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		<title>Spreading the word: Everyday Democracy’s Aicher Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2021 12:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NCDD member organization Everyday Democracy is seeking nominations for this year&#8217;s Leadership in Democracy Awards! Please see their message to the NCDD network below for more information about the multiple awards this year, and how to help EvDem spread the word. Nominations and supplemental materials are due 10/31, so act now! Each year, Everyday Democracy, recognizes outstanding leadership through our annual Leadership in Democracy Award. In honor of our founder, Paul J. Aicher, we look for organizations, coalitions, and individuals who embody his values: voice [&#8230;] <a href="https://ncdd.org/32382">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Strategies for Change Seeking Executive Director</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 12:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Denver-based organization, Creative Strategies for Change, is currently seeking a new Executive Director! We encourage folks in our network to learn more about the position in the announcement below and find the original information on the CSC site here. Creative Strategies for Change is expanding our team! We are currently hiring for an Executive Director to start in February of 2021, could it be you or someone you know? Background: Creative Strategies for Change (CSC) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2013, in Denver, Colorado, [&#8230;] <a href="https://ncdd.org/31850">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Practical Academics shares: Online Meeting Best Practices</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2020 11:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NCDD Member Michael Freedman of Practical Academics shared the following blog post with us. In the post, Michael shares best practices for your online meetings &#8211; a timely topic for this moment! We encourage you to check out the article below, or over at the Practical Academics site here. Online Meeting Best Practices The advantages of online meetings are to save travel time, convenience, and flexibility while retaining or augmenting the benefits of group interactivity. For interactivity, we need engagement; for engagement, we need encouragement [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/30997">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Convergence Names David Eisner New President &amp; CEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our friends at the Convergence Center for Policy Resolution recently announced the appointment of their new President &#38; CEO. Please join us in congratulating Convergence and David Eisner on the new position! The full announcement is below and also accessible at this link. Convergence Center for Policy Resolution is excited to share that we have a new President &#38; CEO, David Eisner! Convergence is a 501c3 nonprofit organization with a mission to convene people and groups with divergent views to build trust, identify solutions, and [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/31030">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting Facilitation Tips</title>
		<link>https://ncdd.org/rc/item/12312/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following meeting facilitation tips were submitted by John Godec of The Participation Company. As public sector consultants, The Participation Company helps government agencies manage public issues to accomplish agency objectives. Their private sector business clients are able to maintain or improve their relationships with the public and gain support for their projects. Facilitating meetings can be both an art and a science when the issues being discussed are comparably complex. Getting the right people involved in the discussion from the start can go a [&#8230;] <a href="https://ncdd.org/rc/item/12312/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian School of Peacebuilding</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11917</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP), an institute of Canadian Mennonite University, offers a selection of five-day courses each June. Courses can be taken for professional or personal development or for academic credit. The CSOP is designed for anyone between the ages of 20 and 90 who is interested in peace work, including not-for-profit staff and interns, activists and peace educators, community leaders, religious leaders, teachers and professors, students (undergraduate or graduate), and government officials. All participants need to be fluent in English. The school [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11917">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Picture a Conversation™</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11994</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly five years ago, after seeing so many couples and families interacting with their devices instead of each other, author, advice columnist and now conversation catalyst Debra Darvick felt compelled to do something. That &#8220;something&#8221; was to create Picture a Conversation&#8482;, an engaging set of conversation prompts whose topics are inspired by her husband&#8217;s gorgeous nature photographs. Darvick has made it her mission to help people reconnect through face-to-face conversations. What distinguishes Picture a Conversation&#8482; cards from others in the genre is Darvick&#8217;s innovation of [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11994">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What’s Next, Alabama?</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11885</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s Next, Alabama? is an issue guide created by the David Mathews Center for Civic Life in 2017 for Alabama Issues Forums 2017 &#8211; 2020. The issue guide provides a brief overview of economic issues facing Alabama and outlines three approaches in addressing economic infrastructure over the course of three forums. The David Mathews Center&#8212;a non-profit, non-partisan, non-advocacy organization&#8212;does not advocate a particular approach or solution to economic issues, but rather seeks to provide a framework for citizens to carefully examine multiple approaches, weigh costs [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11885">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Graduate Certificate in Collaborative Governance</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11814</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2017 13:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Collaborative Governance Graduate certificate is available at Portland State University and is part of the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government. In response to a growing need for collaborative approaches to complex problems that span multiple jurisdictional, sectoral, and organizational boundaries, the Hatfield School of Government, the Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, the National Policy Consensus Center (NPCC), and the Center for Public Service (CPS) have partnered to offer a set of courses that lead to a Graduate Certificate in Collaborative Governance. [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11814">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Wise Democracy Project</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11676</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2017 13:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wise Democracy Project was initiated by Tom Atlee of the Co-Intelligence Institute with impetus and tremendous help from Martin Rausch in Switzerland, between July 2016 and March 2017. The Wise Democracy Project has been created to inspire the formation of a community of practice around approaches and innovations that can further the development of a democratic system capable of generating wise public policy and collective activities. &#8220;Wise&#8221; in this context means taking into account what needs to be taken into account for long-term broad [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11676">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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