The National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD) just announced a series of regional one-day events for later this Fall. The Bay Area event is scheduled for Friday, October 29, 2010 at De Anza College in Cupertino, CA. From the website:
The events will build on what we learned in the past year and a half from our involvement in the White House’s Open Government Initiative, and through efforts like the creation of the Core Principles for Public Engagement. With the increase in national and local attention to open government and public engagement, members of the dialogue and deliberation community are focusing in on three priorities:
- Learning how to use online tools and technology more effectively, to help people discuss contentious issues and have a greater impact on policy decisions.
- Engaging and working with public officials, and working within government structures in more effective and sustainable ways.
- Educating more public managers about what constitutes quality public engagement and how to connect with public engagement organizations and practitioners.
Our fall one-day events will connect practitioners, researchers, and public managers locally around these three priorities. NCDD feels that building knowledge and capacity in these three areas will better position members of our professional community to successfully navigate new opportunities that are emerging in open government and online engagement so they can make a greater impact in their communities.
This will be a great opportunity to meet fellow NCDD members from up and down the West Coast. Intellitics will be there.
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Just registered: http://ncdd.org/events/sanfrancisco.php
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