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Building the Movement for Applying the Polarity System and the Polarities of Democracy through the Institute for Polarities of Democracy. • William J. Benet, Ph.D. • Vice President & Senior Fellow, Institute for Polarities of Democracy • Senior Adjunct Faculty, School of Public Policy and Administration, Walden University • Keith Nalumango • Board Member & Fellow, Institute for Polarities of Democracy • Doctoral Candidate, School of Public Policy and Administration, Walden University • Suzanne Rackl, CFRE • Research Fellow & IPD Fellow, Institute for Polarities of Democracy • Doctoral Candidate, School of Public Policy and Administration, Walden University • CEO & Principal Counsel, Strategic Impact

Agenda • Introductions • Session Objectives • Polarities of Democracy Theory • Institute for Polarities of Democracy • From Research to Social Change Application • Interactive Exercise: Participation and Representation • The Future of P.O.D. & The Institute • Q & A

Session Objectives • Gain understanding of the role of theory from academic research to practitioner application in social change work. • Learn how to apply the polarities of democracy theory to achieve positive social change at the project, community, or societal level.

Polarities of Democracy Theory • Critical theory of positive social change (Benet, 2013). • Based on the conceptual framework of Barry Johnson’s Polarity Management (1992/1996). • Developed as framework to help build healthy, sustainable, and just communities. • Ten elements of democratic values in five polarity pairs.

Polarities of Democracy Theory: The Pairs • Freedom AND Authority • Justice AND Due Process • Diversity AND Equality • Human Rights AND Communal Obligations • Participation AND Representation

The Institute: Building the Movement • Promoting Polarity Thinking and the Polarities of Democracy Theory. • Advancing organizational well-being and creating healthy, sustainable, and just communities

The Institute: Growing the Movement • Scholar to Practitioner Application • Intersection of the Theory with Facets of Social Change

Real Time Assessment Polarities of Democracy Theory: Participation AND Representation https://www.assessmypolarities.com/acT2a9pU

Real Time Assessment Polarities of Democracy Theory: Participation AND Representation LINK to Results on Polarity Partnerships Site

The Questions

The Questions

The Map

Institute Hubs & Community Completed Research Studies In Progress Research Studies The Movement Social Change Projects ✪ ✪ ✪

The Future of POD and the Institute Become Involved in the Movement • Walden Library Collection: https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/pod/ • Institute for Polarities of Democracy: www.InstituteforPOD.org • Learning Community • Spread the Word • Donate to the Institute

Contact Us William J. Benet, Ph.D. Bill.Benet@InstituteforPOD.org www.PolaritiesofDemocracy.org Keith Nalumango, M.A. Keith.Nalumango@WaldenU.edu www.InstituteforPOD.org Suzanne Rackl, M.M., CFRE, CFRM Suzanne.Rackl@InstituteforPOD.org www.StrategicImpact.us

References Benet, W. J. (2013). Managing the polarities of democracy: A theoretical framework for positive social change. Journal of Social Change 5 (1), 26-39. doi: 10.5590/JOSC.2013.05.1.03 Johnson, B. (1992/1996). Polarity management: Identifying and managing unsolvable problems. Amherst, MA: HRD Press Inc.

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