Tools for Success
Specific tools for working effectively with groups.
Leadership Management Resources from OHRD
Office of Quality and Improvement, UW-Madison

Public Engagement Organizations
AmericaSpeaks:
CaliforniaSpeaks
National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation
Deliberative Democracy Consortium (DDC)
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2)
Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR)
International Association of Facilitators (IAF)
The World Cafe
CivicEvolution
Pomegranate Center 
Future Search
Best Practices for Building Online Communities
November 5th Coalition
Open Space Technology | Open Space Online
Citizen Participation by Objectives (CPO)
Root Learning
The Grove

Readings
Books, articles, and monographs that offer ideas and strategies for facilitators, managers, and others seeking to fully engage participants in effective group process

• "The Journey of Dialogue (selected chapters) by Elliinor and Gerard
  What is Dialogue?
  Putting it Together
  Our Expanding World View
• Sam Kaner's Model- Facilitating the 'Groan Zone' in group decision-making: Dynamics of Group Decision-Making
• Meg Wheatley's 'Emergence' Model: Taking Social Innovations to Scale
• "Making Choices Together: The Power of Public Diliberation" (excerpt)
• AmericaSpeaks Article: "Leveraging Philanthropy to Make Civic Engagement Count" by Carolyn Lukensmeyer and Steve Brigham
• Darcy Riddell, "Evolving Approaches to Conservation: Integral Ecology and Canada's Great Bear Rainforest"