Doble Research Associates

Founded by John Doble in 1992, Doble Research Associates specializes in mapping public opinion. Rather than traditional public opinion polls, Doble makes use of deliberative forums, focus groups, in-depth interviews, and detailed questionnaires to reveal how people's thinking changes with time.

International Institute for Sustained Dialogue

The International Institute for Sustained Dialogue (IISD) is an independent organization formed in collaboration with the Kettering Foundation to promote the process of sustained dialogue for transforming racial and ethnic conflicts around the world. Sustained dialogue is a systematic, interactive, open-ended political process to transform conflictual relationships over time.

National Issues Forums Institute

The National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI) is a nonpartisan organization chartered in 1989 to promote the National Issues Forums (NIF). NIF is a network of civic, educational, and other organizations and individuals whose common interest is to promote public deliberation in the United States.

Public Agenda

For more than 25 years, Public Agenda has worked to bridge the gap between American leaders and the American public on issues ranging from foreign policy to education. Regularly consulted by policy makers and journalists alike, its innovative public opinion research features substantive public discussions in communities around the country on some of the toughest issues of the day.

The Harwood Institute

The Harwood Institute is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that works to improve public life and politics. Founded in 1988 by Richard Harwood, the institute strives to increase civic engagement and reveal how communities work and change.