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When a Client Says “No” to A Good Process
What happens when clients say “no” to a process proposal that follows best practices? Are there strategies that can be employed to help them see the value in different approaches? CBI outlines guidance for addressing these situations.
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Facilitating Wind Energy Siting
This three-day workshop focuses on developing the capacity to collaborate effectively on wind development policy, facility siting, and related issues, including visual impacts, noise, credible data, local benefits, and more.
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The Death of Consensus?
Reflections on the past, present, and promise of consensus building.
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Corporate Stakeholder Engagement and Mineral Extraction in Colombia
Corporate Stakeholder Engagement provides a new point of entry for those concerned about the social and environmental impacts of mineral extraction.
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Mediating Municipal Bankruptcy
CBI argues that insolvent cities should rethink declaring bankruptcy, and outlines a better alternative.
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Shoring Up For Uncertain Seas: Seeking Consensus on Sea Level Rise in Coastal Communities
CBI tackles the unclear, and thus hotly debated, question of how coastal communities should respond to rising sea levels.
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Building National Consensus for International Climate Change Negotiations
CBI works with senior government officials from across the Middle East and North Africa to explore how they can more effectively prepare in-country for international climate negotiations.
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Helping Citizens Negotiate Together
When citizens are asked to serve on committees charged with addressing complex problems, what is really being asked of them? How can facilitators help them meet the challenge?
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Adapting to Climate Change: Managing Tomorrow's Risks with Today's Decisions
Climate change poses a range of threats to communities around the world. What can communities do now to manage the risks?
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Negotiating Virtues
CBI wonders if we can, or should, teach negotiation as an opportunity to act virtuously.
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How Best to Restore Civility?
CBI asks what can be done to restore civil debate and produce less polarized and more productive conversations, decisions, and policies in the United States.
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Facilitating Wind Energy Siting: A List of "Do's and Dont's"
A pragmatic list of best practices for siting wind energy facilities drawn from a CBI workshop.
