MosaicLab Directors Nicole Hunter and Keith Graves were excited to feature on a recent episode of the USA-produced GovLove podcast.

The Engaging Local Government Leaders podcast dropped just before Christmas and included lots of great discussion about the big MosaicLab book, Facilitating Deliberation – A Practical Guide.

In a broad-ranging and fascinating chat, Nic and Keith discuss:

their backgrounds and career paths that led to the formation of MosaicLab
why they wrote the book and the reason it's written as an instructional handbook
insights into online versus in-person deliberations
the hard work that goes into helping groups reach a decision
how deliberative democracy can positively impact local government
what goes into designing an engaging deliberation
strategies to address unconscious bias and polarisation
how to include all voices in a process.

The episode also features a fun lightning round at the start. Listen in to learn the following about Keith and Nicole:

their most controversial non-political opinions
which foods most people like but they don’t
the first music they ever bought and in what format.

THANKS FOR THE CHATS, PODCASTERS!

Below is a list of the podcasts we were fortunate to be a part of in 2022. If you would like to enquire about booking our directors for a podcast conversation about their book or any aspect of facilitating deliberation, please get in touch.

> For The Love of Community Engagement with Becky Hirst – Season 2, Episode 1

> Local Government News Roundup with Chris Eddy – Facilitating Deliberative Engagement: Facilitating Deliberative Engagement - "We really dork out on this stuff"

> Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL) GovLove with Kirsten Wyatt – Episode 549

ARTICLES ABOUT OUR BOOK

Thanks also to IAP2 for a feature article in their September Engagement Matters newsletter and to the Deliberative Democracy Digest for the Reflections article.

IAP2 article

Deliberative Democracy Digest article

FLASHBACK: OUR FAVOURITE SOCIAL MOMENT

Thank you to everyone who has shared thoughts about our book on social media and sent us a book review. Tag us and keep them coming!

We have previously shared Becky Hirst’s fabulous TikTok product reveal of our book. In case you missed it, check it out below.

HAVE YOU VISITED OUR DD RESOURCE HUB?

We have a Deliberative Democracy Resource Hub filled with great information including free guides and downloads, access to our video library, project case studies and more.

We hope the resources on the Hub will guide others to deliver improved engagement processes that are richer, better planned, more representative, better measured and underpinned by best practice and evidence-based thinking.

We will also keep this ‘hub’ updated with any new materials, reference document and case studies to help others advocate or learn in this field.