NCDD's members include nearly 700 practitioners, organizations, researchers, public administrators, activists and students dedicated to solving today's toughest problems through honest dialogue, quality deliberation and collaborative action. Below you can find our current member organizations and learn more about the incredible work they all do.
A Picture's Worth
A Picture’s Worth is a training and service-providing nonprofit that both champions and helps spark narrative change. They work with community partners, nonprofits, educators and businesses to bridge divides created and sustained by traditional media models and deficit-framed narratives. Their mission is to support individuals and communities in sharing accurate, strengths based narratives. In our community projects, each of those narratives is sparked by an individual image and audio story.
www.apicturesworth.org
A Picture’s Worth is a training and service-providing nonprofit that both champions and helps spark narrative change. They work with community partners, nonprofits, educators and businesses to bridge divides created and sustained by traditional media models and deficit-framed narratives. Their mission is to support individuals and communities in sharing accurate, strengths based narratives. In our community projects, each of those narratives is sparked by an individual image and audio story.
www.apicturesworth.org
American Councils for International Education
American Councils strengthens international ties and mutual understanding through excellence in academic, professional and cultural exchange, language acquisition, educational development, and research. Since 1974, their educational portfolio has grown to include 148 countries important to national security, prosperity, and peace. Their programs are backed by thorough research to ensure their quality and integrity. Their participants represent a spectrum of learners, from high school through the postdoctoral and professional level. To date, they have built a community of more than 100,000 alumni, including national leaders, ministers, members of parliament, ambassadors, and CEOs.
www.americancouncils.org
American Councils strengthens international ties and mutual understanding through excellence in academic, professional and cultural exchange, language acquisition, educational development, and research. Since 1974, their educational portfolio has grown to include 148 countries important to national security, prosperity, and peace. Their programs are backed by thorough research to ensure their quality and integrity. Their participants represent a spectrum of learners, from high school through the postdoctoral and professional level. To date, they have built a community of more than 100,000 alumni, including national leaders, ministers, members of parliament, ambassadors, and CEOs.
www.americancouncils.org
Assemble America
The mission of Assemble America is to build unity, ensure liberty, and advance the common good through the establishment of Democracy by Assembly. Conscious of our fraught political moment—and compelled by the fierce urgency of now—we are making haste to bring the promise of Citizens’ Assemblies to the center of our national discourse. To this end, we endeavor to foster and empower a grassroots, non-partisan, participatory movement through initiatives in networking, advocacy, and education. By these local, regional, and national efforts, our movement will bring about not just Citizens’ Assemblies, but the democratic renewal of society: an America of justice, freedom, and prosperity for all.
assembleamerica.org/
The mission of Assemble America is to build unity, ensure liberty, and advance the common good through the establishment of Democracy by Assembly. Conscious of our fraught political moment—and compelled by the fierce urgency of now—we are making haste to bring the promise of Citizens’ Assemblies to the center of our national discourse. To this end, we endeavor to foster and empower a grassroots, non-partisan, participatory movement through initiatives in networking, advocacy, and education. By these local, regional, and national efforts, our movement will bring about not just Citizens’ Assemblies, but the democratic renewal of society: an America of justice, freedom, and prosperity for all.
assembleamerica.org/
Canadian Museum for Human Rights
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR), located in Winnipeg, is the world’s first museum focused solely on human rights, aiming to promote understanding, respect, and dialogue. Its design symbolizes a journey from darkness to light, complementing the exhibitions that explore global and Canadian human rights issues. Established in 2014, CMHR provides educational programs, resources, and community engagement to advance human rights awareness and action.
humanrights.ca
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR), located in Winnipeg, is the world’s first museum focused solely on human rights, aiming to promote understanding, respect, and dialogue. Its design symbolizes a journey from darkness to light, complementing the exhibitions that explore global and Canadian human rights issues. Established in 2014, CMHR provides educational programs, resources, and community engagement to advance human rights awareness and action.
