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The easiest way to get smarter is to get together. Join our free events, chat with the experts and meet like-minded democratic innovators from around the world.

Webinars

Free one hour sessions to discover inspiring stories and practical collective intelligence methods from the experts.

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Comment renforcer l’impact de la participation citoyenne ? Enseignements de la première Commission délibérative wallonne.

Ce wébinaire accueille élus politiques, facilitateurs et académiques ayant encadré la première Commission délibérative wallonne.
  • July 4, 2024
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Citizens and policy makers together: hybrid processes for smarter policies

Policy makers and citizens can be gathered in smart processes to improve policy making. Successful examples of hybrid processes exist in Denmark and Belgium.
  • June 27, 2024
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Artificial, Collective, and Emotional Intelligence: How might we combine them better?

In this webinar, we will discuss how to promote a human-centered approach of AI thanks to CI and EI for stronger democracies.
  • February 28, 2024
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Smarter Together’s Webinar on Smarter Philanthropy

Collective Intelligence applied to philanthropy: join our webinar to grasp participatory grantmaking's full potential.
  • October 26, 2023
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How to create safe policy dialogue spaces to overcome political divides and polarisation

Safe spaces enable politicians to go beyond party lines, solve political deadlocks and polarisation.
  • July 6, 2023
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How can we better exploit citizen’s emotions in participatory processes

Emotions are often perceived as disruptive to good deliberation, but wielded in the right way, they can help right perceived injustices and encourage collective action.
  • July 5, 2023
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Smarter Together launch webinar

Our Routledge Handbook's key contributors talk democratic renewal and collective intelligence. Tune in for fresh insights.
  • June 14, 2023

Masterclass

Hands on intensive workshops for professionals seeking to sharpen their skills.

  • Discover fresh evidence-based insights to harness the wisdom of crowds
  • Meet top thinkers and practitioners in the field of collective intelligence and democratic innovation
  • Improve your own crowd's ability to understand problems, create solutions, decide, act and learn together
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In the face of demo-anxiety, Smarter Together launches the “Democracy Dojo” – Democratic resistance techniques

Far-right ideology is gaining ground, leaving progressive citizens and defenders of democracy stunned. Racism, populism, and demagogues are on the rise. In times like these, it’s easy to feel helpless. To wait and hope. How can we actively
  • July 6, 2023
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Masterclass – “The Fresk of New Narratives”

Smarter Together organised an evening of training and collective thinking based on the well-known and robust "fresk" methodology developed for the Climate Fresk.
  • October 23, 2024
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Creative Advocacy for the Oceans

The fight for ocean protection and the promotion of sustainable and fair fishing requires creative skills. This masterclass presents the IdeaShaker,an ideation tool adapted by Dreamocracy for lobbyists.
  • February 29, 2024

Smarter Democracy Hackathons

Collaborative sprints for public servants and administration who want to foster democratic innovation

  • Share insights and experiences with like minded members professionals
  • Understand what democratic innovations work and why by discovering the science of collective intelligence
  • Get clarity on feasible and impactful innovation ideas thanks to our expert facilitators
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How we helped the region of Wallonia identify promising democratic innovations

A 2-day workshop with the Public Service of Wallonia to guide the region's participatory democracy efforts and identify further democratic innovations for 2024-2029

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