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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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![Public Health Emergency Playbook](https://www.nga.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/public_health_emergency_playbook-150x150.jpg)
Public Health Emergency Playbook
![The Governor’s Guide to Public Health Preparedness](https://www.nga.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/public_health_prepare-150x150.jpg)
The Governor’s Guide to Public Health Preparedness
![Energy Cyber Workforce Policy Brief](https://www.nga.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cyber_workforce_brief-150x150.jpg)
Energy Cyber Workforce Policy Brief
![State of the State – 2024](https://www.nga.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023_SOTS_ImageOnly-150x150.png)
State of the State – 2024
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.
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![Public Health Emergency Playbook](https://www.nga.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/public_health_emergency_playbook-150x150.jpg)
Public Health Emergency Playbook
![The Governor’s Guide to Public Health Preparedness](https://www.nga.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/public_health_prepare-150x150.jpg)
The Governor’s Guide to Public Health Preparedness
![Energy Cyber Workforce Policy Brief](https://www.nga.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cyber_workforce_brief-150x150.jpg)
Energy Cyber Workforce Policy Brief
![State of the State – 2024](https://www.nga.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023_SOTS_ImageOnly-150x150.png)
State of the State – 2024
![New Parenting Toolkit Helps Families Learn Ways to Disagree Better](https://www.nga.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Nashville_Toolkit1-150x150.jpg)
New Parenting Toolkit Helps Families Learn Ways to Disagree Better
![NGA Wraps Up Third Broadband Leaders Workshop in Kansas](https://www.nga.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/kansas_broadband1-150x150.jpg)
NGA Wraps Up Third Broadband Leaders Workshop in Kansas
![Governor Cox and Governor Lee on Disagreeing Better](https://www.nga.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GovernorsConversationNashville-150x150.jpg)
Governor Cox and Governor Lee on Disagreeing Better
![Roundtable on Energy Resilience and Security for Territories and Islanded Communities](https://www.nga.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024_energyResilience-150x150.jpg)
Roundtable on Energy Resilience and Security for Territories and Islanded Communities
![Disagree Better Panelists Highlight Ways to Help Students Have Healthier Conversations](https://www.nga.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DB_Nashville_Panel3-150x150.jpg)
Disagree Better Panelists Highlight Ways to Help Students Have Healthier Conversations
![Comprehensive Energy Planning 101](https://www.nga.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/figure4_1-150x150.jpg)
Comprehensive Energy Planning 101
![Disagree Better Speakers Share Tips for Constructive Disagreement](https://www.nga.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/db_nashville_keynotes-150x150.png)
Disagree Better Speakers Share Tips for Constructive Disagreement
![State Resource Center: Innovative Infrastructure Funding, Financing and Delivery](https://www.nga.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Container-150x150.jpg)
State Resource Center: Innovative Infrastructure Funding, Financing and Delivery
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