"Title","Summary","Body","Annual Budget","Country","Executive Director","Fulltime Staff","Part-time Staff","Volunteer Count"
"Center for Communication and Civic Engagement","","DefinitionThe Center for Communication and Civic Engagement (CCCE) is a Seattle, WA-based organization whose mission is to understand “communication processes and media technologies that facilitate positive citizen involvement in politics and social life...","","United States","Lance Bennett ","","",""
"Everyday Democracy","","Purpose and MissionEveryday Democracy works with individuals in communities throughout the United States to improve local democracy by creating and sustaining public dialogue and problem solving. Everyday Democracy’s mission is “to help communities...","$2 million","United States","Martha L. McCoy","14","",""
"Oregon's Kitchen Table","Oregon’s Kitchen Table is an online forum where community members can deliberate about public policy issues. This is an open, online, deliberative setting. The organization helps get Oregon citizens engaged in public issues, which helps decision makers make decisions that reflect what Oregonians really want. Oregon’s Kitchen Table started off as an experiment of the College of Urban and Public Affairs at Portland State University. Oregon’s Kitchen Table is still a brand new tool used to close the gap between citizens and government, but it has been successful in the first consultation so now they are in their second and moving forward.","Mission and Purpose           The Oregon’s Kitchen Table key objective is to provide a neutral, non bias space for Oregonians to participate in deliberation that will lead to effective decision making. This organization wants all Oregonian voices to be...","","United States","Wendy Willis and Sarah Giles ","","",""
"The Center for Ethical Leadership ",""," DescriptionCenter for Ethical Leadership (CEL) is a nonprofit organization that it spread across the nation. Its focus lays in building leadership within smaller community to advance social change. The group supports individual, institutional, and...","","United States","Dale Nienow","Karuma Ruder, Steve Stapleton, Melisa Hamaski","",""
"Viewpoint Learning","Viewpoint Learning, founded by Daniel Yankelovich and Dr. Steven Rosell in 1999, holds public and private issue-oriented dialogues and provides facilitation and consulting services respecting issue-oriented dialogue. Viewpoint Learning has developed several methods of dialogue including Choicework Dialogue -- also called Choice-Dialogue -- Strategic Dialogue, Stakeholder Dialogue, Community Conversation, and Online Dialogue. Viewpoint Learning's methods have been used in several notable public deliberations, including the 2002 Citizen's Dialogue on the Future of Healthcare in Canada; the 2003 Citizens' and Stakeholders' Dialogues on the Future of Housing in San Mateo, California; and CommonGround: The First Five Years: A Dialogue on Early Childhood in New Mexico.","Mission and PurposeViewpoint Learning describes its purpose as ""designing and conducting specialized dialogues on complex and challenging issues for Fortune 500 companies, governments, foundations and other organizations across the United States, Canada...","","United States","Daniel Yankelovich","7","",""