Deliberative dialogue is different from focus groups. In the brief I gave, there were examples of dialogues that really are an exchange. One of the striking things about these dialogues and the evaluations is that people come in thinking they can't find anything to agree with, with other people. But when they have a chance to listen to other people's life experiences and think about common values, they do find some common ground.
On October 26th, 2006. See this statement in context.