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Design dialogue, facilitate on your feet: Public Conversations’ Fall 2013 Trainings 27 Aug 2013 | 12:55 am
Facilitate your meetings through the rough spots. Engage conflict constructively in your community or organization. Gain the skills and tools you need with one of the Public Conversations Project’s up...
Stakeholder Mapping for Collaboration – A tool for inclusiveness & diversity 26 Aug 2013 | 06:22 pm
This post was submitted by NCDD member Michelle Miller of MMBD Consulting via the Add-to-Blog form at www.ncdd.org/submit. When mapping stakeholders for various initiatives, I found that existing sta...
Kettering Resident Journalist Reflects on Press & Democracy 23 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
The Kettering Foundation recently shared an interview with Duran Angiki, an indigenous journalist from the Solomon Islands who just finished his six-month residency with KF who faced persecution from ...
Group Decision Tip: Straw Vote 22 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
In principle, the best group decisions are based on shared understanding of everyone’s perspective, and a good way to get a quick read of where everyone stands is to take a straw vote. A straw vote is...
New Public Agenda Paper on Clickers in Deliberation 22 Aug 2013 | 06:46 pm
Here in the 21st Century, technology is continuously shaping and reshaping the way that we engage with each other and how we govern ourselves. But striking the right balance between using technology ...
Announcing the Successful Communities Contest & Conference Call 22 Aug 2013 | 06:45 am
We are pleased (and somewhat saddened) to announce the last conference call in the three-part capacity building series being hosted by our partners at CommunityMatters and the Citizens’ Institute on R...
The Importance of Conversation (reflections from Katy Byrne) 22 Aug 2013 | 06:44 am
This reflective piece was submitted by NCDD member Katy Byrne, MFT Psychotherapist, columnist, radio host, and public speaker, via the Add-to-Blog form at www.ncdd.org/submit. We, the people, can cre...
Reminder: Info call on DDPE certificate program tmw at 6pm Central 22 Aug 2013 | 12:23 am
The next info call for the DDPE certificate program is taking place tomorrow at 6pm Central (that’s 7pm Eastern or 4pm Pacific). You can sign up for the call here if you’re interested in learning mor...
Announcing NCDD Coffee Hour: Thursdays @ 12pm EST 19 Aug 2013 | 08:29 pm
Join us this Thursday for NCDD’s first “Coffee Hour.” These informal one-hour calls will give NCDD members an opportunity to connect with each other, bring up challenges they’re facing in their work,...
E. Coast Forums on Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy 13 Aug 2013 | 08:29 pm
For those of you working on the East Coast or in community preparedness, we recommend you check out a recent post from the National Issues Forums Institute on a series of public forums being hosted by...
