"Title","Author","Summary","Body","Date posted","Minimum Participants","Maximum Participants","Minimum Duration","Maximum Duration","Minimum Cost","Maximum Cost","Facilitation?","","","","","","Stages","Stages (other)","","","","","","","","","",""
"Cabildo Abierto","Aaronmontenegro","","DefinitionCabildo Abierto (pluralized as Cabildos Abiertos), translates as ""Open Town Council."" It is a form of deliberative meeting that has used in South and Central America beginning in the 16th Century. The Cabildo Abierto was originally used to...","Wed, 12/01/2010 - 00:11","2","","1","","","","Yes","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","","Trust Building","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Achieving Public Goods, Distributing Individual Material Goods, Providing Social Goods","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Agenda Formation, Conflict Resolution, Decision-Making, Implementation, Preference Articulation","3 - Somewhat Polarized","3 - Sometimes Interdependent on Other Issues","","","National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization, Individual","National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization, Individual"
"Citizen Councilor Network","Jspady","","The Citizen Councilor Network is overseen by the King County Auditor's Office in Seattle.This method is used in support of the Countywide Community Forums (of King County).NotesThe cost to conduct a ""round"" of the network is highly variable. The more...","Wed, 12/09/2009 - 01:18","4","40","21","45","","US$30","No","","","Raise public awareness","Open to all","","","Deliberation","","Achieving Public Goods, Addressing Identity-Based Issues, Providing Social Goods","Raise public awareness","Conflict Resolution, Preference Articulation","4 - Polarized","4 - Often Interdependent with Other Issues","","","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Community Based Organization","National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts), Individual"
"Citizens' Reference Panel","richards1000","","Definition Problems and Purpose History Participant Selection Deliberation, Decisions, and Public Interaction Influence, Outcomes, and Effects Analysis and Criticism Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","Wed, 07/18/2012 - 21:35","24","36","","","","","Yes","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Random Selection","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","","Learning, Meeting the Public, Deliberation","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Achieving Public Goods, Providing Social Goods","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Decision-Making, Preference Articulation","4 - Polarized","4 - Often Interdependent with Other Issues","4 - Quite Complex","","For Profit Business","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)"
"e-Deliberation™","jdcusin","An e‑Deliberation™ event is a collaborative deliberation process mediated online. Participants work individually, in teams, and as a group to address or resolve the Focus of the event. The process is systematic and is consent-based. This approach also allows minority ideas to be considered carefully. The process yields a multipronged, integrated strategy or policy around which there has been a meeting of the minds and a critical mass of persons to ensure its success in implementation. While it is mediated online, groups may elect to meet face to face as well if co-located. e-Deliberation™ is based on the cybernetician Stafford Beer's Team Syntegrity protocol.","Definitione-Deliberation is an online enabling technology for collaborative decision and strategy making by the persons who have the expertise or are impacted by the focus of the e-Deliberation. It provides the thinking process and platform to tie it all...","Mon, 02/04/2013 - 17:37","15","80","6 hours","30 hours","US$1 500","US$5 850","Yes","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Negotiate & Bargain, Other","","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority), Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital), Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning), Protest","Open to all, Open to all with targeted recruitment, Random Selection, Appointment, Other","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Negotiate & Bargain, Other","","see https://www.e-deliberation.com/article/how-it-works","International","Achieving Public Goods, Addressing Identity-Based Issues, Providing Social Goods","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority), Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital), Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning), Protest","Agenda Formation, Co-Production, Conflict Resolution, Decision-Making, Preference Articulation","4 - Polarized","5 - Always Tied to Other Issues","4 - Quite Complex","","International Organization, National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), For Profit Business","International Organization, National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Individual, For Profit Business"
"Pop-up Democracy","Publiccurator","","Definition
Pop-up democracy is a term for institutional forms that use temporary, site-specific practices to provide opportunities for increased local political and civic participation.

Purpose
The idea of pop-up democracy is built on the notion that...","Fri, 12/03/2010 - 02:38","","","","","","","Yes","","","Raise public awareness","Open to all","","","","","Providing Social Goods, Addressing Identity-Based Issues","Raise public awareness","Agenda Formation","","","","","Community Based Organization, Academic Institution, Individual, Other","Individual, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts), Community Based Organization, Academic Institution, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Other"
"Scenario Workshop","sgzsmith","","DefinitionA Scenario Workshop is a participatory method encouraging local action with a mix of scenario and workshop which aims to solve local problems and anticipate future ones[1]{C}{C}{C}. Scenarios involve narrative descriptions of potential future...","Sun, 02/26/2012 - 19:22","24","32","2 days","3 days","","","Yes","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Acting/Drama, Organized Demonstrations","","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Collaborative delivery of services with public authorities, Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital), Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Acting/Drama, Organized Demonstrations","","The Critical Phase, The Visionary Phase, and The Implementation Phase","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Achieving Public Goods, Providing Social Goods","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Collaborative delivery of services with public authorities, Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital), Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Conflict Resolution, Decision-Making, Implementation","3 - Somewhat Polarized","5 - Always Tied to Other Issues","3 - Somewhat Complex","","International Organization, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), For Profit Business","International Organization, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), For Profit Business"
"Simulation Exercise","Sgoold","","“Choosing Healthplans All Together” (CHAT) is a small group simulation exercise designed to give the public a voice in setting health or health care spending priorities. It has been used for research, policy and teaching purposes. The exercise can be...","Mon, 05/10/2010 - 18:44","9","15",".25",".5","","","Yes","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","","Initial Preference Aggregation","","Providing Social Goods, Distributing Individual Material Goods","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Preference Articulation, Decision-Making","4 - Polarized","5 - Always Tied to Other Issues","","","Community Based Organization, Academic Institution, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Community Based Organization, Academic Institution, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), National Government"
"Study Circles","Shirleykim12","","DefinitionStudy circles -- also called Dialogue-to-Change programs, Dialogue-to-Action, or Dialogue Circles -- emphasize small group deliberation by providing opportunities for members of a community to meet face-to-face and discuss a particular set of...","Tue, 12/07/2010 - 08:30","3","300","1","180","","","Yes","","","Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","","","Trust Building","","Achieving Public Goods, Addressing Identity-Based Issues, Providing Social Goods","Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Implementation","3 - Somewhat Polarized","3 - Sometimes Interdependent on Other Issues","","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution, Community Based Organization","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution, Community Based Organization, Individual"
"The World Cafe","Haleymj3","","Definition
The World Café defines itself as “a conversational process based on a set of integrated design principles that reveal a deeper living network pattern through which we co-evolve our collective future” [1]  It is a methodology for hosting...","Thu, 06/03/2010 - 16:30","10","5000","1","365","","US$100 000","Yes","","","","","","","Trust Building","","Providing Social Goods, Addressing Identity-Based Issues","","","4 - Polarized","3 - Sometimes Interdependent on Other Issues","","","Community Based Organization, Academic Institution, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts), Individual, Other","Individual, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts), Community Based Organization, Academic Institution, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Other"