NGA Center for Best Practices
The NGA Center for Best Practices teams and divisions develop innovative solutions to today’s most pressing public policy challenges. The center is the only research and development firm that directly serves the nation’s Governors.
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Disagree Better
Americans need to disagree better. And by that we don’t mean that we need to be nicer to each other, although that’s helpful. We need to learn to disagree in a way that allows us to find solutions and solve problems instead of endlessly bickering.
The “exhausted majority” of Americans want this, and the science is clear about interventions that reduce polarization. As doers and builders, Governors are in a unique position to model what healthy conflict looks like.
Governor Spencer Cox’s Disagree Better NGA Chair’s initiative looks at the problems of polarization, elevates the solutions that groups around the country are already implementing, and features Governors showing what disagreeing better looks like. Through public debates, service projects, public service announcements and a variety of other tactics, Americans will see a more positive and optimistic way of working through our problems.
Program Areas
Center for Best Practices Library
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in State Government
Disability Employment Awareness Month 2023
Opioid Litigation Settlement Funds Summit
2023 Cybersecurity Policy Advisors Network In-Person Convening
Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023
September Quarterly Infrastructure Coordinator Workshop
Organizational Opportunities for Strengthening the Human Services Workforce
Advancing Equity in the Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Sectors
2023 Energy Cybersecurity Resources For Governors’ Advisors
How Healthy Conflict Can Strengthen Nation
Early Wins: A Tailored Tool For A Big Problem
At Disagree Better Event, National Security Experts Warn of the Dangers of Toxic Polarization
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- 2022-2023
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Strengthening Youth Mental Health - 2021-2022
Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s Initiative
K-12 Computer Science Education - 2019-2020
Gov. Larry Hogan’s Initiative
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