Workshops

The California NIF Network offers workshops that are unique within the national NIF community. If you are just getting acquainted with deliberative methods or are a long-time NIF practitioner, you'll discover a different way of talking about 'a different way of talking' in our workshops.

Learn the basics of National Issues Forum (NIF) theory and skills in the NIF Basics Workshop. This workshop provides a firm foundation for the local practice of deliberative decision-making.

Learn advanced deliberative decision making theory and develop specialized NIF roles at the Community Teams Workshop. This workshop extends the 'basic' learning into the specialized components of local deliberative projects.

Learn framing adaptation and community research skills at the two Issue Framing Workshops. This workshop extends the 'basic' and 'team' learning into the issue adaptation and framing processes for customized deliberative projects.

This is important: You must attend a session of NIF Basics (previously known as the 'Public Policy Institute') before you can attend any of the advanced sessions.

These workshops 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 training sessions 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.