Use this POST DATE ORDERED BLOG for Colleague Activities posts. Individual entries can be drawn from links to information about colleague activities posted elsewhere on the web or from write-ups that we have done and posted on BI (see "MBI Core Content Basic Pages" coded as "Seminar/Discussion: College Activities") NOTE: Entries need to be made for all existing Colleague Activity posts using the same Title and Facebook-Length Summary. 

Citizen Connect Participation Guide to the 2022 Midterm Elections

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Amid the flood of deceptive efforts to influence our votes in the upcoming US election, a project focused on helping people fulfill their civic obligations through informed voting.

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What is the Backfire Effect?

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From Omni-Win, an exploration of the "backfire effect," a cognitive bias that leads us to misinterpret information that challenges our beliefs as, instead, reinforcing those beliefs.

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Which Gun Laws Work? Article in RAND Policy Currents

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A six-year study evaluating scientific evidence about the effects of various gun laws on homicides, suicides, and mass shootings.

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53.20

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Reliable Problem Assessments

To Build a Bridge: The Bridge Alliance Podcasts

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A podcast series focused on illuminating the complex societal issues we face and highlighting the solution-oriented work of the many organizations and community leaders in the Bridge Allinace Network.

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50.00

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Projects to Emulate

Practical Approaches to Theories of Change in Conflict, Security, and Justice Programmes

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A DFID document presenting practical skills for developing high quality theories of change, and understading the role they play in conflict, security and justice program design and assessment.

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20.60

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Theories of Change

ICTs for Monitoring and Evaluation of Peacebuilding Programmes

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This paper explores the incorporation of information and communications technologies (ICTs) into the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems of peacebuilding programmes.

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86.00

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Monitoring and Evaluation

A Guide for Professional Journalism in Conflict Zones

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Exploring the challenges of reporting news from conflict zones, this guide provides a "time out" for journalists to reflect on their role as investigators and deiverers of information to society.

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42.00

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Constructive Communication

Citizen Connect

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A non-partisan platform to help Americans find ways to heal our political divides and strengthen our democracy by making it easy to find civic organizations and events of interest to all visitors.

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85.00

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Large-scale networking

The Fulcrum Newsletter

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The Fulcrum, from the Bridge Alliance, is a platform where insiders and outsiders to politics are informed, meet, talk, and act to repair our democracy and make it work in our everyday lives.

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52.20

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Effective Communication Strategies