Some issues are locally and regionally urgent, requiring timely attention by local organizers. National issues are framed when it's obvious that a public policy problem is so systemic as to require a national decision. This is really the exception to the rule, however. Most problems that are urgent and important are local problems. Local leaders recognize the emergence of a public dilemma as they listen to their neighbors. It's important for local people to have the tools of public deliberation for use long before problems grow to a national prominence. Adaptive Issue Framing can be learned relatively quickly by NIF practitioners for local application. Research Issue Framing, on the other hand, involves in-depth community research techniques and requires skills in facilitating group processes.
Adaptive Issue Framing Workshop
- Choosing an appropriate, existing framing for local deliberation
- Updating and localizing a national framing for local use
- Mobilizing a local team for adaptation and deliberation
- Adapting existing framings for more focused or more general deliberation
- Using existing framing concepts as templates for different issues
Research Issue Framing Workshop
- Understanding when in-depth research is needed for some local issues
- Identifying stakeholder voices for comprehensive community research
- Uncovering the real problem behind the issue
- Creating a community research team
- Organizing a successful research and deliberation project
Questions? Email here: craig@delibcanet.org
