File Drawer

Animating Democracy - Excellent Resource on engagement. Animating Democracy inspires, informs, promotes, and connects arts and culture as potent contributors to community, civic, and social change.

Art (and facilitated discussion) improves thinking - An article about Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, their "facilitated discussions" with school groups, and how that impacted student learning/understanding/empathy, even a month after the program

Before I Die walls - Public installations at 525 sites explore this concept--an ongoing reflection and conversation

Book- Museum Experience Falk and Dierking - Written in clear, non-technical style, The Museum Experience Revisited paints a thorough picture of why people go to museums, what they do there, how they learn, and what museum practitioners can do to enhance these experiences.

Change Agency - Activist education. Australian group interested in social change and empowering people to do it. their tag " Listen Deeply, Reflect Critically, Strategize Effectively, Make Change Happen"

Climate Access: Sharing what works - Communication and dialogue strategies for climate change and sustainability issues. "Network for those people engaging the public in the transformation to low carbon, resilient communities."

Conversation Cafe Website - Conversation Cafés are open, hosted conversations anywhere people gather to make sense of our world. At a Conversation Cafe there is  a simple process that helps to shift us from small talk to BIG talk, conversations that matter.

Dana Centre dialogue event DIY - All sorts of info on how to plan a dialogue "event". Geared to museums, much of this info also applies to interpretive programs. It's creative and might spark new ideas. 

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most - Solid ideas for interpersonal dialogue of all kinds

Engaging the Scientific Community with the Public - Why we need to communicate through dialogue, rather than lectures

Eppley Facilitated Dialog Toolkit - Info placed on the IDP Eppley site to introduce Facilitated Dialog.

How to turn small talk into smart conversation - A short, funny look at the power of asking open-ended questions

How to win any argument in 60 seconds (youtube) - Great quick video on the power of dialogue 

Northern Arizona University Hot Topics Cafe - This "forum for civil discourse about issues of community concern" addresses a wide range of topics, aiming for both intellectual rigor and compassion. Check out the past hot topic cafes for good question ideas.

One on One (Facilitated Dialogue at the Hirshhorn Museum - A master's thesis on using dialogic and other techniques in informal interpretation at the Hirshhorn

Slide Share Program Rethinking museums from a visitor perspective - Nice summary of Falk and Dirking's work on visitor experiences from a personal, social, and physical context and how institutons need to understand these

Solving Tough Problems - An inspiring book on the power of dialogue in high-stakes global situations

Subverting the System: Students and Teachers as Equals - A dialogic mindset in the classroom