Conversations for Change ...Collaboration through Consensus
Conversations for Change is fostering the free exchange of ideas, unencumbered by political burdens, in order to achieve a common ground on issues that enable communities to act as a whole.

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Center for Rising Entrepreneurial Demand

Conversations for Change is on a mission to bring all Louisiana businesses onilne. We want to democratize technology by bringing the growth opportunity of the internet to everyone. We are not limited to Louisiana business, but we have for them a special emphasis. As a member of the Louisiana Technology Council, we have created an agency called CRED: The Center for Rising Entrepreneurial Demand. CRED provides a number of services for small business start-ups for reduced prices. Please visit the website for more information.

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Conversations for Change is a
nonprofit, nonpartisan organization
founded on the belief that building
effective, regular public deliberation
in communities can
significantly
improve the quality of life for
individuals in those communities.

Conditioning Democracy

After years of observing community participation in Conversation Circles, we began to notice how people changed their outlook on democratic government after participating in a properly facilitated Conversation Circle. Now we are developing a tool to empirically examine this effect. We believe deliberative democracy operations are an as yet-undeveloped tool for democratization.

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News:
The DPS is now online! We're looking for participants now!

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Can you recommend a candidate for board membership? We're seeking talented leaders in a variety of fields to catalyse the conversation.
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Consulting

Let us help you "Leverage group insight." We offer professional group facilitation, focus groups, market research and  statistical analysis, sales strategy/group (jury) presentation analysis, and group facilitator training.

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The Crime Collaborative

In New Orleans, the Crime Collaborative project is bringing prosecutors together with communities to develop crime-reduction strategies.

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