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		<title>Guide: How to Approach Digital-First Community Engagement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2020 23:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shifting your thinking towards delivering a digital-first community engagement program requires an understanding of the obstacles you will face, the online tools and methodologies you will use and engagement techniques that will incite continuous engagement with your community. This guide from Bang the Table walks you through the common challenges, opportunities and pitfalls you may face while providing practical strategies and advice to help you build a successful digital-first engagement practice for your organization. About Bang the Table Bang the Table was founded because, no [&#8230;] <a href="https://ncdd.org/rc/item/12411/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Join us in #WeavingCommunity during crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2020 10:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NCDD is partnering once again with numerous organizations in our field to encourage a national conversation &#8211; this time around the importance of weaving community during times of crisis. We hope you can take part! The National Conversation Project is a coalition of partner organizations inviting Americans into online conversations and mutual support to weave a stronger community even now&#8211;especially now. Together, we&#8217;re promoting conversations and community amidst fear and isolation. We seek to serve our neighbors and nation in a moment of acute social [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/30975">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NCDD issues statement in response to Election Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 22:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NCDD is issuing a press release in light of our recent national conference being followed quickly by our country&#8217;s divisive election. We are sharing this press release with our media contacts, and we ask NCDD members and NCDD 2018 attendees to share this with your networks. It&#8217;s a brief statement about the conference, its 450+ attendees, and the fact that there are thousands of people and groups across the country who are bringing people together across divides, even during this volatile election period. FOR IMMEDIATE [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/28499">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Join Us at the Boston Public Library for April 24th Dialogues</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/26347</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 12:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Heierbacher]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you in and around Boston, consider joining us next Tuesday (April 24th) for seven dialogue events at the Boston Public Library as part of the National Week of Conversation. NCDD has been working with the Boston Public Library and Big Tent Nation to offer these dialogues supported by highly skilled facilitators, and we encourage you to attend or to just help spread the word! All dialogues will take place in BPL&#8217;s beautiful Central Library in Copley Square at 700 Boylston Street in [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/26347">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Get Involved in the National Week of Conversation</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/25473</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2018 19:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Heierbacher]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re excited announce the upcoming National Week of Conversation (NWOC), which is taking place this April 20-28. The National Week of Conversation is designed to: Turn the tide of rising rancor and deepening division Begin mending the frayed fabric of America by bridging divides Bring people together again&#8211;from &#8216;us vs. them&#8217; to &#8216;me and you&#8217; Build relationships by listening first to understand the other NCDD took part in the initial planning meeting for this project last October, which was convened by the Bridge Alliance and [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/25473">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pocket Guide to Hosting Zine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Heierbacher]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Story Artist&#160;Mary Alice Arthur and&#160;graphic facilitator Viola Clark collaborated in 2016 to create the first in their Zine series &#8211; a POCKET GUIDE TO HOSTING. One side features the Art of Hosting practices, the other side features the AoH methods. &#160;Here is a little snapshot of a couple of pages of the zine. (A zine is a self-published work of original or appropriated texts and images, usually reproduced via photocopier.) Art of Hosting will be using the Zine in the upcoming trainings in Innsbruck, Austria [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11891">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rich Discussion on NCDD Listserv about Charlottesville</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/24429</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2017 20:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Heierbacher]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been having a rich, active conversation on the main NCDD Discussion list since the tragedy in Charlottesville took place a few weeks ago. &#160;One of our members, Lucas Cioffi, a resident of Charlottesville, queried listserve subscribers about what next steps might be possible for the city, and the conversation expanded and deepened from there. Archives of the NCDD Discussion list&#160;(going all the way back to 2006!) are available online, and we encourage you to check them out and subscribe to the list to be [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/24429">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Field Trip Option for NCDD 2016 – Youth PB Idea Collection</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/21901</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 13:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if there wasn&#8217;t already enough to be excited about for this week&#8217;s NCDD 2016 conference, we wanted to make sure everyone&#160;knows about a great opportunity to take an experiential field trip during the gathering! Field Trip: Participate in Boston&#8217;s Youth Lead the Change PB Process NCDD participants will have an opportunity to not only learn about participatory budgeting (PB) but to participate in the historic Boston youth PB process. In 2014, Boston became the first city in the country to implement a citywide PB [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/21901">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NCDD’s Leadership is Evolving!</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/21991</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2016 18:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Heierbacher]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, everyone! With our national conference in Boston just days away, I am excited to announce some important changes that are happening within NCDD. Our conference is taking place just weeks before one of the most polarizing elections our country has ever experienced, and our intention is to lift up the many untold and under-told stories about how members of this community have bridged the divides that seem insurmountable to so many right now. No matter the outcome of the election, our community will be [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/21991">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Showcase Sessions at the 2016 NCDD Conference</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/21917</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2016 17:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Heierbacher]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re excited to share the final list of our featured presenters in this year&#8217;s &#8220;D&#38;D Showcase&#8221; &#8212; a highly anticipated, high-energy event held on the first night of the&#160;2016 NCDD conference. The Showcase is a fun way for you&#160;to meet some of the movers-and-shakers in our field and learn about their leading-edge projects, programs and tools. Showcase presenters are asked to prepare a brief spiel to use as a conversation starter during this un-timed session, to provide handouts so you can follow up after the [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/21917">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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