1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Abbie Jeffs has a background in urban planning and public policy but was an excellent facilitator in a successful consultancy, Straight-Talk, for many years. She’s now working for a public sector organisation—a loss for the field of public deliberation—although Abbie remains a strong advocate. She has much wisdom to impart in this episode and several terrific tools. &amp;nbsp; LINKS Bliss Browne’s ‘Imagine Chicago’ Tuckman’s stages Visit&amp;nbsp; to newDemocracy’s podcast page to access Kaner’s diverge/converge guide to participatory decision-making. Music acknowledgement Facilitating Public Deliberations http://facilitatingpublicdeliberations.libsyn.com/website <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/17306546/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/17306546