Facilitating Public Deliberations

As we draw this podcast series to a close, it’s fitting to take a global perspective on public deliberation with Claudia Chwalisz [https://claudiachwalisz.com] who leads the OECD’s work on innovative citizen participation.  Claudia is co-authoring a number of influential reports, convening a global network and maintaining an online digest, Participo [https://medium.com/participo]. LINKS Catching the Deliberate Wave report [https://www.oecd.org/gov/innovative-citizen-participation-and-new-democratic-institutions-339306da-en.htm] Leading Deliberative Democracy short course [https://open.uts.edu.au/uts-open/study-area/business-and-transformation/leadership--management/leading-deliberative-democracy/] Doing Deliberative Democracy short course [https://open.uts.edu.au/uts-open/study-area/public-policy--governance/doing-deliberative-democracy/] Music [https://www.purple-planet.com/] acknowledgement

Bobbi Allan [https://www.stillnessinaction.net/about-us-2/] was randomly selected for a public deliberation in early 2018. Coincidentally, she has a background as a facilitator so can offer an unusual perspective as she describes the residual effect of a deliberative experience.

This conversation is with Rhiann McLean [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhiann-mclean-04273a68/?msgControlName=reply_to_sender&msgConversationId=6193700031669751808&msgOverlay=true] (in Scotland) and Max Hardy [http://maxhardy.com.au/] (in Australia).  Both are dedicated to amplifying the voices of people with disability—through research and public deliberations.” LINKS Research Voices Citizens’ Jury [https://www.sldo.ac.uk/inclusive-research/research-voices-project/about-the-project/] Video of the Research Voices Citizens’ Jury [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qni1zBxJi7Q&pbjreload=101] Report from Research Voices Citizens’ Jury [https://www.sldo.ac.uk/media/1905/research-voices-citizens-jury-recommendations-report.pdf] NDIS Citizens’ Jury [https://pwd.org.au/ndis-citizens-jury-scorecard/#:~:text=The%20National%20Disability%20Insurance%20Scheme,September%202014%20and%20May%202015.] Video of NDIS Citizens’ Jury [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KScan4Mwk8Q] Music [https://www.purple-planet.com/] acknowledgement

Kara Dillard [https://www.jmu.edu/commstudies/people/faculty/dillard-kara.shtml] is an Assistant Professor at James Madison University in the US. She is also the operations specialist for Common Ground for Action [https://www.nifi.org/en/cga-online-forums] (CGA), an online variant of National Issues Forum [https://www.nifi.org/en] (NIF). In this episode, Kara explains this short-form process, as well as its strengths and challenges. As a moderator training specialist for NIF she offers insight into the difference between online and face-to-face facilitation. LINKS Kettering Foundation [https://www.kettering.org] Amy Lee [https://polisci.osu.edu/people/lee.8989], Department of Political Science, Ohio State University Common Ground for Action: A 90-min Forum in a 5-min Video [https://vimeo.com/364094953] Music [https://www.purple-planet.com/] acknowledgement

Dr Kath Fisher [https://www.scu.edu.au/about/contacts/staff-directory/staff/43078.php] is an extremely experienced professional facilitator. She is also an academic at Southern Cross University (Lismore, Australia). In this episode, Kath shares some of her journey and offers a number of useful techniques that she uses routinely in public deliberations. Documents Kath referred to in this episode * A summary of the report produced from the CSIRO project * A copy of an excellent consensus decision making resource she uses in her facilitation * An example of a feedback/evaluation form she uses for evaluating citizens’ juries You can find these documents on the newDemocracy Foundation website page for this podcast: https://www.newdemocracy.com.au/category/library/podcast/ [https://www.newdemocracy.com.au/category/library/podcast/] Music [https://www.purple-planet.com/] acknowledgement