Our annual NCI Charrette System™ training at Harvard is special. First, you attain a Harvard Certificate of Completion in addition to a NCI Certificate. The Harvard class is unique. Your fellow classmates will include a unique mix of people from across the country and around the world. Then, there is just being at the Graduate [...]

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This is our fourth consecutive year to offer the NCI Charrette System™ Certificate training at the Executive Education Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Harvard is a very special venue as there is always an interesting mix of people from across the country and around the world converging on Cambridge to take [...]

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Charrettes for Healthcare Planning May 4, 2011, 10:00-11:30 am PDT (1:00-2:30 pm EDT) Note: after live webinar date a recording will be available free for paid participants Overview In this webinar you will learn how charrettes are being used to facilitate a holistic approach to healthcare planning that goes beyond the hospital walls to affect [...]

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Every year more and more cities are using the NCI Charrette Request for Proposal (RFP) Template for their RFPs. Often they cite NCI as a source and state a preference for NCI certificate holders. This year we also increased certificate holder exposure with our online certificate holder database. Now project sponsors and potential team members [...]

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Sustainable and Resilient Communities Webinar May 4, 2011, 10:00-11:30 am PDT (1:00-2:30 pm EDT) Note: after live webinar date a recording will be available free for paid participants Overview Stephen Coyle’s new book, Sustainable and Resilient Communities, is a step-by-step action plan for making communities resilient, resourceful, and healthy. The webinar, presented by Stephen and [...]

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The NCI Charrette System™ Certificate training is the foundation of NCI’s educational program. It is a comprehensive look at the three-phase NCI Charrette System™ from project start-up through implementation. Details on key learnings and a training agenda can be found here. This training is applicable to a wide range of project roles and interests, whether [...]

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Last week, Southface, an Atlanta-based environmental advocacy group, put their NCI training into practice running the Edgewood/Candler Park MARTA Transit Oriented Development (TOD) charrette. Last year, Southface and The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) staff hosted NCI for the full week of in-house charrette certificate trainings. NCI then returned to Atlanta to provide on-site coaching throughout [...]

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Our friends at the Better Block are doing some interesting work. The “Better Block” project is a demonstration tool that acts as a living charrette so that communities can actively engage in the “complete streets” buildout process while providing feedback in real time. “Better Blocks” focus on increasing an areas perception of safety, stimulating economic [...]

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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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May 4, 2011, 10:00-11:30 am PDT (1:00-2:30 pm EDT) Note: after live webinar date a recording will be available free for paid participants Overview Stephen Coyle’s new book, Sustainable and Resilient Communities, is a step-by-step action plan for making communities resilient, resourceful, and healthy. The webinar, presented by Stephen and contributors to the book, will [...]

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