About Common Ground
Who We Are
For more than 10 years, Common Ground has been a leader in providing collaborative services through facilitation, mediation, negotiation and training.
Our Services
Common Ground helps government entities, agencies, private-sector organizations, nonprofits and communities come together and work out solutions to public policy issues including: transportation, land use, public health, quality of life, natural resources, education, watershed planning and military base reuse.
In order to accomplish this work, Common Ground provides facilitation and mediation services, educates communities and organizations in order to build capacity in collaboration, and conducts and conveys research on what helps and hinders cooperative process and solutions.
Why Choose Common Ground
Common Ground, as part of the University of California, Davis, offers these unique benefits and advantages:
- Neutrality
- Focus on education and capacity building
- Ability to tailor collaborative and resolution services to your specific needs
- Connection to the depth and breadth of UC staff and faculty for research information
- Ability to provide highly qualified facilitators, mediators and instructors whose expertise matches your needs
- Collaboration can produce a better outcome for everyone
Our goal is to set the standard for collaborative services and training.
What We Offer
We offer a wide range of collaborative services to meet your organization's needs including:
Mediation: We serve as neutrals to resolve conflict by helping the stakeholders create and reach their own solutions.
Facilitation: We work with groups to help them identify and meet their goals.
Public Policy Dispute Resolution: We facilitate resolution of conflicts regarding complex public policy issues to achieve balanced solutions among diverse stakeholders.
Conflict Resolution Courses and Trainings: We design and deliver courses and customized training sessions to strengthen conflict resolution understanding and capacity for professionals, participants and convenors.
Conflict Assessment: We assess stakeholder readiness for negotiation or collaboration.
Collaboration can produce a better outcome for everyone. This occurs when stakeholders with diverse interests work together to seek common ground. From such efforts solutions are created that benefit the entire community. Our goal is to set the standard for effective collaborative services and training.
