Civil society/Catalogs/Deliberation and dialogue techniques

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Dialogue and Deliberation are terms of art for an extremely broad category of conversational and communication approaches. They are used for citizens to engage themselves in the discussion and consideration of public issues and public affairs, as well as clients and consumers in mediation and efforts at problem-solving and a wide variety of other uses. At the linked pages are brief definitions of each of the approaches listed, and links to related pages.

• Deliberation [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Dialogue [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Deliberative democracy [r]: An approach in democratic political systems to opinion formation and decision-making by informed publics discussing and critically assessing multiple points of view. Deliberation is encouraged in the belief that enlarged understandings and ultimately, better decisions and policies will result. ^[e]

Specific Approaches To Deliberation and Dialogue

Items in this list will eventually include the name, definition and further references for each approach.

• Action research [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Appreciative inquiry [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Sustained dialogue [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Public deliberation [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Wisdom council [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Citizen juries [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Civic journalism [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Community action [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Community development [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Compassionate listening [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Citizen participation [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Community design team [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Local issue forum [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mediation [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Narrative mediation [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Plenary review [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Needs assessment [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Open space [r]: A process or method (thus, "technology") to convene people for a conference, retreat or meeting in which attendees are guided to generate the agenda as well as participate, usually through small group break-out sessions, by a facilitator or session leader who has no agenda other than drawing out the shared interests of the participants. ^[e]
• Public conversations [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Question mapping [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Roundtable [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Salon [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Social survey [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Study circle [r]: Add brief definition or description