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NCDD Announces Improved Blog System by Sandy Heierbacher I’d like to focus this update on NCDD's new Community News & Perspectives blog. We're overhauling the whole website right now, and the first feature we've launched on the new site is the blog (right on the main page - thataway.org). There are 3 parts to this announcement: 1. An overview of how the new blog is different (and better) than our old blog. 2. An introduction to our wonderful group bloggers. 3. A list of the headlines of this month’s blog posts so you can see what you’d like to check out. Here are the details… 1. How is the new blog different, and why should you care? The new weblog replaces the Happenings blog many of you are familiar with, but brings with it some important changes. While the new blog will still keep you in-the-know about what's happening in the dialogue & deliberation community (jobs, upcoming events and trainings, funding opportunities, news and requests from your peers in the field, etc.), there are some differences... a. The new blog lives on the main page of the site, so you'll never forget how to get there. b. It's a group blog, so in addition to myself and our blog editor Amy Lang, several others will be posting to the blog as well, and their posts will tend to be more personal and less newsy than Amy's and mine. c. Andy Fluke, my husband and NCDD's Creative Director, has made sure we can offer our visitors two different ways to stay updated on blog posts - a regular RSS feed for those of you who know how to use that kind of thing, and a very easy, very cool "rss-to-email" service that lets you receive the day's new posts in your inbox like a regular email message (one message a day or less). Look in the left sidebar to explore this more. d. We still sort the blog posts into a bunch of different categories so you can find what you're looking for quickly (research, resources, conflict transformation, higher education, etc.), but the categories are much easier to use and the month categories for upcoming events are listed separately. 2. Introducing the Group Bloggers In addition to myself (NCDD's Director) and Andy (NCDD's Creative Director), the following great people are part of our blogging team. Amy Lang - University of Wisconsin, Ph.D. Candidate Amy is the primary editor of the blog. Amy Lang is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is writing her dissertation on British Columbia’s groundbreaking Citizen Assembly process. Read about the results of Amy’s research at www.ssc.wisc.edu/~alang. Kai Degner - The OrangeBand Initiative, Executive Director Kai Degner founded The OrangeBand Initiative in 2003 while an undergraduate in James Madison University’s Integrated Science and Technology (ISAT) Department. After going on to complete an MBA at JMU, he now offers technical, facilitation, and project management services through his own consultancy, Converging Voices LLC. He is also an adjunct faculty member in JMU’s Honors Program. Loretta Donovan - Worksmarts, President Loretta Donovan, founder of worksmarts and co-owner in Appreciative Inquiry Consulting, is an ardent advocate for developing the leadership capabilities to meet the challenges of companies, communities and partnerships through action-oriented inquiry. Loretta blends participatory approaches aimed at dialogue, knowledge creation and critical action with web-based technologies to increase the capacity of learning-focused organizations. Katie Howard - Graduate Student, University of Maryland Katie was the conference manager for the 2006 NCDD conference in San Francisco. A skilled facilitator, Katie is currently in the graduate program at the University of Maryland. She has designed and facilitated numerous public involvement processes and civic engagement processes. She is particularly interested in interfaith, law enforcement, and race-relations dialogues, and in deliberative democracy. 3. Headlines from the News & Perspectives Blog Here are the headlines for this month's blog posts (we've all been quite busy!). Go to www.thataway.org to read the details, and email me at sandy@thataway.org with announcements for the blog. - RedBlue Online Dialogue Needs Testers - National Issues Forums Celebrates 25 Years - Closing Our Triangles - Public Agenda Seeks Practitioners for Online Projects - Entries Invited for Urban Excellence Award - CPRN Embarks on Youth Civic Engagement Research - Announcing Wise Democracy Victoria - Mark Your Calendars for Transformative Dialogues - Dialogue Mapping Workshops in November - Peace Alliance Announces Holiday Cards - Annual Page/Johnson Legacy Scholar Competition - NCI Announces New Certificate Program - CPC Announces 2007 Appreciative Inquiry Workshops - Case Foundation Puts “Citizens at the Center” - Dynamic Facilitation Seminar Coming Up in VA - Grant Writing Workshop Coming Up In DC - Clinton Global Initiative to Fund Dialogue in Rwanda - News from my Google Alert on Dialogue - YouthNoise - Job Opening at Community Mediation, Inc. - Rebuilding New Orleans: Facilitators Needed - Forum Foundation Projects - Proposals Invited for Coexistence Int’l Initiative - Fellowship Opportunities with the Woodrow Wilson Foundation - PBS and Skoll Establish Fund to Produce Programming About Social Entrepreneurship - CPC to Offer Clinic on Designing Appreciative Inquiry Projects - Saguaro Publishes New Resources Online - IAP2 Extends Registration Deadline for Upcoming Conference - European Citizens’ Consultations Set Agenda for Future of Europe Debate - Conciliation Resources Launches New Website - Survey Reveals Status of Intergroup Relations in U.S. - 3-Day Dialogue Workshop in Boston this November - Success! Weekend SGA Retreat Benefits from D&D - Call for Interdisciplinary Papers on Group Research - Knight Foundation Invites Grant Proposals related to Media Dialogue & Deliberation - National Academy of Education Announces Postdoctoral Fellowship in Education - Taos Institute Announces Fall/Winter Workshops - Jewish-Palestinian Peacemakers Camp a Success! - Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center Seeking New Executive Director - Call for Submissions - Case Studies of Civic Engagement in the First Year of College - Seeking Testers for New Tools for Civic Discourse - New Book Launched on Large Group Methods - Switzer Environmental Fellowship Program Invites Applications from Graduate Students in New England and California - Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation Seeks Proposals For Education and Youth Programs in Los Angeles and Santa Clara Counties - Buy the Book: Creating a Culture of Collaboration - Health Care Working Group Releases Recommendations And here are a few of the posts from September... - 2-Day Appreciative Inquiry Seminar in NYC in November - News from AmericaSpeaks - Report on the Communities Collaborating Institute in Guelph, Canada - Boggs Center to Hold Community Dialogues this Fall - Ontario Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform Begins - International Conference on “Engaging the Other” Coming Up in October - Collaborative Problem Solving Banquet Coming Up in Sept. - National Conference on Citizenship Coming up September 18 - Institute on the Common Good and Civic Canopy Hosting Public Deliberation Training - Fall Workshop Lineup from Brooklyn NVC - Dialogue on 9/11 Events Coming Up in Los Angeles - New England Grassroots Environment Fund Accepting Applications for Boston Grants Initiative - Oracle Education Foundation Invites Students and Teachers to Take Part in ThinkQuest International - Brooklyn Non Violent Communication Offering Workshops with Miki Kashtan
Sandy Heierbacher Director, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
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