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		<title>NCDD2018 Sesh Proposals Due Weds and More Updates</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2018 12:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several reminders about our upcoming 2018 National Conference on Dialogue &#38; Deliberation happening November 2-4 in downtown Denver! The most immediate reminder is that session proposals are due tomorrow Wednesday, May 23rd. Are you looking to do a workshop at NCDD2018? Now is the time to get your&#160;proposals in! Check out our post on tips for finding collaborators and guidelines for presenting sessions at the conference.&#160;We invite session proposals that will highlight the work being done to tap D&#38;D into the peoples&#8217; daily lives, build [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/26642">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>PB Network to Host Study Session on Deliberation &amp; Voting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2017 13:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Participatory Budgeting Project team recently launched the exciting&#160;PB Network&#160;&#8211; a learning and collaboration infrastructure for cities and institutions using participatory budgeting &#8211; which is hosting periodic &#8220;study sessions&#8221; online, and the NCDD network is invited! Their next study session will be a webinar focused on citizens juries and deliberative methods of decision-making this Wednesday,&#160;March 22. We encourage you to learn more in the PBP announcement below or sign up here. Upcoming PB Network Event We&#8217;d like to invite you to the PB Network&#8217;s next [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/23320">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Register for the March NCDD Confab Call between Journalists and D&amp;D Practitioners!</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/23125</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2017 14:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney Breese]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We invite our network to&#160;register to join us for an especially exciting NCDD Confab Call about strengthening partnerships and collaboration between journalists and dialogue, deliberation, and public engagement practitioners on Wednesday,&#160;March 15th from 1-2:30 pm Eastern / 10-11:30am Pacific!&#160;The Confab is part of NCDD&#8217;s ongoing #BridgingOurDivides campaign, and it&#8217;s going to be a very special call. NCDD will be&#160;co-hosting this webinar with&#160;Journalism That Matters, one of our member organizations, and we are working in collaboration to bring both journalists and public engagement practitioners together on [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/23125">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NCDD Podcast on Connecting Journalism &amp; Public Engagement is Live!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2017 14:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney Breese]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fourth episode of the NCDD Podcast is now live! You can find this on iTunes, SoundCloud and Google Play. In this episode, Journalism that Matters Executive Director Peggy Holman and Board President Michelle Ferrier discuss their thoughts about connecting journalists and public engagement practitioners. They reflect on the opportunities they see for these fields to collaborate and complement one another. This conversation is one that NCDD and Journalism That Matters will continue to have with our members in the coming months. In March, NCDD [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/23055">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>2016 NCDD Year In Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2017 17:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney Breese]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking back, 2016 was an important year for NCDD and the dialogue &#38; deliberation community. NCDD and the field saw a lot of important things happen and transitions take place, and as we look forward to the work ahead, we also wanted to look back at what we&#8217;ve accomplished and what&#8217;s changed. NCDD 2016 Of course, the biggest effort on NCDD&#8217;s part was organizing the 2016 National Conference on Dialogue &#38; Deliberation&#160;on &#8220;Bridging Our Divides,&#8221; a timely focus&#160;on&#160;the important work of bringing people together across [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/22886">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NCDD’s Year in Numbers: 2016</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2017 14:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney Breese]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2016 was an&#160;important year for the dialogue &#38; deliberation community, and a very active one for NCDD! The following&#160;end-of-year infographic highlights NCDD&#8217;s impact&#160;and activity during the past twelve months, including activity at our national conference, on our website, listservs, events, and new and exciting efforts. Our sincere thanks to NCDD co-founder Andy Fluke for his fabulous design work! Thanks to our fabulous&#160;community for engaging with us in so many ways in 2016! We look forward to continuing this important work with you all in 2017. [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/22836">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Forward with NCDD’s Emerging Leaders Initiative</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2017 18:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roshan Bliss]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During our NCDD 2016 conference, we were proud to officially announce that NCDD would be launching our new Emerging Leaders Initiative&#160;&#8211;&#160;a new effort to support and engage the next generation of D&#38;D leaders and practitioners that NCDD has been developing since our&#160;2014 conference on Democracy for the Next Generation.&#160;Today, we&#8217;re happy to share more details on the&#160;next steps in developing the initiative&#8217;s offerings! What is the Emerging Leaders Initiative? The Emerging Leaders Initiative (ELI) emerged from the NCDD members&#8217; recognition of our need to foster [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/22539">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NCDD Podcast Episode 3: Opportunities for D&amp;D in Congress is Now Live</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/22772</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2017 15:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney Breese]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday a new Congress was sworn in, including many newly elected members, eager to get to work. In light of this new year and the new opportunities and challenges it presents, we are releasing our next podcast episode which focuses on the possibilities for connecting Congress men and women with dialogue and deliberation for better&#160;constituent engagement. You can find this, our third episode, on iTunes, SoundCloud and Google Play! In this episode, I, Courtney Breese, NCDD&#8217;s Managing Director, speak with Brad Fitch of the&#160;Congressional Management [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/22772">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Back at NCDD 2016 and What Has Happened Since</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/22644</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2016 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney Breese]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2016 National Conference on Dialogue &#38; Deliberation brought together 350 innovators in dialogue and deliberation to discuss the conference theme of Bridging Our Divides. Over the course of three days we discussed how to tackle some of today&#8217;s toughest divides, including partisan, racial, economic, and more. For a recap of the conference in numbers, see our earlier blog post. Since the conference, NCDD has&#160;been producing and gathering media that captures our time together and the stories of our work. And, we&#8217;ve been following up [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/22644">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NCDD Podcast Episode 2 about Conversation Café Now Live</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2016 16:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney Breese]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NCDD&#8217;s second podcast episode is now live on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Google Play! It features the story of Conversation Caf&#233; as told by three stewards of this process: co-creator Susan Partnow, past steward Jacquelyn Pogue, and NCDD Resource Curator Keiva Hummel, who plays a key role in helping NCDD serve as the steward of the Conversation Caf&#233; (CC) process. As you may remember from our post last week, the first series of episodes in the NCDD Podcast were recorded at the NCDD 2016 Conference, where [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/22555">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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