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Our strategies and resources are the outcomes of decades of work. We continue to learn with practitioners across many fields to develop and simplify two robust processes,

  • The Question Formulation Technique, which helps all individuals learn how to formulate, work with, and use their own questions. Through learning how to ask their own questions everyone, students, parents, clients, and patients alike, can become more engaged, critical thinkers.
  • The Framework for Accountable Decision Making, which helps individuals, learn for themselves how to effectively participate in decisions that affect them. Through learning how to effectively participate in decision, the decision-making process becomes more democratic and all individuals are equipped with skills to advocate for themselves.

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The free resources you will find on our network will help you easily move into action to learn a strategy one day and facilitate the very next.

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  • Access free downloadable resources to learn the Question Formulation Technique to teach others how to formulate their own questions
  • Access free downloadable resources to learn the Framework for Accountable Decision Making to teach others how to more effectively participate in the decision-making process
  • Watch videos to learn how to effectively implement these strategies and learn from practitioners across different fields
  • Peruse blogs and dig into the nuance of facilitation and continue to learn how to best adapt implementation for different purposes
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  • Receive regular newsletters including information on new resources, blogs, articles, and learning opportunities

What I appreciate about the Right Question Institute is its effort to meet people where they are. Equally important is its recognition that no system, no professionals, no individual dealing daily with large numbers of people can meet all their needs without the avid involvement of those whose needs are to be met…”

— Martha Minow, Professor, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA

I don’t think I have ever had a student who have voted before, except maybe voting for homecoming queen or teacher of the year. Other than that they never voted in an election to the city council, the school board or anything else… After doing the workshop many students gained an appreciation voting is a right and is an important freedom… had quite a few that actually voted. They come back really proud. They went to the county elections and voted for the school board. It actually makes a difference.

The ‘Why Vote?’ Tool gave our organizers ​a way to engage more deeply with communities about voting and civic engagement​, bringing a deeper understanding of the barriers that folks from marginalized communities often face when voting

— Alex McHenry, Community Resource Center, Denver

The tool asks why and really​ builds a sense of confidence, responsibility, and collaboration​ among adult learners. Especially for refugees and immigrants who are often told what to do by authorities — this tool supports them to make their own decisions and teaches them that their decisions are important and valid.

— Keighty Ward, Literacy Works, Chicago

Why do you think we ask questions? So we can be curious about what we are learning and want to know more.

— Ayaka, 1st Grade Student, Novi, MI

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