COMPASS: Navigating the Dialogue Resource Guide

Introduction - Home

• Compass

About Raise Your Voice Campaign

Recent History of Student Action and Engagement
Civic Engagement Defined, and Why Civic Engagement?

Why an Electronic Civic Engagement Resource Guide?

Civic Dialogues:

Hosting dialogues:

Logistical Issues:

The Shape: Topic, Goals/Objectives, Dialogue formats, Size
The Occasion: Events that invite dialogue
The People: Participants, Expertise
The Place: Facilities
The Record: Maintaining A Record
• The Press: Publicity/Public Relations

Facilitating a Dialogue:

Creating the Agenda – Mapping the Dialogue
Introducing the Dialogue – Getting Started
Framing the Topic – Establishing Issues and Objectives
Launching the Dialogue – Introductory Activities
Guiding the Dialogues – Keeping Discussion Rolling
Wrapping up the Dialogue – Reviewing What’s Been Said
Evaluating the Dialogue – How Did it Go?
Action Steps – Creating a Follow-up Plan
After the Dialogue – Press and Public Relations

Sample Dialogues

Sample Dialogue One: Students and the Public Good
Sample Dialogue Two: Service and Politics: Making the Connection
Sample Dialogue Three: Dialogue Based on Bush’s Commencement Address
Sample Dialogue Four: What is Civic Engagement
Sample Dialogue Five: Hunger and Homelessness Week
Sample Dialogue Six: Are You Patriotic?
Sample Dialogue Seven: Understanding September 11th

Online Forms

Speak Out– Sharing your experiences (Report back to the campaign)


Raise Your Voice is
an initiative of Campus Compact
Brown University, Box 1975, Providence, RI 02912
2002-2005