CNU 20: The New World Conference – May 9-12, West Palm Beach, FL Charrettes and the Next Generation of Public Involvement Session Shrinking budgets, social media, tea party obstruction… it’s time to take another look at charrettes and public involvement. Come hear the latest field wisdom from the veterans. Panelists: Andres Duany, Gianni Longo, Hazel Borys, [...]

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Use Coupon Code: WEB20 NCI hosted webinars: – The Next Generation of Public Involvement: On-line Public Participation – Challenges and Solutions for Sustainable Stormwater Management – High-Touch/High-Tech Charrettes – Charrettes for Healthcare Planning – Sustainable and Resilient Communities – Social Media for Planners, Advocates and Consultants – Public Agencies Running their own Charrettes – NCI [...]

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NCI’s Bill Lennertz is joining Geoffrey Ferrell from Ferrell Madden for the second in a series of “People, Places and Placemaking Trainings” for Michigan State staff. The Michigan State Housing Development Authority organized the training. David Brain, NCI faculty and board member, is conducting a NCI Charrette System™ in-house training for the Dover/Kent County Metropolitan [...]

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We invite you to participate in an in depth training on collaborative planning in DC this June. The NCI Charrette System™ training will provide you with a systemized process for involving all stakeholders and community members in planning projects. This case study-based training features hands-on learning in high-tech tools for distance participation and meeting facilitation [...]

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A charrette is an intensive planning and design-based engagement process covering the vital period before projects are finalised or built, to produce masterplans where everyone feels that they have had a constructive input. The charrette’s proven three-step design and engagement process can be customised for many different planning, urban design and development projects. Well known [...]

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CNU Cascadia Regional Summit: Envisioning Resilient Communities, March 16th, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA. Join us for educational sessions, keynote presentation by Prof. Patrick Condon and expert panel, and tours of Downtown Bothell and Seattle Waterfront. For more nformation and registration see here. CNU Cascadia Low Carbon Neighborhoods Micro-Charrette: Participatory Workshop on the Seattle 2030 [...]

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NCI conducted a three-day training at the World Bank in D.C. this month. Participants included World Bank staff working in Bangladesh, Vietnam, Uganda and other developing countries. We spent considerable time in this training adapting and customizing the NCI Charrette System™ for these unique contexts where politics and corruption challenge true collaboration. The participants at [...]

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March 14, 2012 10:00-11:30 am PST (1:00-2:30 pm EST) Register at: https://shop.charretteinstitute.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=WEB1-12 Overview What are the latest on-line tools for the next generation of public participation? This webinar will present three field-tested tools that are changing the way people are involved in community planning. See how MindMixer, Crowdbrite and Open Town Hall are working in [...]

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We have scholarships for the NCI Charrette System™ Training and the NCI Charrette Management and Facilitation™ Certificate trainings. These are only offered for our Portland, OR, Washington, DC and Vancouver, BC trainings. You may apply for just the NCI Charrette System™ Training or for both trainings in the same week. Please note that the NCI [...]

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Charrettes and the Next Generation of Public Involvement and Budgets February 2nd, San Diego, CA Moderator: Bill Lennertz, Director, National Charrette Institute Speakers: – Ken Snyder, Director, PlaceMatters – Darin Dinsmore, President, CrowdBrite – Jason Lally, Director, Decision Lab, PlaceMatters This session will present the latest tools, techniques and the trade-offs of social media and [...]

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