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Social Media for Public Involvement Workshop
Online video of the full 3.5-hour workshop and speaker presentations in PDF format.
This workshop, originally presented 2/19/10, is a joint presentation of the Oregon APA and the National Charrette Institute.
Social media is a powerful tool for planners to stay connected with the community [...]

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NCI is pleased to offer the following webinars for 2010. We are partnering with a range of experts on each topic to bring you fresh perspectives on these current issues. Learn more and sign up for our first webinar here.

Public Agencies Running their own Charrettes: How to gain community trust while saving time and money — May [...]

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For the first time ever, NCI is offering our full week of certificate trainings on the East Coast. You can take the NCI Charrette System™ Certificate and NCI Charrette Management and Facilitation™ Certificate trainings this June 7-11 in downtown Washington, DC. More details and registration. Early registration discount ends 4/16/10!

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Join NCI and PlaceMatters at the annual APA conference in New Orleans is this weekend, April 10-13th.  Bill Lennertz, NCI Executive Director, and Ken Snyder and team from PlaceMatters will present a session on Charrettes and Social Media from 1-5pm on Saturday 4/10 in MCC R05.
See the iPad in action! Learn to use the iPad, [...]

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For the first time ever, NCI is offering our full week of certificate trainings on the East Coast. You can take the NCI Charrette System Certificate™ and NCI Charrette Management and Facilitation™ Certificate trainings this June 7-11 in downtown Washington, DC. See here for more details and registration. Early registration discount available before 4/16/10!

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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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