This 62-page step-by-step handbook walks readers through the stages of sponsoring,convening, organizing, and participating in a public policy collaborative process. Designed primarily for elected and appointed government officials and civic leaders, the guide also is useful for those who provide leaders with the staff assistance, facilitation services, and support they need to employ these approaches effectively.
Order the Practical Guide to Collaborative Governance (please contact KTD directly for interational orders or bulk orders of 10 or more Guides).
The Practical Guide was developed and written by Chris Carlson, founding director of the Policy Consensus Initiative (now Kitchen Table Democracy) and a leading authority on consensus building in the public sector.
The Practical Guide to Collaborative Governance will help equip more leaders - present and future, in the public, private, and civic sectors - with the information and tools they need to bring about better governance through the use of collaborative practices, with instructions on how to:
- Understand the spectrum of collaborative processes
- Identify when collaborative processes will work and when they won't
- Sponsor a collaborative process
- Conduct an assessment
- Choose and use a neutral forum and facilitator
- Identify and work with a convener
- Ensure legitimacy for the process through inclusive participation
- Plan and organize the process
- Develop ground rules to guide the process
- Conduct problem-solving discussions and reach consensus agreements
- Create Mechanisms for implementation and on-going collaboration
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