humanrights.ca
Center for Purposeful Leadership
As a community-powered 501c3, CPL has evolved in new and exciting ways! Center for Purposeful Leadership is a global community of individuals and organizations reimagining and transforming the nature of leadership: heart-based, purposeful leadership. We are a 26-year collaborative dedicated to purposeful leadership, providing the resources, tools, heart-centered people, and supportive community of peers to help you and your team or community grow and lead authentically and effectively for the positive impact that is crucial for what the world needs right now.
centerforpurposefulleadership.org
As a community-powered 501c3, CPL has evolved in new and exciting ways! Center for Purposeful Leadership is a global community of individuals and organizations reimagining and transforming the nature of leadership: heart-based, purposeful leadership. We are a 26-year collaborative dedicated to purposeful leadership, providing the resources, tools, heart-centered people, and supportive community of peers to help you and your team or community grow and lead authentically and effectively for the positive impact that is crucial for what the world needs right now.
centerforpurposefulleadership.org
City of Boulder - Communication and Engagement Department
The Communication and Engagement Department of the City of Boulder is responsible for providing effective communication and engagement with residents, staff and council, working to increase the understanding of and support for city programs, policies and projects. The city has received a number of communication and engagement awards for its work over the years. Their mission is to create connections for a thriving community and democracy.
bouldercolorado.gov/government/departments/communication-engagement
The Communication and Engagement Department of the City of Boulder is responsible for providing effective communication and engagement with residents, staff and council, working to increase the understanding of and support for city programs, policies and projects. The city has received a number of communication and engagement awards for its work over the years. Their mission is to create connections for a thriving community and democracy.
bouldercolorado.gov/government/departments/communication-engagement
Close Up Foundation
Founded in 1971, Close Up Washington DC’s issue-centric, nonpartisan curriculum gives participants a deeper understanding of history, government institutions, current issues, and the role of citizens. Our goal is to inspire every person to find their voice and to help young people develop critical skills for tackling the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.
www.closeup.org
Founded in 1971, Close Up Washington DC’s issue-centric, nonpartisan curriculum gives participants a deeper understanding of history, government institutions, current issues, and the role of citizens. Our goal is to inspire every person to find their voice and to help young people develop critical skills for tackling the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.
www.closeup.org
Common Knowledge
Under the leadership of Susan Clark, Common Knowledge has assembled skilled community and civic engagement practitioners from a mix of disciplines dedicated to culturally competent communications and collaborative process. Our work is done through a mix of carefully selected client projects and grant-funded programs – all contributing to our ability to deliver more inclusive and innovative approaches to community capacity and well-being.
https://ckgroup.org/
Under the leadership of Susan Clark, Common Knowledge has assembled skilled community and civic engagement practitioners from a mix of disciplines dedicated to culturally competent communications and collaborative process. Our work is done through a mix of carefully selected client projects and grant-funded programs – all contributing to our ability to deliver more inclusive and innovative approaches to community capacity and well-being.
https://ckgroup.org/
Cooperative By Design
“Strategic peacebuilding” is a proactive approach to creating healthy organizations, communities, or societies by bringing together key players to plan short and long-term strategies for reducing violence and/or increasing cooperation. All those who participate in Cooperative By Design, LLC share a passion to actively participate in the creation of a world community in which we recognize diversity and culture as individual and communal strengths, and where conflict is addressed in each of its component areas, within people, systems and structures.
www.cooperativebydesign.com
“Strategic peacebuilding” is a proactive approach to creating healthy organizations, communities, or societies by bringing together key players to plan short and long-term strategies for reducing violence and/or increasing cooperation. All those who participate in Cooperative By Design, LLC share a passion to actively participate in the creation of a world community in which we recognize diversity and culture as individual and communal strengths, and where conflict is addressed in each of its component areas, within people, systems and structures.
www.cooperativebydesign.com
The Center for Public Deliberation at Colorado State University
Our aim is to improve the way our community is able to talk through complex issues so that we can arrive at better decisions. As an impartial resource, we’re able to assist local government, schools, and community organizations in problem-solving key issues. This means we start by researching and developing useful background material. Then we work with partners to invite those affected by the issue into the room. Our students are trained in small group facilitation and guide participants through these sometimes difficult conversations. From designing to facilitating to reporting on innovative public events, we rely on contemporary, relevant research from the fields of deliberation and communication studies.
