1. Today’s Agenda Review key concepts from my talk Discuss key skills/tools related to the cycle Deliberative issue analysis/key products Choosing projects “The deliberative situation” Issue framing Project design Discuss potential projects and how best to work together

2. What Sort of Talk Does Democracy Need? A Call for Building Local Capacity for Deliberative Practice Martín Carcasson, Ph.D. Director of the Center for Public Deliberation Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies Colorado State University CSU Center for Public Deliberation Dedicated to enhancing local democracy through improved public communication and community problem solving EMAIL: cpd@colostate.edu

3. CPD Projects, 2006-2011 Past Projects Civic mission of schools Grade configuration of Poudre School District schools Statewide dropout rate Colorado Health Care Reform NIF “Energy Problem” forums Improving higher education Childhood obesity Bicycle safety Diversity Dialogues at CSU Diversity Conference STEM education in K-12 Arts Engagement Summit UniverCity Connections (CSU/Old Town collaborative project) School budgeting issues/school closures Ongoing Projects Regional visioning process Water and growth issues Poverty in Larimer County PSD Student Think Tank facilitator group K-12 school improvement Improving higher education through student-faculty reciprocity Politics of food Issues surrounding aging Early childhood education On campus stadium proposal

6. Today’s Presentation Nature of public problems in the 21 st century The flaws of our current methods to address them An introduction to “deliberative practice” as a promising and growing alternative

7. How do we best address public problems in a diverse democracy? What kind of communication or engagement processes help to solve problems? Two key questions for the CPD and the Deliberative Democracy Movement