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10 Ways to Build a Better Community Brainstorming Meeting

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Bonded groups are useful if you want to understand people's existing attitudes and impressions. Create a structure that values peoples' participation. The best book I've read on the topic is Facilitators Guide to Participatory Decision-Making by Sam Kaner. You also can't thank them/follow up quickly enough.

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Frameworks and Lessons from the Public Participation in Science Research Report

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What does the word "participatory" mean to you? The various definitions of participatory projects can lead to confusion and misunderstandings. Participation in science research is a good basis on which to develop a framework for participatory models because it is based on a consistent scientific process with many steps.

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Thoughts on 3six5, a Successful Participatory Project

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Yesterday, I had the delightful opportunity to participate in the 3six5 project , a yearlong participatory project in which 365 people write 365 journal entries for every day of 2010. The reward for participants of having your contribution displayed is fairly and clearly structured. Could your institution make the change?