cpd.colostate.edu
Our aim is to improve the way our community is able to talk through complex issues so that we can arrive at better decisions. As an impartial resource, we’re able to assist local government, schools, and community organizations in problem-solving key issues. This means we start by researching and developing useful background material. Then we work with partners to invite those affected by the issue into the room. Our students are trained in small group facilitation and guide participants through these sometimes difficult conversations. From designing to facilitating to reporting on innovative public events, we rely on contemporary, relevant research from the fields of deliberation and communication studies.
cpd.colostate.edu
CU Dialogues Program, University of Colorado Boulder
The CU Dialogues Program, housed under CU Engage: The Center for Community-Based Learning and Research within the School of Education, serves the campus at large by providing facilitated dialogue coaching and dialogue practice for students, staff and faculty at CU-Boulder and the broader CU community.
www.colorado.edu/cudialogues
The CU Dialogues Program, housed under CU Engage: The Center for Community-Based Learning and Research within the School of Education, serves the campus at large by providing facilitated dialogue coaching and dialogue practice for students, staff and faculty at CU-Boulder and the broader CU community.
www.colorado.edu/cudialogues
Denver Public Library
The Denver Public Library (DPL) is committed to creating welcoming spaces for all to explore, learn, and connect. Its core values include equity, curiosity, connection, and stewardship. The library is guided by a strategic roadmap, focusing on community engagement and meeting evolving needs. DPL aims to foster a strong community where everyone can thrive, offering resources and programs that support diverse backgrounds.
www.denverlibrary.org
The Denver Public Library (DPL) is committed to creating welcoming spaces for all to explore, learn, and connect. Its core values include equity, curiosity, connection, and stewardship. The library is guided by a strategic roadmap, focusing on community engagement and meeting evolving needs. DPL aims to foster a strong community where everyone can thrive, offering resources and programs that support diverse backgrounds.
www.denverlibrary.org
Dpict.
We help people imagine, learn, and collaborate. We are a facilitation firm that specializes in process design, visualization, sensemaking, and collaborative environments (online and in-person). Co-creation, experimentation, humility, and generosity are at the core of everything we do. We design processes that harness collective wisdom, facilitate trust and mutual learning, and enable collaborative decision-making. We use visuals to center conversations, engage complexity, and create alignment.
www.dpict.co
We help people imagine, learn, and collaborate. We are a facilitation firm that specializes in process design, visualization, sensemaking, and collaborative environments (online and in-person). Co-creation, experimentation, humility, and generosity are at the core of everything we do. We design processes that harness collective wisdom, facilitate trust and mutual learning, and enable collaborative decision-making. We use visuals to center conversations, engage complexity, and create alignment.
www.dpict.co
Essential Partners
Essential Partners, founded in 1989, focuses on fostering dialogue across differences to address critical community challenges. Their work strengthens relationships, builds trust, and facilitates deeper understanding in diverse settings, including college campuses, workplaces, and local communities. They employ methods like training, mentorship, and dialogue facilitation to address issues such as political polarization and interfaith conflicts. Their impact spans across the U.S. and 29 countries, helping over 500,000 people annually.
whatisessential.org
Essential Partners, founded in 1989, focuses on fostering dialogue across differences to address critical community challenges. Their work strengthens relationships, builds trust, and facilitates deeper understanding in diverse settings, including college campuses, workplaces, and local communities. They employ methods like training, mentorship, and dialogue facilitation to address issues such as political polarization and interfaith conflicts. Their impact spans across the U.S. and 29 countries, helping over 500,000 people annually.
whatisessential.org
Everyday Democracy
Everyday Democracy is a capacity building organization that provides technical assistance to individuals and groups working to build multiracial democracies within their local communities. We do this by providing training, coaching, and tools with a racial equity lens to support place-based engagement for community-led solutions. We envision a vibrant, multiracial democracy where all people have access, resources, and power to create thriving communities.
