"Title","Author","Summary","Body","Date posted","Minimum Participants","Maximum Participants","Minimum Duration","Maximum Duration","Minimum Cost","Maximum Cost","Facilitation?","","","","","","Stages","Stages (other)","","","","","","","","","",""
"Collaborative Governance","Ed Pastore","","Collaborative governance is a young, emerging form of governance being developed to adapt the traditional aims of direct democracy with the new capabilities presented by the internet. Practical development of this governance method is being undertaken by...","Sun, 02/07/2010 - 16:36","1","","1","","","","No","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Open to all","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","","Initial Preference Aggregation","","Achieving Public Goods","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Agenda Formation, Conflict Resolution, Decision-Making, Preference Articulation","3 - Somewhat Polarized","3 - Sometimes Interdependent on Other Issues","","","Other","Other"
"Crowdsourcing","Cactullus","","Crowdsourcing is a new phenomenon in which an organization calls upon both professionals and amateurs on the internet to help solve a problem, design a product, or analyze large amounts of data at a lower cost and often greater quality and speed than...","Tue, 12/07/2010 - 04:32","1","10000000000","1","1000","","US$1 000 000","Yes","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","","Raise public awareness","Open to all","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","","Decision-Making","International","Providing Social Goods","Raise public awareness","Co-Production, Decision-Making, Implementation","1 - Not Polarized","2 - Seldom Tied to Other Issues","","","Other","Other"
"National Issues Forum","Haydenemills","","Definition
The National Issues Forum (NIF) is a nationwide network of locally created public forums oriented towards the deliberation of public and political issues. It is a non-partisan network of smaller forums created nationwide whose goal is to...","Fri, 06/04/2010 - 07:50","2","100","1","14","","US$100","Yes","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","","Raise public awareness","Open to all","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","","Trust Building","","Achieving Public Goods, Providing Social Goods, Addressing Identity-Based Issues","Raise public awareness","Preference Articulation, Decision-Making","3 - Somewhat Polarized","4 - Often Interdependent with Other Issues","","","Community Based Organization, Academic Institution, Individual, Other","Individual, Community Based Organization, Academic Institution, Other"
"Organizational Learning","Denis Pageau","","","Sun, 07/31/2011 - 14:13","5","7000000000","1000000","1000000","","US$100 000","Yes","","","Raise public awareness","Open to all with targeted recruitment","","","Trust Building","International","Achieving Public Goods, Addressing Identity-Based Issues","Raise public awareness","Conflict Resolution, Decision-Making, Implementation, Co-Production","1 - Not Polarized","5 - Always Tied to Other Issues","","","Individual","Individual, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts), Community Based Organization, Academic Institution, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), National Government, Other"
"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"
"Socratic Cafés","Anniegulian","","Definition
The Socratic Café (also known as Socrates Café) is a democratic discussion forum based on the more commonly known Socratic Method, which focuses its intentions on being an open system that allows for philosophical questioning. An unofficial...","Mon, 12/06/2010 - 20:18","2","",".08","1","US$0","","Yes","","","Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Open to all","","","","","","Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","","3 - Somewhat Polarized","3 - Sometimes Interdependent on Other Issues","","","Other","Other"
"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"