Why Frame Issues for Public Deliberation?
Some issues are locally or 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. What’s Involved in the Adaptive Issue Framing Workshop?