everyday-democracy.org
Everyday Democracy is a capacity building organization that provides technical assistance to individuals and groups working to build multiracial democracies within their local communities. We do this by providing training, coaching, and tools with a racial equity lens to support place-based engagement for community-led solutions. We envision a vibrant, multiracial democracy where all people have access, resources, and power to create thriving communities.
everyday-democracy.org
The FairField Center
The FairField Center is dedicated to fostering a healthy community by serving as the primary resource for conflict engagement. Its overarching goal is to transition the community’s mindset from one of adversarial conflict resolution to a collaborative approach focused on finding solutions together.
fairfieldcenter.org
The FairField Center is dedicated to fostering a healthy community by serving as the primary resource for conflict engagement. Its overarching goal is to transition the community’s mindset from one of adversarial conflict resolution to a collaborative approach focused on finding solutions together.
fairfieldcenter.org
Fighting to Understand
The mission of Fighting To Understand is to make seemingly complicated topics into “simply complicated.” We do this by forming a collaborative cross-section of “regular” people to fight to understand a topic, in as much complexity as we can muster. We then present the findings to other regular people. Our maiden voyage: Is America Broken? Our founding principle includes the belief that “regular” people of goodwill, paying attention while interacting with life, can act as a jury or a group of scientists in search of holistic understanding.
fighting-to-understand.us
The mission of Fighting To Understand is to make seemingly complicated topics into “simply complicated.” We do this by forming a collaborative cross-section of “regular” people to fight to understand a topic, in as much complexity as we can muster. We then present the findings to other regular people. Our maiden voyage: Is America Broken? Our founding principle includes the belief that “regular” people of goodwill, paying attention while interacting with life, can act as a jury or a group of scientists in search of holistic understanding.
fighting-to-understand.us
Healthy Democracy
We work to elevate the voices of everyday people, bring new faces to public decision making, and design a more collaborative democracy together. We envision a democracy where people from all walks of life have the power to regularly and meaningfully shape the policies that impact their lives.
healthydemocracy.org
We work to elevate the voices of everyday people, bring new faces to public decision making, and design a more collaborative democracy together. We envision a democracy where people from all walks of life have the power to regularly and meaningfully shape the policies that impact their lives.
healthydemocracy.org
Heathmere Center for Cultural Engagement
The Heathmere Center provides facilitation services, including training and consultation, for youth and young adults who want to learn how to have better conversations to sustain the change they believe in. We also work with local artists to design events that celebrate and strengthen communities.
heathmere.org
The Heathmere Center provides facilitation services, including training and consultation, for youth and young adults who want to learn how to have better conversations to sustain the change they believe in. We also work with local artists to design events that celebrate and strengthen communities.
heathmere.org
Institute for Engagement and Negotiation, University of Virginia
The Institute for Engagement & Negotiation (IEN) is a nationally recognized leader in fostering collaborative change across a broad range of environmental, social and economic issues. Founded in 1980, IEN is a public service organization of the University of Virginia, at the School of Architecture, with a team of facilitators and mediators that assists organizations, agencies, industry, and communities in making bold, sustainable decisions. Our work spans four areas: sustainable environment; resilient communities; health, food and social equity; and building capacity through training and leadership.
engageduva.virginia.edu
The Institute for Engagement & Negotiation (IEN) is a nationally recognized leader in fostering collaborative change across a broad range of environmental, social and economic issues. Founded in 1980, IEN is a public service organization of the University of Virginia, at the School of Architecture, with a team of facilitators and mediators that assists organizations, agencies, industry, and communities in making bold, sustainable decisions. Our work spans four areas: sustainable environment; resilient communities; health, food and social equity; and building capacity through training and leadership.
engageduva.virginia.edu
Intellitics, Inc.
