debmarois

Member since : May-27-2009 (Verified)

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Voted On Idea : Conferences for Collaboraiton (or End Traditional Conferences) 9 months ago

Voted On Idea : A national citizens' assembly to represent the people's wisdom 9 months ago

Voted On Idea : Use Randomly Selected Citizen Deliberative Councils to tap the collective wisdom of We the People 9 months ago

Voted On Idea : Teaching citizens how to facilitate and experience true dialogue 9 months ago

Comments Posted : Teaching citizens how to facilitate and experience true dialogue 9 months ago

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debmarois 9 months ago

In addition to training citizen facilitators, I believe its important to train government staff from city, county and state level departments. Without this, public participation, engagement and collaboration can quickly go south. I've seen city-sponsored meetings that seek to gain public input end up in shouting matches that could have been avoided with very simple, basic facilitation skills. This in turn frustrates government representatives that have good intentions and leads to an attitude that citizen engagement is scary, not worth the trouble, etc. I would also add training in collaboration skills.

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