belong to?
Who else do they know in the neighborhood
and would they be willing to interview them?
Source: ABCD Fellow Dan Dunchan www.hddabcd.org
19. Create a Second Asset Map
Group and map by passions
Source: ABCD Fellow Dan Dunchan www.hddabcd.org
25. Examples of initiatives since
2008:
Physical Health:
• New fitness classes
• Weight-loss and fitness
competitions
• Development of walking trails
Social Health:
• Adding healthy foods to
community events
• Created Scottish Festival
Economic Health:
• Created microenterprise loan
program Fellow Dan Dunchan www.hddabcd.org
Source: ABCD
26. Deliberative Forums
IMPACT
& Deliberation is “the kind of reasoning
ACTION and talking we do when a difficult
decision has to be made, a great deal
is at stake, and there are competing
options or approaches we might take.
It means to weigh possible actions
carefully by examining what is most
valuable to us.”
27. DEBATE VS. DELIBERATION
DEBATE DELIBERATION
• Searching for • Searching for strength
differences in another position
• Seeks to prove others • Seeks common
understanding
wrong
• Reveals assumptions
• Defends assumptions for reevaluation
as truth • Listen to understand
• Listen to find flaws and find meaning in
and counter agreement
arguments • Goal is to find
• Goal is to win common ground for
action
28. Strategies for changing the
conversation
Structured conversation with ground rules
Authentic framing or discussion guide
Neutral and trained moderator and recorder
Committed participants
Deliberation is based on the premise that many
people have pieces of the answer and that
together they forge new approaches and
solutions.
29. Why a Deliberative Forum?
Learn the concerns people have about an
issue.
Foster willingness to examine all sides of
possible choices.
Identify the consequences, costs, and
benefits associated with various approaches.
Work through the inherent conflicts and
identify shared values
Find a shared sense of direction or common
ground for public action.
30. Why a Deliberative Forum?
Helps people more deeply understand their own
views and those of others
Creates new opportunities for collaboration
Helps people see new possibilities for action
Strengthens relationships
Gives policy makers clarity on priorities and
tradeoffs people are willing to accept
38. Community Dialogues
“Dialogue is a process of genuine
SUSTAINED
interaction through which human
ENGAGEMENT beings listen to each other deeply
enough to be changed by what they
learn. Each makes a serious effort to
take others’ concerns into her or his
own picture, even when disagreement
persists. No participant gives up her
or his identity, but each recognizes
enough of the other’s valid human
claims that he or she will act
differently toward the other.”
- Harold Saunders, A Public Peace Process
39.
40. Interfaith Community Small-group
Dialogues open to the conversations on topics
public. Hosted by such as:
Interfaith Action of
Central Texas since • Civility and
2009 Polarization
• Reconciliation
• Religion and the State
• Authenticity
• Security
• Wisdom
• Connectivity
41. Conversation Café
The Circle
The Host
Simple and The Agreements
Elegant Design:
The Talking Object
The Rounds
From Conversation Café – www.conversationcafe.org
42. The Agreements
Open-mindedness: Listen to and respect all points
of view.
Acceptance: Suspend judgment as best you can.
Curiosity: Seek to understand rather than persuade.
Discovery: Question assumptions, look for new
insights.
Sincerity: Speak from your heart and personal
experience. From Conversation Café – www.conversationcafe.org
43. The Process
The Circle – Rounds of 6 to 8 people
The Topic – A question, theme or topic the group
will explore
Host – Introductions, Agreements, Process
Talking Object – To foster deeper listening and
speaking
Rounds – First Round, Open Dialogue, Final
Round
From Conversation Café – www.conversationcafe.org
44. The Benefits
Simple, effective model that is easy to
implement
Moves people from “small talk” to
conversations that matter
Helps people have experience of being
heard and having civil, thoughtful
conversation
Fosters understanding and builds
relationships
From Conversation Café – www.conversationcafe.org
46. Resources and Contact
information
National Coalition for Dialogue &
Deliberation
www.ncdd.org
National Issues Forums
www.nifi.org
Conversation Café
www.conversationcafe.org
Asset Based Community Development
www.abcdinstitute.org
Diane Miller, (512) 971-3033, dmiller@civiccollaboration.com
Hinweis der Redaktion
Planning – adequate, inclusive, thorough – clearly defined purposeInclusion – proactively and equitably include diverse people and ideasCollaboration – encourage participants, government, community institutions to work together to come up with solutions that work for allOpenness – encourage listening, exploring new ideas, generate new optionsTransparency – clear about process, provide access to output generated in public processImpact – ensure effort and participant input has potential to make a difference; communicate how it didSustained – promote ongoing practice of public engagement – becomes the norm