Australian Study Circles Network

Did you ever wonder how Citizens Juries are different from Deliberative Polling? When should you use World Cafe, rather than Open Space? Or are Charrettes what’s called for? First developed in 2005, NCDD’s Engagement Streams Framework helps people navigate the range of dialogue and deliberation approaches available to them, and make design choices that best [...]

Australian Study Circles Network ran a Dialogue to Change Program in Maryborough, Victoria, Australia in March and April 2011. We worked with Goldfields Employment and Learning Centre and Neighbourhood Renewal, Central Goldfields Shire. This video captures the experience from ASCN and local organisers and residents.

To me it was a revelation. This was a process to get a community to come together, to talk through issues, to come up with ideas and then to lead to some types of solutions that are attainable. Drina Andrews – Manager Goldfields Employment and Learning Centre People who were there are saying that they [...]

Fashioned after the successful poverty fighting efforts of the Horizons initiative in the nation’s northwest region, Turning the Tide on Poverty seeks to involve a wide range of community members in seeking a “place-based” solution to poverty grounded in local talents and concerns, and led by local voices. Beginning with a five-week Study Circles process, [...]

This Maryborough Dialogue to Change Program Report, June 2011, provides recommendations, quantitative outputs, qualitative data, the chronology of the Dialogue to Change Program and the action ideas generated from the process.

Dialogue to Change Program – Facilitator Kit The Dialogue to Change Program comprises four parts. Initially there is preparation, followed by comprehensive community organising and then the study circles. Lastly is the action stage. The community-wide scope of a Dialogue to Change Program and the ways it links dialogue to change helps ensure that many [...]

D2C Organising Manual All communities, be they neighbourhoods, suburbs, rural areas, small towns, or large metropolitan regions often face a range of complex challenges. Addressing these challenges calls for innovative and inclusive approaches. Most people care about their communities and would like to make a difference. Many would like the chance to work with others [...]

Australian Study Circles Network has created a study circle discussion guide, Building a Stronger Community, especially for our community. The Guide is not meant just for reading; it’s meant for you to use. Here’s the basic outline of the discussion sessions in this guide: Session 1 gives you a chance to talk about your connections [...]

The Issue Guide Exchange is a free, online resource available to anyone who is interested in broad-based, inclusive dialogue leading to community action. It is a place for people to share, create, and discuss dialogue materials. The Issue Guide Exchange was created and is maintained by Everyday Democracy. The Issue Guide Exchange, or IGX has [...]