Debategraph
Encyclopedia
Debategraph is a web-based, collaborative idea visualization
tool, focusing on complex public policy
issues.
It has been used by the White House
, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
,, the Amanpour
series on CNN
, and The Independent
newspaper and was named as one of the Best Websites for Teaching and Learning by the American Association of School Librarians
in 2010.
Debategraph is a social venture
operating under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 license .
and David Price.
Visualization
The term visualization or visualisation may refer to:* Creative visualization* Flow visualization* Geovisualization* Illustration* Information graphics, visual representations of information, data, or knowledge* Information visualization...
tool, focusing on complex public policy
Public policy
Public policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...
issues.
It has been used by the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO is a British government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.The head of the FCO is the...
,, the Amanpour
Amanpour
Amanpour was a news program hosted by Christiane Amanpour. It last aired on April 30, 2010 as Ms Amanpour resigned her position as CNN's chief international correspondent to work for rival network ABC's This Week. The show featured interviews with top news makers on current events...
series on CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, and The Independent
The Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
newspaper and was named as one of the Best Websites for Teaching and Learning by the American Association of School Librarians
American Association of School Librarians
The American Association of School Librarians has been a division of the American Library Association since 1951. Prior to that, school librarians were served by the School Library Section of ALA founded in 1914 which itself emerged from the Roundtable of Normal and High School Librarians which...
in 2010.
Debategraph is a social venture
Social venture
A social venture is an undertaking by a firm or organization established by a social entrepreneur that seeks to provide systemic solutions to achieve a sustainable, social objective.- Background :...
operating under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 license .
History
Debategraph was co-founded in March 2008 by the former Australian Minister for Higher Education Peter BaldwinPeter Baldwin (Australian politician)
Peter Jeremy Baldwin is a former Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1983 to 1998....
and David Price.