We are a digital engagement firm based in San José, Calif. (USA). We help organizations in the public, private and non-profit sector apply modern information and communications technologies (ICT) to drive collaborative governance, public participation, and other types of dialogue-centric participatory processes.
www.intellitics.com
We are a digital engagement firm based in San José, Calif. (USA). We help organizations in the public, private and non-profit sector apply modern information and communications technologies (ICT) to drive collaborative governance, public participation, and other types of dialogue-centric participatory processes.
www.intellitics.com
The Institute for Constructive Advocacy and Dialogue, James Madison University
The Institute for Constructive Advocacy and Dialogue (ICAD) at JMU promotes designing and facilitating conversations that unite communities. ICAD believes that fostering problem-solving in communities strengthens democracy. We train students, faculty, staff, and community members to lead campus and community discussions, addressing tough questions and encouraging mutual understanding. ICAD also advances research on dialogue, deliberation, and collaboration, partnering with national organizations to ensure these processes are inclusive, accessible, and draw on collective wisdom.
www.jmu.edu/icad
The Institute for Constructive Advocacy and Dialogue (ICAD) at JMU promotes designing and facilitating conversations that unite communities. ICAD believes that fostering problem-solving in communities strengthens democracy. We train students, faculty, staff, and community members to lead campus and community discussions, addressing tough questions and encouraging mutual understanding. ICAD also advances research on dialogue, deliberation, and collaboration, partnering with national organizations to ensure these processes are inclusive, accessible, and draw on collective wisdom.
www.jmu.edu/icad
Keys to the City Community Coaching
Our team of community development experts dives into the heart of communities to spark sustainable, positive change. We’re not just consultants; we’re architects of possibility, breaking down barriers and turning challenges into successes. We tackle tough, sensitive issues with directness and unbiased insight, helping you and your team build a shared vision of greatness. Together, we co-learn, co-create, and collaborate to uncover hidden gems, explore new possibilities, and unlock your community’s true potential.
keystothecity.co
Our team of community development experts dives into the heart of communities to spark sustainable, positive change. We’re not just consultants; we’re architects of possibility, breaking down barriers and turning challenges into successes. We tackle tough, sensitive issues with directness and unbiased insight, helping you and your team build a shared vision of greatness. Together, we co-learn, co-create, and collaborate to uncover hidden gems, explore new possibilities, and unlock your community’s true potential.
keystothecity.co
Kimbrough Consulting
Delores Kimbrough is the founder of Kimbrough Consulting! She brings you deep listening, insightful questions, strategic focus, and encouragement on the journey. As a diversity, equity, and inclusion professional, Delores helps organizations develop a climate of inclusion. As an expert facilitator, Delores designs and facilitates group experiences for corporate, nonprofit, and higher education organizations! Delores
has worked with executive leaders, elected officials, and community leaders at all organizational levels.
kimbroughconsultingva.com
Delores Kimbrough is the founder of Kimbrough Consulting! She brings you deep listening, insightful questions, strategic focus, and encouragement on the journey. As a diversity, equity, and inclusion professional, Delores helps organizations develop a climate of inclusion. As an expert facilitator, Delores designs and facilitates group experiences for corporate, nonprofit, and higher education organizations! Delores
has worked with executive leaders, elected officials, and community leaders at all organizational levels.
kimbroughconsultingva.com
Living Room Conversations
Living Room Conversations (LRC) connects people within communities and across differences through dialogue to build trust and understanding. We believe belonging starts with conversation and are committed to designing the resources and opportunities that allow everyone to feel seen and heard while celebrating the differences that make us unique. The parlor of today is any place – physical or online – where we find ourselves connecting with others. Our unique conversational model makes it easy for anyone to create a safe and welcoming environment where people can respectfully discuss important issues.
livingroomconversations.org
Living Room Conversations (LRC) connects people within communities and across differences through dialogue to build trust and understanding. We believe belonging starts with conversation and are committed to designing the resources and opportunities that allow everyone to feel seen and heard while celebrating the differences that make us unique. The parlor of today is any place – physical or online – where we find ourselves connecting with others. Our unique conversational model makes it easy for anyone to create a safe and welcoming environment where people can respectfully discuss important issues.
