The Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center (PCRC) will be offering our a Facilitation Training Thursday and Friday, August 18 and 19 in San Mateo, CA. The Training teaches people the building blocks of delivering an effective meeting. This 2 day training highlights agenda development, managing difficult behaviors, tips on how to ensure group engagement, as well as how to identify stakeholders and get them to the table. (continue)

The goal of the Portland Facilitation Training Series is to deepen group facilitation capacity in Portland and the surrounding area toward the larger goal of increasing community resilience. The series consists of six workshops from September 2011 through June 2012, plus live work by teams of students between workshops. Starts September 9-10, applications due by August 16. (continue)

The Suncoast Network for Compassionate Communication and the Peace Education & Action Center will be offering a three day Restorative Circles training, September 30 – October 2, with Duke Duchscherer, a Certified Trainer with the International Center for Nonviolent Communication and Board of Directors member for the MK Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. Duchscherer will offer an overview of Restorative Justice from 7-9 pm on September 30, followed by two days of Restorative Circle facilitator practice – 9am-5pm Saturday, October 1 and continuing 10am-4pm on Sunday, ... (continue)

A Cypriot non-governmental organization, Future Worlds Center, and the U.S. based Institute for 21st Century Agoras, invites all who are interested in becoming active Structured Dialogic Design Dialogue Managers to learn more about the science of SDD® at the 3rd International Facilitators Training School in Nicosia, Cyprus from 25-27 July 2011. (continue)

The Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution at the UT School of Law is offering a 10% discount to all NCDD members who are interested in attending their third annual Summer Skills Enrichment Institute. The Institute, titled “Innovations in Collaboration and Conflict Resolution” is taking place this year on July 28th and 29th. Join a diverse group of conflict resolution professionals and academicians for insightful learning and discussion on the banks of Lady Bird Lake in downtown Austin. This dynamic skill-building program allows participants to choose ... (continue)

I just got an email from Nancy Thomas — director of The Democracy Imperative — letting me know that this July 21-23 conference in Boston is filling up fast (only 50 of the 130 spots are left). Frontiers of Democracy: Innovations in Civic Practice, Theory, and Education is the Third Annual Conference in Civic Studies at Tufts University.  The event is co-sponsored by the Deliberative Democracy Consortium, The Democracy Imperative, and the Tisch College of Citizenship. Registration is only $120, and just $30 for full-time ... (continue)

The Project on Civic Reflection will be holding two Facilitation Training Workshops in Northern California during the first week in November. The two-day workshops, hosted by Cal Corps Public Service Center (Berkeley) and California Campus Compact (Daly City), are open to interested individuals and organizations. Workshop participants may include program directors, teachers, faculty members, students, service-learning staff, national service groups, community partners, and anyone wanting to deepen community and commitment in their organizations. NCDD Member Discounts! You’ll find more information in this informational flyer, including ... (continue)

I shared this on the NCDD Discussion list today, but wanted to post it here as well for those of you not on the listserv. Our Canadian sister organization, the Canadian Community for Dialogue & Deliberation (C2D2), invites interested NCDDers to participate in a conversation (the first of an ongoing dialogue) to explore the all-important topic of evaluation of dialogue and deliberation processes. C2D2′s Miriam Wyman, Jacquie Dale and Pattie LaCroix are the dynamic trio moving the evaluation discussion forward. The conference call will take ... (continue)

Patricia Neal of Heartland, Inc. has asked us to let our community know about the special summer rate (for July-September 2010) of $495 (regularly $550-595) they are offering to NCDD members for their next “Art of Convening” teletraining. The Art of Convening - Authentic Engagement in Meetings, Gatherings & Conversations In an age of reduced travel budgets and reliance on effective, virtual communication, the AoC adds crucial capacities to leaders who are conveners/facilitators of conversations and meetings that matter and work. Not just another meeting methodology, the Art of ... (continue)

If you’ve been thinking about enrolling in Fielding’s award-winning Dialogue, Deliberation and Public Engagement Certificate program, now may be a good time. They’ve just extended the deadline to apply for sponsorships to July 2nd and wanted to invite all NCDD members to apply! Dialogue, Deliberation and Public Engagement Certificate (DDPE) August 16, 2010 – January 18, 2011 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY Deadline Extended to July 2, 2010 The dialogue, deliberation, and public engagement certificate helps you build mastery by working with a scholar-practitioner model of collaborative learning ... (continue)