Why Frame Issues for Public Deliberation?
Some issues are locally or regionally urgent, requiring timely attention by local organizers. National issues are framed when it's obvious that a public policy problem is so systemic as to require a national decision. This is really the exception to the rule, however. Most problems that are urgent and important are local problems. Local leaders recognize the emergence of a public dilemma as they listen to their neighbors. It's important for local people to have the tools of public deliberation for use long before problems grow to a national prominence. Adaptive Issue Framing can be learned relatively quickly by NIF practitioners for local application. Research Issue Framing, on the other hand, involves in-depth community research techniques and requires skills in facilitating group processes.
What's Involved in the Adaptive Issue Framing Workshop?
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How to choose an appropriate, existing framing for local deliberation |
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Updating and localizing a national framing for local use |
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Adapting existing framings for more focused or more general deliberation |
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Using existing framing concepts as templates for different issues |
What's Involved in the Research Issue Framing Workshop?
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Why 'Research Issue Framing' is important in local communities |
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Identifying stakeholder voices for comprehensive community research |
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Uncovering the real problem behind the issue |
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Creating a Research Issue Framing team |
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Steps in successful Research Issue Framing projects |
This workshop will be scheduled and customized for groups with at least eight (8) participants. Contact the NIF faculty at director@nifica.org if you would like to discuss organizing a workshop for your group. California faculty can schedule on-site Adaptive Issue Framing and Research Issue Framing training for organizations and community leaders with the interest in developing deliberative decision making in a local context. Contracts will include a stipend, travel expenses and materials.
If you are an interested individual without contact with a community group, contact us so we can meet your needs with a group in your area or at a future workshop at UC Davis.
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