February 19, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PST
White Stag Block
70 NW Couch St.
Portland, OR
Remote live webcast also available
Social media is a powerful tool for planners to stay connected with the community at large. However, municipal and professional planners are just starting to embrace how sites such as Facebook and Twitter can advance civic engagement and affect [...]

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Register for the NCI Charrette System™ Certificate and/or the NCI Charrette Management and Facilitation™ Certificate training before 2/12/10 and save. Additional discounts are available for non-profits, CNU members, OR/WA APA members and others.

Adding a NCI certificate to your credentials can improve your competitive advantage. Become a member of the select group of only 300 people [...]

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Steve Coyle, NCI’s board member, will be apart of the interactive workshop, Shifting Attitudes on Sustainability and Climate Change: Civic Engagement Strategies for Individual and Community Action, February 5, 3:30-5:30pm. See the conference program for more details.

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Register for the NCI Charrette System™ Certificate and/or the NCI Charrette Management and Facilitation™ Certificate training before 2/12/10 and save. Additional discounts are available for non-profits, CNU members, OR/WA APA members and others.
With an uncertain economy and abounding political conflicts, the NCI Charrette System™ is more relevant and needed than ever. This March in Portland is [...]

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NCI is pleased to announce an exciting new partnership with the Centre for Sustainable Communities at the University of Hertfordshire (UH) in Hatfield, UK. The Centre will conduct an ongoing program offering the entire range of NCI trainings specifically adapted for practice in the UK, including local case studies.
The first training in this program [...]

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Form-Based Codes Institute’s Courses
FBC 101: Introduction to Form-Based Coding
-June 2009, Denver, CO (special one-day course at CNU)
FBC 201: Preparing a Form-Based Code – Design Considerations
-May 18-19, 2009, Lansing, MI
 FBC 301: Completing, Adopting and Administering the Code
- June 13-14, 2009, Lansing, MI  

 To learn more about these courses visit the FBCI website. 
Smart Growth School Upcoming Courses
SGS [...]

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NCI Charrette System™ Certificate Trainings
This 3-day NCI training teaches the tools and techniques for planning and running a successful project using a charrette. The NCI Charrette System™ training is ideal for planners and designers and developers specializing in sustainable development, transportation, public works, and transit as well as citizen advocacy.
- May 27-29 Phoenix, AZ at [...]

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How can visualization, computer mapping, and collaborative networking tools increase the effectiveness of charrettes for transforming communities? Bill Lennertz from NCI and Jocelyn Hittle from PlaceMatters will provide a hands-on training with tech tools intertwined with traditional charrette techniques on June 10, in  Denver, CO. Register here. 

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Form-Based Codes Institute’s Courses
FBC 101: Introduction to Form-Based Coding
-April 1-2, 2009, Lansing, MI
-June 2009, Denver, CO (special one-day course)
FBC 201: Preparing a Form-Based Code – Design Considerations
-May 18-19, 2009, Lansing, MI
FBC 301: Completing, Adopting and Administering the Code
-June 13-14, 2009, Lansing, MI
To learn more about these courses visit the FBCI website.
The SmartCode Workshop
Andres Duany leads [...]

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Training participants came to Portland last week from locations around the world including: British Columbia, Florida, California, Tennessee, Connecticut, Michigan, Missouri, Mexico.
Now is the time to learn something new. Increase your competitive advantage by adding a NCI certificate to your credentials. Raise your proposal success rate by using the NCI Charrette System™ approach in your [...]

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