Interactivity Foundation and About - Healthy Democracy | Healthy Democracy 02/21/2015

• Interactivity Foundation
  The Interactivity Foundation ("IF") engages citizens in small group discussions to develop and explore multiple and contrasting possibilities for long-term public policy and democratic governance. IF is non-partisan and does not engage in advocacy on behalf of any of the public policy possibilities developed by its projects or discussion processes. IF is an operating foundation and does not make grants.
  Tags: citizen engagement, group discussion, deliberation, democratic governance, interactivity, foundation
  • - By Brian G. Dowling
• About - Healthy Democracy | Healthy Democracy
  MISSION Healthy Democracy is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to elevating the public’s voice in our democracy. We work to advance innovative and powerful ways for the public to engage in the democratic process and improve our political discourse.
  Tags: democracy, public voice, engagement, political discourse, community engagement
  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Social Innovation Lab — A place for community change makers to get new thinking and connections to advance their work 02/04/2015

• Social Innovation Lab — A place for community change makers to get new thinking and connections to advance their work
  The Social Innovation Labs started in 2012 in partnership with the Bush Foundation. In the past two years, more than 1,200 community change makers have participated in 11 lab events. Each lab has had a different theme, but all of them focused on the following overall goal and strategies: Our vision: All Minnesotans thrive in a socially just, ecologically sound, and economically sustainable ecosystem of social innovation. More about our vision: The fruits of the ecosystem and the cultural soil that makes it possible: visioniconStrategies to move toward this vision: 1. Learn new tools and ways of seeing things 2. Advance innovative projects 3. Connect with other change makers Simple rules for the Lab: 1. Bring an open heart, mind, and will  2. Listen to the part, whole, and greater whole 3. Attend to difference, privilege and disparity 4. Tango with different perspectives to seek unexpected sparks 5. Invite a balance of creativity and structure 6. Honor commitments
  Tags: connections, thinking, makers, social innovation, community building, change agents
  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Govtech Fund 01/21/2015

• Govtech Fund
  We harness the power of ◤transformers, ◤technology, and ◤capital to help government become more efficient, responsive, and better able to serve society.
  Tags: fund, finance, technology, venture capital, startups, govtech
  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Public Conversations Project 01/12/2015

• Public Conversations Project
  Public Conversations Project fosters constructive conversation where there is conflict driven by differences in identity, beliefs, and values. We work locally, nationally, and globally to provide dialogue facilitation, training, consultation, and coaching. We help groups reduce stereotyping and polarization while deepening trust and collaboration and strengthening communities. At the core of many of today’s most complex social problems is a breakdown in relationships that leads to mistrust, gridlock, and fractured communities. Public Conversations’ method addresses the heart of this breakdown: we work to shift relationships, building the communication skills and trust needed to make action possible and collaboration sustainable.
  Tags: dialogue, facilitation, conversations, complex societies, collaboration
  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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