NCI completed a Charrette System training for the City of Memphis Planning Department this month. Memphis staff are planning to conduct their own charrettes. NCI has also trained Baltimore County, Fayetteville and Birmingham for the same purpose. NCI faculty David Brain, and participants reported that the course went great and that Memphis does indeed have [...]

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NCI is researching the use of social media for public involvement. Who is effectively using Facebook, Twitter, etc.? What are the pitfalls? Is it really a good idea to have your own project blog or, rather, should you interact with existing influential blogs the way you would a newspaper, providing them with content and letting [...]

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