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Community of Practice (CoP) Network
This is a resource for Madison Communities of Practice to come together, collaborate, offer resoruces and promote events.

Tools for Success and Other Resources
Specific tools for working effectively with groups.

• Leadership Management Resources from OHRD
• Office of Quality Improvement, UW-Madison
• Co-intelligence Institute toolbox: This page will focus on co-intelligence-related material that is specifically useful to those trying to organize communities or build local community co-intelligence capacity.
• Program on Negotiation (Harvard Law School): The latest news, opinions, and research in the field of negotiation.
• NCDD's "Best of the Best Resources" page: Information about what NCDD considers the must-have books on public engagement, articles, guides, tools for understanding the field, and more!
• Public Engagement Activities YouTube playlist: A collection of videos that include overviews of organizations like AmericaSpeaks as well as documentation of past public engagement gatherings.
• Resource Guide: Free Download from the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
• "Ladder of Citizen Participation" by Sherry Arnstein
• Facilitator U: Resources, a free weekly e-zine, and opportunities for classes
• Conflict Resolution through Team Building
• Team Building Activities: Alan Bernau Jr. provides a list of fun team building exercises to try
• Alliance for Innovation: A white paper identifying steps local governments can take to achieve a higher level of citizen engagement by strengthening connections 

Public Engagement Organizations

• AmericaSpeaks:
• CaliforniaSpeaks
• National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD)
• Deliberative Democracy Consortium (DDC)
• International Association for Public Participation (IAP2)
• Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR)
• International Association of Facilitators (IAF)
• The World Cafe
• Pomegranate Center
• Future Search
• Best Practices for Building Online Communities
• November 5th Coalition
• Open Space Technology | Open Space Online
• Citizen Participation by Objectives (CPO)
• Root Learning
• The Grove
• Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship (University of Michigan)
• Human System Dynamics Institute
  
• Alliance for Innovation

Readings
Books, articles, and monographs that offer ideas and strategies for facilitators, managers, and others seeking to fully engage participants in effective group process

• "The Journey of Dialogue (selected chapters) by Elliinor and Gerard
  What is Dialogue?
  Putting it Together
  Our Expanding World View
• Sam Kaner's Model- Facilitating the 'Groan Zone' in group decision-making: Dynamics of Group Decision-Making
• Meg Wheatley's 'Emergence' Model: Taking Social Innovations to Scale
• "Making Choices Together: The Power of Public Diliberation" (excerpt)
• AmericaSpeaks Article: "Leveraging Philanthropy to Make Civic Engagement Count" by Carolyn Lukensmeyer and Steve Brigham
• Darcy Riddell, "Evolving Approaches to Conservation: Integral Ecology and Canada's Great Bear Rainforest"
• Laura W. Black, "The Promise and Problems of Online Deliberation"
• "Connecting Communities Learning Exchange: A Resident-to-Resident Learning Exchange"
• Peter Block, Community:  The Structure of Belonging, Chapter 12:  "The Possibility, Ownership, Dissent, Commitment, and Gifts Conversations"