What Is DebateGraph?DebateGraphDGRF_9ca9071d-2fa4-4679-acd6-eb6693c4e7beDebateGraph is an award-winning, cloud-based service that offers individuals and communities a powerful way to learn about, and deliberate and decide on, complex issues... DebateGraph is a social enterprise that combines argument visualization with collaborative editing to make the best arguments on all sides of every complex public debate freely available to all, and continuously open to challenge and improvement by all.Peter BaldwinCo-founder -- Peter Baldwin was a federal MP for Sydney from 1983-1998, including six years as a minister in the Hawke/Keating government, first as Minister for Higher Education and Employment Services (1990-93) and then as Cabinet Minister for Social Security (1993-96). Following the change of federal government in 1996, he held Opposition shadow portfolios of Education and Finance before retiring from politics in 1998. After leaving politics, Peter became interested in argument mapping as a means for raising the quality of debate about public policy issues, and in particular the potential for the web to enable dispersed collaboration on the creation of large-scale argument maps of complex and contentious issues. Building on his programming experience prior to entering politics, Peter began to develop the software underlying DebateGraph as a web application to facilitate large scale, collaborative argument mapping.David PriceCo-founder -- Prior to co-founding DebateGraph with Peter Baldwin, David Price was a consultant and public policy advisor and has worked with various public and private sector organizations including: the BBC, the European Commission, CNN, UK Prime Minister’s Office, HM Treasury, Ofcom and Virgin TV David studied at the University of Cambridge (Ph.D. in organisational learning and environmental policy) and the University of Bath (B.Sc. in Business Administration), lives in Somerset with his wife and three children, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. David also leads DebateGraph's consultancy, mapping and training projects with our government, NGO, business and education partners.People see clearly and choose wisely in the face of the complex problems_a5ac44d8-5ebb-11e8-8bff-6e3ff9613715To enable individuals and communities to learn about, and deliberate and decide on, complex issues._a5ac467c-5ebb-11e8-8bff-6e3ff9613715SharingSharing understanding in a structured and transparent form, allows people to see that their perspectives have been heard and represented in context, to fill any gaps, and to expand upon, improve, and challenge any of the points considered directly -- and it does in a highly efficient way that avoids unnecessary repetition and ad hominem attacks, and is constantly open and evolving in the light of new evidence and ideas.UnderstandingStructureTransparencyPerspectiveNetworkingThe more that people contribute their own insights to the public graph the greater the network benefits for all the communities -- and whether the communities are small teams, organizations, network of stakeholders, or societies as a whole, the ability to augment our individual capacity to see clearly and choose wisely in the face of the complex problems we confront today has never been more pressing.DialogueFacilitate dialogue_a5ac4730-5ebb-11e8-8bff-6e3ff96137151DebateGraph helps communities of any size to externalize, visualize, question, and evaluate all of the considerations that any member thinks may be relevant to the topic at hand – and by facilitating intelligent, constructive dialogue within the community around those issues.ExternalizationExternalize considerations relevant to topics_a5ac47d0-5ebb-11e8-8bff-6e3ff96137151.1VisualizationVisualize the considerations relevant to topics_a5ac48a2-5ebb-11e8-8bff-6e3ff96137151.2QuestioningQuestion the considerations relevant to topics_a5ac4974-5ebb-11e8-8bff-6e3ff96137151.3EvaluationEvaluate the considerations relevant to topics_a5ac4a0a-5ebb-11e8-8bff-6e3ff96137151.4UnderstandingAccumulate understanding across a growing range of topics_a5ac4aaa-5ebb-11e8-8bff-6e3ff96137152Moreover, each public map contributes to, and forms part of an accumulating graph of structured understanding across a growing range of topics, which, as the topics intersect, accelerates and enriches each community's understanding of the topics each is addressing._a5ac4b36-5ebb-11e8-8bff-6e3ff96137152018-05-23https://debategraph.org/Stream.aspx?nid=65027&vt=ngraph&dc=focusOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net