livingroomconversations.org
Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice
The mission of the Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice is to build knowledge about social justice, to develop skills for advancing social justice through individual and collective action, and to serve as a catalyst for actualizing Bridgewater State University’s commitment to social justice. The Institute for Social Justice was established in 2011 and renamed in honor of Martin Richard in 2015. Eight year old Martin was one of three people killed, while hundreds of others were injured, by bombs at the Boston Marathon in 2013. Martin’s parents, Bill and Denise Richard, are BSU alumni.
bridgew.edu/center/martin-richard-institute-social-justice
The mission of the Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice is to build knowledge about social justice, to develop skills for advancing social justice through individual and collective action, and to serve as a catalyst for actualizing Bridgewater State University’s commitment to social justice. The Institute for Social Justice was established in 2011 and renamed in honor of Martin Richard in 2015. Eight year old Martin was one of three people killed, while hundreds of others were injured, by bombs at the Boston Marathon in 2013. Martin’s parents, Bill and Denise Richard, are BSU alumni.
bridgew.edu/center/martin-richard-institute-social-justice
Collaborative in Conflict Transformation, Middlebury College
Working with more than 100 partner institutions in the United States and around the world, Middlebury is working to embed principles and practices of conflict transformation in the liberal arts from high school to graduate school. The Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation seeks to learn lessons from this vast community that can be adapted to the issues and questions that are most pressing for Middlebury.
middlebury.edu/conflict-transformation
Working with more than 100 partner institutions in the United States and around the world, Middlebury is working to embed principles and practices of conflict transformation in the liberal arts from high school to graduate school. The Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation seeks to learn lessons from this vast community that can be adapted to the issues and questions that are most pressing for Middlebury.
middlebury.edu/conflict-transformation
The Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Simon Fraser University
SFU’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue creates real-world impact for society’s most pressing challenges by using dialogue and engagement to co-create solutions, exchange knowledge, support experiential learning and transform democratic participation. We strengthen Canadian democracy by promoting democratic participation and innovation, spread best practices by providing dialogue training and tools, and help governments to engage citizens and stakeholders through our consulting services.
www.sfu.ca/dialogue
SFU’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue creates real-world impact for society’s most pressing challenges by using dialogue and engagement to co-create solutions, exchange knowledge, support experiential learning and transform democratic participation. We strengthen Canadian democracy by promoting democratic participation and innovation, spread best practices by providing dialogue training and tools, and help governments to engage citizens and stakeholders through our consulting services.
www.sfu.ca/dialogue
Out of Hand Theater
Out of Hand works at the intersection of art, social justice, and civic engagement. We help create a more just world through programs that combine theater and film with information and conversation. Since 2001, Out of Hand has collaborated with dozens of community partners to produce programs that combine art to open hearts, information to open minds, and conversation to process feelings and thoughts and make a plan for action. All of our programs are based on two pillars, racial justice and economic justice, and they take place in homes, schools, businesses, houses of worship, public spaces, and on Zoom.
www.outofhandtheater.com
Out of Hand works at the intersection of art, social justice, and civic engagement. We help create a more just world through programs that combine theater and film with information and conversation. Since 2001, Out of Hand has collaborated with dozens of community partners to produce programs that combine art to open hearts, information to open minds, and conversation to process feelings and thoughts and make a plan for action. All of our programs are based on two pillars, racial justice and economic justice, and they take place in homes, schools, businesses, houses of worship, public spaces, and on Zoom.
www.outofhandtheater.com
Romney Associates
Romney Associates was founded in 1985 with a $150 grant from Hubert Forbes Romney “Pa,” after whom the company is named. Pat’s father was a successful small businessman and an immigrant with a 4th grade education. He valued education and taught his children the importance of hard work. Romney Associates is now in its 38th year. We have worked with human services agencies, arts organizations, small businesses and communities. Over the years, our work has come to focus on educational institutions from PK through university. Currently our work focuses on leadership coaching, dialogue facilitation, and maximizing joy.
