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		<title>Comments and Questions About Our Workbook</title>
		<link>http://buildingdialogue.wordpress.com/2013/06/05/comments-and-questions-about-our-workbook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our workbook was designed to fill a gap: there are very few tools to help you evaluate how effective a particular engagement process like visioning, or &#8220;deliberative dialogue&#8221; might be in your community, before committing resources.  So the success of &#8230; <a href="http://buildingdialogue.wordpress.com/2013/06/05/comments-and-questions-about-our-workbook/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buildingdialogue.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13513518&#038;post=1077&#038;subd=buildingdialogue&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Planning For Civil Discourse About Gun Violence</title>
		<link>http://buildingdialogue.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/planning-for-civil-discourse-about-gun-violence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we noted in our last post, political parties and citizens alike remain deeply divided on what might be done to reduce gun violence. There is however growing support for reducing that violence. Doing so will require more  substantive and civil dialogue &#8230; <a href="http://buildingdialogue.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/planning-for-civil-discourse-about-gun-violence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buildingdialogue.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13513518&#038;post=1050&#038;subd=buildingdialogue&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guns and Dialogue: Exploring Why Civil Discourse Is So Difficult</title>
		<link>http://buildingdialogue.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/guns-and-dialogue-exploring-why-civil-discourse-is-so-difficult/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sjr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the mass shooting in Newtown, communities around the nation began dialogues on what steps might be taken to reduce gun violence.  Some states have adopted new laws, and in others no resolution has been forthcoming.  As Congress returns next &#8230; <a href="http://buildingdialogue.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/guns-and-dialogue-exploring-why-civil-discourse-is-so-difficult/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buildingdialogue.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13513518&#038;post=1046&#038;subd=buildingdialogue&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dialogues on Development: Making Big Changes</title>
		<link>http://buildingdialogue.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/dialogues-on-development-making-big-changes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DaveO</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week we looked at ways to improve urban spaces by starting small and engaging the public. Yet there are times when more formal planning processes are needed. If, for instance, zoning codes need to be updated or changing &#8230; <a href="http://buildingdialogue.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/dialogues-on-development-making-big-changes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buildingdialogue.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13513518&#038;post=993&#038;subd=buildingdialogue&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dialogues on Development: Starting Small</title>
		<link>http://buildingdialogue.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/dialogues-on-development-starting-small/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DaveO</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Urban development is often a difficult process that can create new conflicts and exacerbate old ones, particularly when larger plans are “announced” by community leaders to a public that has not been actively engaged in the planning process and does &#8230; <a href="http://buildingdialogue.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/dialogues-on-development-starting-small/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buildingdialogue.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13513518&#038;post=990&#038;subd=buildingdialogue&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Navigating Our Blog</title>
		<link>http://buildingdialogue.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/navigating-our-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DaveO</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the official blog of The Communications Center, Inc. Read about our new workbook! Read about how to approach dialogues on gun violence and download our article funded by the National Institute for Civil Discourse. On this blog we link &#8230; <a href="http://buildingdialogue.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/navigating-our-blog/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buildingdialogue.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13513518&#038;post=974&#038;subd=buildingdialogue&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012 in review</title>
		<link>http://buildingdialogue.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/2012-in-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sjr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for our blog which you are welcome to read below.   Our readership continues to grow. We will soon be publishing an e-book and starting a new series on &#8220;cognitive errors&#8221;,  &#8230; <a href="http://buildingdialogue.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/2012-in-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buildingdialogue.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13513518&#038;post=970&#038;subd=buildingdialogue&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate ABA Mediation Week 2012</title>
		<link>http://buildingdialogue.wordpress.com/2012/10/15/celebrate-aba-mediation-week-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sjr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to ABA Mediation Week 2012!  You are invited to join us at a celebration of mediation and civil public discourse at the University Missouri law school on Friday October 19 at 5:30 p.m.  The ABA&#8217;s Mediation Week Tool-kit features &#8230; <a href="http://buildingdialogue.wordpress.com/2012/10/15/celebrate-aba-mediation-week-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buildingdialogue.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13513518&#038;post=955&#038;subd=buildingdialogue&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Collaboration: Accounting For Conflict</title>
		<link>http://buildingdialogue.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/collaboration-accounting-for-conflict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sjr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some conflict is like a latent staph infection in a body that otherwise seems healthy &#8211; waiting to flare up and dangerous when it does.   Well-meaning efforts to engage the public can founder in the face of such a flare-up.  &#8230; <a href="http://buildingdialogue.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/collaboration-accounting-for-conflict/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buildingdialogue.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13513518&#038;post=948&#038;subd=buildingdialogue&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Collaboration: Ready or Not</title>
		<link>http://buildingdialogue.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/collaboration-ready-or-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our last post we talked about  the importance of assessing your community&#8217;s readiness and resilience before determining how to move forward.   Some communities are ready to collaborate, and public engagement efforts will work there relatively well.  Other communities are &#8230; <a href="http://buildingdialogue.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/collaboration-ready-or-not/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=buildingdialogue.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13513518&#038;post=934&#038;subd=buildingdialogue&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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