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A why and how discussion of collaboration, explaining that it often is possible when we think it is not.
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Try Collaboration First!
A why and how discussion of collaboration, explaining that it often is possible when we think it is not.
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Collaborative Problem Solving and Consensus Building
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Seminar 14: Collaboration and the Power of Working Together
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Larry Susskind: Consensus Building in the Age of Trump
Listening to or caring about "the other side" has become much less common in "the age of Trump," but that just makes the roles of neutrals all the more important.
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Politics, Dialogue, and the Evolution of Democracy -- Introduction
An introduction to Ken Cloke's path-breaking book on politics, dialogue and democracy.
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Meditative, Interest-Based Approaches to Political Conflicts
Focusing on relationships and process as much as or more than content can help make political discussions more effective.
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Consensus Building
Consensus building is used to settle conflicts that involve multiple parties and complicated issues. The approach seeks to transform adversarial confrontations into a cooperative search for information and solutions that meet all parties' interests and needs.
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Problem-Solving Mediation
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Susan Carpenter and Heidi Burgess Reflect on Susan's 40+ Years' Experience Doing Consensus Building
Susan Carpenter has been working in the field of collaborative problem solving for over 40 years. She talked about the changes she's seen over those years, and the time-tested approaches she has come to rely on for success.
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An Entreaty: An excerpt from The New Civic Path: Restoring Our Belief in One Another and Our Nation by Richard C. Harwood
Rich Harwood's new civic path starts with turning outward toward one another, figuring out what we can agree on amid our differences, and getting in motion together to take action on what matters in our daily lives.
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Larry Susskind in the Negotiation Journal: Initiating Collaboration in the Midst of a Standoff
Breakthrough Collaboration is a strategy developed by the Consensus Building Institute to create "ripeness" for negotiation when none exists.
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ABA Cornerstones of Democracy: Civics, Civility and Collaboration Commission
ABA's Cornerstones of Democracy Conversation Guide to learn how to engage members in your community in civil conversations on critical issues.
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Collaborating Across Differences to Reduce Authoritarianism: A Literature Review
A literature review exploring the question: What are the practices that support groups that come together to collaborate across differences to reduce authoritarianism?
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Exploring the Collaboration Cycle
Community change is not linear, but more of a cyclical process. This mirrors phases of development found in ecology.
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The Collaboration Spectrum Tool
This tool will help groups decide where they are on the spectrum of collaboration include current level and idea level.