All public NCI trainings in the United States will qualify for AICP credit hours. NCI trainings also provide credits for AIA members.
Did you attend a NCI training in 2007 and need to log your AICP CM hours? All 2007 trainings have now been retroactively approved.
To view currently approved activities, visit the APA Events Calendar. […]

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NCI is currently translating some of our more basic educational resources into German, French and Russian, made possible through a partnership with a local college and the Federal Work Study program. Diversity of representation is integral to any stakeholder involvement process, and NCI works to increase public knowledge about charrettes, as well as eventually provide […]

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Tips for presenting to large audiences:
1. Use a large screen
Have you ever been to a presentation where 60 or more people are forced to look at one of those wobbly 3-legged, 8-foot-wide screens? You know the ones that always have creases in them? If your presentation is worth showing then it is worth seeing […]

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Take the first step toward your NCI certificates. This is a stand alone course that describes how a charrette works within the context of NCI Dynamic Planning, a comprehensive project management process that begins with the project vision and ends with the plan’s implementation. Upon the completion of this course you will be eligible to […]

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NCI Charrette Planner® Certificate holder and Movement for Israeli Urbanism founder, Dror Gershon, said of the 5-day charrette: “Everyone who was involved in this process said that every municipal planning process in Israel should be done this way. Each of the people involved felt the final plan answered real needs – that it was his/her […]

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A common fear of public participation in community development can be summed up in the phrase “designed by the mob.” In his article “The Wisdom of Communities,” James Suroweicki, author of the national bestseller The Wisdom of Crowds, reverses this misconception. He writes, “Collective intelligence is especially valuable when it comes to subjects […]

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This week NCI Executive Director Bill Lennertz travels to Brisbane, Australia to participate in the Australian Council for New Urbanism National Congress. He will spend nearly a week in Brisbane, presenting the NCI Charrette Planner® certificate training as a prelude to the Congress. This is the first time NCI courses have been offered […]

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