No. The NCI Charrette System™, taught in NCI trainings, is really a complete project management process that can be applied to a wide range of project sizes and budgets. A significant amount of time is spent on research, education and charrette preparation in the NCI Charrette System™ Certificate training, which most participants find highly valuable [...]

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No. We do host a number of public and private planners at our trainings but we also have in attendance architects, public officials, landscape architects, facilitators, engineers, public policy analysts, community leaders, and hospital and campus design planners. The NCI Charrette System™ is relevant to a range of project interests and roles. In fact, a [...]

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Yes we do. NCI has trained many firms and agencies in-house. See our list of NCI Trained Organizations. The in-house training is all about your work and your people, basically an on-the-job training. Both the NCI Charrette System™ Certificate training and NCI Charrette Management and Facilitation™ Certificate training are available as in-house trainings and can [...]

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Please see our list of current certificate holders. If you are looking for contacts to send your RFP or are building a project team in your area and would like further details, our Program Coordinator would be happy to send you the entire list of certificate holders with contact information on request. Contact Heidi Haberbush [...]

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NCI’s main focus is on educating others through our courses- the NCI Charrette System™ Certificate training and the NCI Charrette Management and Facilitation™ Certificate training. Many training attendees then go on and participate in and/or lead charrettes themselves. For more information on NCI courses please see our training page. As part of our research and [...]

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The charrette event cannot be separated from the preparation and implementation phases for the total project. Therefore, it is not possible to budget for a charrette in isolation. The cost is completely dependent on project scale and complexity, how much preparation work has to be done, available resources, data collection, studies to be completed, and [...]

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1. Three Feedback Loops. One of the unique traits of the charrette is the series of feedback loops with all relevant stakeholders. Three loops are the minimum required to facilitate a change in participants’ perceptions and positions. Within these three major feedback loops, designs are created based upon a public vision, and presented within hours [...]

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The third party facilitator is recognized by all participants as someone who is genuinely committed to protecting the people and the process in the charrette. The third party role is invaluable for creating an atmosphere of trust for all participants. At minimum, the charrette requires someone who can play the third party role when necessary. [...]

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Charrettes are ideal for projects in which development is imminent, and/or when there is a real developer to implement the results. Charrettes are especially useful for projects that have significant community impact and contentious situations that require conflict resolution. For a charrette to be successful, participants must be prepared and informed about the process, and [...]

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A NCI Charrette is more than a one-day event. It is a multiple-day, collaborative design workshop – the transformational event of the NCI Charrette System™. It harnesses the talents and energies of all interested parties to create and support a feasible plan that represents transformative community change. A NCI charrette is: – At least four [...]

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