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Entries Tagged as 'Charrette Preparation'
Add NCI to your HUD Sustainable Community Planning Grant Team
May 12th, 2010 · No Comments
Categories: Charrette Organization and Management · Charrette Preparation · Plan Implementation
The Importance of Confidential Interviews
May 11th, 2010 · No Comments
Avoiding Project Failure Due to Inaccurate Stakeholder Information
When an opposition group moves in after a charrette and undermines project implementation it is usually because the project team either was unaware of their existence or did not fully understand their true position. One powerful method for verifying information is to conduct confidential stakeholder interviews.
Confidential interviews conducted [...]
Categories: Charrette Preparation · Stakeholders
Get the Word Out!
April 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Excerpted from the NCI 2005 Best Practices Report
By Keith Covington, Principal
Third Coast Design Studio
Some of the toughest people to deal with during a planning process are those who did not attend the charrette. In the public sector, we have tried just about every method to notify and encourage people to attend. After all, [...]
Categories: Charrette Preparation · Public Participation · Stakeholders
Engaging the Public 101
March 16th, 2010 · No Comments
Excerpted from the NCI 2005 Best Practices Report
By Jennifer K. Lindbom, AICP
“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” - Henry Ford
The places and spaces we seek to create as architects, planners, and design professionals exist for the people that inhabit, work in, transit through, or enjoy them. It is [...]
Categories: Charrette Preparation · Communications/PR · NCI Publications/Resources · Public Participation · Stakeholders
Tip: How to Start a Charrette
September 16th, 2009 · No Comments
It may seem basic, but the most important thing to tell a community the first time you meet them is that you haven’t started the design yet. In the first charrette meeting, the message should be that you are there to tell people about the project, and to hear about what is important to them. [...]
Categories: Charrette Preparation · Public Meetings
NCI Charrette System Documentary DVD Now Available
May 7th, 2009 · No Comments
People say that you can’t really understand what a charrette does unless you have seen one in action. The NCI Charrette System: Stories of Community Transformation DVD is the next best thing to being there. This DVD places you into key moments within the seven-day East Fort Myers, FL charrette. Hear what participants are saying before and after the [...]
Categories: Benefits of Charrettes · Charrette Organization and Management · Charrette Preparation · NCI Publications/Resources
How do you convince a project sponsor to use a charrette? A new option is to use the NCI Charrette System DVD.
May 6th, 2009 · No Comments
Honestly, it can sometimes be a challenge to convince a project sponsor to use a charrette. First you may need to redefine the term. People in the community planning and development world use the word charrette very loosely. To some it may mean a one-hour meeting while to others is means a week-long event. One [...]
Categories: Benefits of Charrettes · Charrette Organization and Management · Charrette Preparation · NCI Publications/Resources · Public Participation
Pre-charrette education for sustainable projects
May 5th, 2009 · No Comments
Sustainability planning requires an extra effort to educate stakeholders before the charrette. The techniques and issues related to sustainability are often too numerous and too complex to deal solely within the charrette. Waiting until the charrette to start a community conversation about sustainability can leave you with a steep learning curve that can consume valuable [...]
Categories: Benefits of Charrettes · Charrette Organization and Management · Charrette Preparation · Public Participation
Fatal Flaws: Charrette Studio Locations
January 15th, 2009 · No Comments
Excerpts from the NCI Charrette Management and Facilitation Training
A successful charrette depends on efficient operations. It can be very distracting and a drain on the team’s energy to be dealing with operational breakdowns like blown fuse boxes, slow internet providers, or lack of air conditioning. It may sound obvious, but there are numerous examples of [...]
Categories: Charrette Organization and Management · Charrette Preparation · Trainings/Events
Charrettes for the New (Depressed) Economy
December 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Of all the arguments for using the charrette method, none comes into sharper focus in times like these than the bang-for-the-buck advantage. Well-planned, well-managed charrettes can save both public and private sector clients a ton of time and money. But here’s the hitch: To realize the savings, clients have to take on more responsibility in [...]
Categories: Benefits of Charrettes · Charrette Organization and Management · Charrette Preparation · Communications/PR · Consultant Needed · Public Participation · Stakeholders · Trainings/Events