romneyassociates.com
Romney Associates was founded in 1985 with a $150 grant from Hubert Forbes Romney “Pa,” after whom the company is named. Pat’s father was a successful small businessman and an immigrant with a 4th grade education. He valued education and taught his children the importance of hard work. Romney Associates is now in its 38th year. We have worked with human services agencies, arts organizations, small businesses and communities. Over the years, our work has come to focus on educational institutions from PK through university. Currently our work focuses on leadership coaching, dialogue facilitation, and maximizing joy.
romneyassociates.com
South Fulton Community Mediation Center
The South Fulton Community Mediation Center is here to support and uplift community and their chosen leaders. We envision our role as a “tugboat,” helping guide and empower local efforts. We want to make sure every individual and community organization knows that we are here to help, with integrity, respect, and transparency.
sofu-cmc.org *the website is currently being revamped and will be updated here when done.
The South Fulton Community Mediation Center is here to support and uplift community and their chosen leaders. We envision our role as a “tugboat,” helping guide and empower local efforts. We want to make sure every individual and community organization knows that we are here to help, with integrity, respect, and transparency.
sofu-cmc.org *the website is currently being revamped and will be updated here when done.
Sustained Dialogue Institute
The Sustained Dialogue Institute (SDI) is a capacity-building nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that helps people transform conflictual relationships and design change processes around the world. The organization teaches processes toward more equitable, less violent futures using a five-stage dialogue process for community building, diplomacy, peacemaking, conflict transformation, collaboration and reconciliation.
sustaineddialogue.org
The Sustained Dialogue Institute (SDI) is a capacity-building nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that helps people transform conflictual relationships and design change processes around the world. The organization teaches processes toward more equitable, less violent futures using a five-stage dialogue process for community building, diplomacy, peacemaking, conflict transformation, collaboration and reconciliation.
sustaineddialogue.org
The Communications Center, Inc.
At The Communications Center, Inc., we offer services like consulting, coaching, and facilitation to help individuals, teams, and organizations improve communication and resolve conflicts. We use tools like Whole Brain Thinking to assess and track progress in areas like policy discussions, leadership, and community engagement. Our goal is to enhance dialogue and problem-solving abilities for clients, including governments, schools, and non-profits.
buildingdialogue.com
At The Communications Center, Inc., we offer services like consulting, coaching, and facilitation to help individuals, teams, and organizations improve communication and resolve conflicts. We use tools like Whole Brain Thinking to assess and track progress in areas like policy discussions, leadership, and community engagement. Our goal is to enhance dialogue and problem-solving abilities for clients, including governments, schools, and non-profits.
buildingdialogue.com
The World Cafe
Using seven design principles and a simple method, the World Café is a powerful social technology for engaging people in conversations that matter, offering an effective antidote to the fast-paced fragmentation and lack of connection in today’s world. Based on the understanding that conversation is the core process that drives personal, business, and organizational life, the World Café is more than a method, a process, or technique – it’s a way of thinking and being together sourced in a philosophy of conversational leadership.
theworldcafe.com
Using seven design principles and a simple method, the World Café is a powerful social technology for engaging people in conversations that matter, offering an effective antidote to the fast-paced fragmentation and lack of connection in today’s world. Based on the understanding that conversation is the core process that drives personal, business, and organizational life, the World Café is more than a method, a process, or technique – it’s a way of thinking and being together sourced in a philosophy of conversational leadership.
theworldcafe.com
Voice of the People
Voice Of the People (VOP) is a nonpartisan organization working to re-anchor our democracy in its founding principles by giving ‘We the People’ a greater and more effective voice in government. VOP champions innovative methods and technology – notably online public consultations – that enable the American people to play a role in the policymaking process and provide policymakers with a more accurate understanding of the views of their constituents.
vop.org
Voice Of the People (VOP) is a nonpartisan organization working to re-anchor our democracy in its founding principles by giving ‘We the People’ a greater and more effective voice in government. VOP champions innovative methods and technology – notably online public consultations – that enable the American people to play a role in the policymaking process and provide policymakers with a more accurate understanding of the views of their constituents.
vop.org
This page is constantly changing as we have new organizations join NCDD. Please direct any questions, updates, or concerns regarding the information shared on this page to our Communications Coordinator, Izzy Henry.