August 14, 2018
Providing opportunities for people to express their opinions is only the first step in efforts to address difficult community problems. We also need our public processes to allow people to develop mutual under-standing and trust. We need processes that help us elevate quality arguments and expose weak or manipulative ones.
August 14, 2018
Austin, Texas, is using television to scale-up public participation in ways that are more cost-effective and less labor-intensive than other public engagement methods.
August 14, 2018
The term “social capital” has no universally accepted meaning. It is up to its users to add new meanings and interpretations to our collective understanding of this very useful community-building concept.
August 14, 2018
The death of an African-American in police custody led to a community dialogue and, ultimately, to the development of efforts to engage the public in problem-solving and decision-making.