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. 

Measuring the Un-Measurable

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This practical how-to guide provides tools, methodologies, and social science approaches that can be utilised for measuring intangible change in conflict affected and fragile environments.

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43.00

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Effective Problem Assessment

Adapting a Network's Theory of Change from Network Weaver

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A discussion of how networks can use a phased theory of change to grow together and to perpetuate more and new collaborations and eventually system change and large-scale impacts.

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20.60

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Theories of Change

Monuments, mascots, and Naming: A guide to Conversations and Community and Memory

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A guide to help everday citizens constructively explore and discuss controversies surrounding monuments, mascots, and names that some find uplifting, and others find offensive or destructive.

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52.20

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Effective Communication Strategies

The Perception Gap from "More in Common"

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A study exploring how Americans tend to have a distorted understanding of people on the other side of the aisle, what causes it, and why it matters.

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Effective Communication Strategies

Polarization Past and Present: What’s Changed? What’s Possible?

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Join the Network for Responsible Public Policy on Thurs Aug 25 at 7:30 pm EDT for a discussion of what can be done to bridge todays gaping divides.

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Finding middle ground on issues of race

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A thought-provoking essay that explores the difference between past and future-oriented moral philosophies and associated opportunities for diffusing racial tensions. #mbi_colleague

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Rare Peace Accord Signed in the Congo Thanks to George Mason's Carter School -- Video

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A short video about the DRC peace agreement brokered by the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution #mbi_colleague

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Rare peace accord signed in the Congo, thanks to Carter School’s community-centered approach

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Carter School Dean Alpaslan Özerdem reflects on the historic DRC peace agreement brokered by the Carter School--a unique process and role for an academic institution. #mbi_colleague

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Political Forgiveness Monthly: February Edition

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History is powerful and can be uncomfortable, but it is in history we can learn from the lessons of the past and forge a better future. #mbi_colleague

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unRival Network: A Creative Peacebuilding Community

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Built to overcome the loneliness and fatigue that inhibits innovation in nonviolent peacebuilding. It gives partners a collaborative place to refresh and grow. #mbi_colleague

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