Take advantage of your NCDD discount! Dues-paying NCDD members are eligible for a 20% discount off registration for both the ‘What Would You Do If…?’ Master Class sessions (April 2-3, 2012 and June 11 -12, 2012). The regular registration rate for the training is $695 — or only $556 with NCDD discount! The classes takeRead… Read more »
Are you interested in being an NCDD blogger? We’d like to build a small cadre of volunteer bloggers who are responsible for posting weekly on a specific aspect of dialogue and deliberation they’re passionate and informed about. Perhaps you’re clued-in to what’s happening in online engagement, public deliberation, or race dialogue? Or maybe you’d provideRead… Read more »
Are you interested in being an NCDD blogger? We’d like to build a small cadre of volunteer bloggers who are responsible for posting weekly on a specific aspect of dialogue and deliberation they’re passionate and informed about. Perhaps you’re clued-in to what’s happening in online engagement, public deliberation, or race dialogue? Or maybe you’d provideRead… Read more »
There are still a few spots open for the International Conference on Participatory Budgeting in the US and Canada, so if you plan to join us in New York at the end of the month, now’s the time to register. Registration is a sliding scale between $10 and $50, which is pretty amazing. The conferenceRead… Read more »
A garment worker in India, who is working in an urban factory, thinks “I’ve moved to the city to work here and earn a living for my family, and now I can’t survive on these wages.” The worker’s employer, a garment manufacturer, thinks, “I’m getting pinched by my buyer. My profit margins are absurdly thinRead… Read more »
Here’s a great little list straight from Peter Levine’s blog at http://peterlevine.ws/?p=8351… People interested in various aspects of civic education and civic renewal have a whole range of summer institutes to consider in 2012. At Tufts, we offer a Summer Institute of Civic Studies (a seminar with a strong focus on theory) followed by aRead… Read more »
Here’s a great little list straight from Peter Levine’s blog at http://peterlevine.ws/?p=8351… People interested in various aspects of civic education and civic renewal have a whole range of summer institutes to consider in 2012. At Tufts, we offer a Summer Institute of Civic Studies (a seminar with a strong focus on theory) followed by aRead… Read more »
This message from NCDD member Tom Murray came my way tonight. Sounds like an interesting opportunity! – Sandy We are looking for people who have some experience in dialogue facilitation and/or dispute mediation to facilitate online discussions during the first half of April. You will receive a modest stipend of $600 for helping us. NoRead… Read more »
This message from NCDD member Tom Murray came my way tonight. Sounds like an interesting opportunity! – Sandy We are looking for people who have some experience in dialogue facilitation and/or dispute mediation to facilitate online discussions during the first half of April. You will receive a modest stipend of $600 for helping us. NoRead… Read more »
Just saw a tweet about these Bush Fellowships with the Bush Foundation, and wanted to encourage some NCDDers to apply! The Foundation was established in 1953 by 3M executive Archibald Bush and his wife, Edyth, and its mission is “to be a catalyst for the courageous leadership necessary to create sustainable solutions to tough publicRead… Read more »