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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.

As a member of our website, you can:

  • 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
  • Learn about recent news and upcoming events
  • Receive regular newsletters including information on new resources, blogs, articles, and learning opportunities

Before [RQI’s] webinar I felt that I didn’t have the tools and knowledge to have these types of conversations. ​I felt more empowered after I learned about the tool.​

— Julia Sosa, United Parent Leaders Action Network, Los Angeles

Recognizing that the genius of democracy is in its roots, [RQI] sets about strengthening those roots. By helping people learn how to help themselves the project makes possible the vital process of converting residents into effective citizens… The project offers the possibility of strengthening the vital core of our society.

— Bill Kovach, Journalist, Former Curator, Nieman Foundation at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

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

A student who hadn’t said a word all summer led his group in identifying open and closed questions.

— Sun Ezzell, Professor, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA

Just when you think you know all you need to know, you ask another question and discover how much more there is to learn.

— 6th Grade Student, Palo Alto, CA

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