The Online Academy for Stakeholder Engagement
Public Decisions Library
Missed a BookTalk or other PublicForum event? No worries! Most events are recorded and made available to Circle Club members in MP3 format.
Like to see the conference report for an annual conference or periodic mini-conference? These are available to Circle Club members, too.
Please choose from the events below. The "Get Link" button will open a short form, where you'll be asked for your name and email address (and a few other items if you're not yet a Circle Club member). The download link will follow.
PublicForum Downloads
11 June 2009 - Nick Wates - author, practitioner, teacher - discusses his latest book, The Community Planning Event Manual: How to Use Collaborative Planning and Urban Design Events to Improve Your Environment (Earthscan, 2008). To see the full description of this event, click here.
9 July 2009 - John Kador - noted author - discusses his latest book, Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust (Berret-Koehler, 2009). To see the full description of this event, click here.
8 October 2009 - Vivien Twyford - author, teacher, community engagement practitioner - discusses her book, Beyond Public Meetings: Connecting Community Engagement with Decision-Making (2006). To see the full description of this event, click here.
7 December 2009 - Wendy Sarkissian - Australian community engagement practitioner - discusses her book, Kitchen Table Sustainability: Practical Recipes for Community Engagement with Sustainability (Earthscan, 2008). To see the full description of this event, click here.
28 May 2010 - Nabeel Hamdi - architect-author - discusses his book, The Placemaker's Guide to Building Community (Earthscan, 2010). To see the full description of this event, click here.
(MP3, 14 MB)
22 September 2010 - Yvonne Rydin - professor and author - discusses her book, Governing for Sustainable Urban Development (Earthscan, 2010). To see the full description of this event, click here.
22 October 2010 - Using Social Media for Community Building - Learn how nonprofit Daily Acts is effectively using social media in conjunction with community activities as a tool for supporting its vision of sustainability at the local level in Petaluma, California. To see the full description of this event, click here.
27 October 2010 - Peggy Holman - author - discusses her book, Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity (Berrett-Koehler, 2010). To see the full description of this event, click here.
Practial Insights Webinars
9 Sep 2010 - Painting the Landscape: An International Exploration of Public-Government Decision Making. To see the full description of this event, click here.
7 Oct 2010 - Making Local Democracy Work: Municipal Officials' Views About Public Engagement. To see the full description of this event, click here.
Tech Lab Downloads
24 June 2010 - Engagement HQ (from Bang The Table). To see the full description of this event, click here. For copies of the presentation handouts, click here.
29 July 2010 - BudgetAllocator (from Bang The Table). To see the full description of this event, click here. For copies of the presentation handouts, click here.
Conference Proceedings
2-4 March 2010 - Stakeholder Engagement 2010
Including the Excluded: Social/Environmental Justice, Accessibility, and Social Inclusion in Engagement
For a description of the conference sessions, click here (HTML) or here (PDF). To access the session recordings, click the link below.
Conference Reports
16 July 2009 - Using Virtual Reality for Stakeholder Engagement (a PublicDecisions Mini-Conference). To see the full description of this event, click here. For a copy of the conference report, click the link below.
Mini-Poll Reports
August 2009: Deliberative Techniques for Engagement