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See: http://www.thataway.org I know of at least two regular breakout sessions will have an online bent organized in part by Tim Erickson. Tim is involved with the Online committee of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium <http://snipurl.com/97gh - some of their blog posts> as well as http://E-Democracy.Org/StPaul . Steven Clift http://dowire.org ------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: "Reena Bernards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: National Conference on Dialogue and Deliberation - Annoucement Date sent: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 11:02:03 -0400 Not too Late to Register for the 2004 National Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation The 2004 NCDD conference is coming up soon, and we encourage you to register now to ensure your space at the conference (and to get the $350 registration rate, which increases to $450 in October!). The conference will take place in Denver, Colorado, October 23-25 at Regis University, with a day of excellent post-conference trainings on October 26. If you are dedicated to solving group and societal problems through honest talk, quality thinking and collaborative action, this gathering is for you! NCDD’s conferences provide leaders and future leaders in the dialogue & deliberation community a venue in which to share resources and strategies, increase the visibility and effectiveness of the practice, solve problems together, build relationships and initiate collaborative projects. Practitioners, scholars, trainers, artists, activists and students will enjoy a one- of-a-kind gathering, with ample time for networking, skill-building, hearing from some of the key leaders in the field (including Jim Fishkin, Glenna Gerard, Martha McCoy, Harold Saunders and Bill Ury), and (of course!) engaging in dialogue and deliberation. Conference participants and others will also have the opportunity to participate in one of 10 exciting post-conference trainings on October 26th. The twelve trainings below span the spectrum of dialogic and deliberative practice and involve some of the most prominent leaders and organizations involved in this work. 1. Organizing and Moderating Sustained Dialogue to Transform Racial and Ethnic Conflicts in Communities, Corporations and Campuses - Facilitated by Harold H. Saunders, President of the International Institute for Sustained Dialogue and Priya N. Parker, Coordinator of the Sustained Dialogue Campus Project. 2. Planning, Facilitating, and Evaluating a City-wide Public Dialogue Process - Facilitated by Kimberly Pearce and Barnett Pearce, Founding members of the Public Dialogue Consortium. Kim Pearce is also a Professor in the Department of Speech Communication at De Anza College; Barnett Pearce is also a Professor in the School of Human and Organization Development at Fielding Graduate Institute. 3. Addressing the Campus Climate for Diversity: Promoting Positive Intergroup Relations using Structured Intergroup Interaction Initiatives - Facilitated by the University of Denver’s Jesús Treviño, Ph.D., Associate Provost for Multicultural Affairs, Lamont Sellers, Assistant Director, Center for Multicultural Affairs, and Niki Latino, Multicultural Student Academic Advisor. 4. Convening and Moderating National Issues Forums - Facilitated by Senator Les Ihara, Hawaii State Legislator, and Taylor Willingham, Director of Texas Forums and Research Associate for the Kettering Foundation. 5. Using Study Circles to Facilitate Community Dialogue and Support Citizen Action - Facilitated by Sally Campbell, Senior Program Director, and Gloria Mengual, Program Director, Study Circles Resource Center. 6. Dialogue to Reconciliation Using Nonviolent Communication - Facilitated by Miki Kashtan, Co-Founder of BayNVC (Bay Area Nonviolent Communication) and Social Change Project Coordinator for CNVC, the Center for Nonviolent Communication. 7. Experiencing Bohmian Dialogue - Facilitated by Lee Nichol, Editor of On Dialogue by David Bohm (1996), and Ray Seigfried, Senior Vice President of Christiana Care Health System. 8. An Introduction to Dynamic Facilitation, Choice-creating, and the Wisdom Council - Facilitated by Jim Rough, with Jean Rough, Co-Founders of the Center for Wise Democratic Processes. 9. Inquiry as Intervention - Facilitated by Corky Becker, Founding Associate, Public Conversations Project. 10. Deliberating Public Issues Online: Using Democracy Lab in Your Classes and for Student Civic Leadership Team Development - Facilitated by Jim Knauer, Director of Democracy Lab and the Pennsylvania Center for Civic Life. For more information about the conference or to register, please go to <http://www.thataway.org> http://www.thataway.org. You can also contact conference director Sandy Heierbacher by emailing <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] We hope to see you in October! ------- End of forwarded message ------- ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - - - W: http://publicus.net Minneapolis - - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - MSN/Y!/AIM: netclift Join my Democracies Online Newswire: http://dowire.org EDem's Election 2004 Links: http://e-democracy.org/us *** Past Messages, to Subscribe: http://dowire.org *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** New RSS XML Feed Available: *** http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/maillist.xml
