Happy Birthday to C2D2! Building on the energy, vision and inspiration of the first Canadian Conference for Dialogue and Deliberation last October, a team has been working to transform the conference into a community of practice. C2D2 is now the Canadian Community for Dialogue and Deliberation, a newly incorporated not-for-profit organization, with a Board of Directors and a few key priority activities for the next year. These include recruitment and engagement of an Executive Director, revamping their website, and planning for the 2007 Conference to be held at the Simon Fraser University’s Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver, B.C. In conjunction with the anniversary, the C2D2 team have posted a summary of the collective intelligence around making dialogue and deliberation effective generated at last year’s meeting. Interested parties can help build c2d2 by visiting the website (www.c2d2.ca), emailing them with complete contact information (info@c2d2.ca), joining the organizing committee for the 2007 conference, and spreading the word about this great community!

Sandy Heierbacher

Sandy Heierbacher co-founded the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) with Andy Fluke in 2002, with the 60 volunteers and 50 organizations who worked together to plan NCDD’s first national conference. She served as NCDD's Executive Director between 2002 and 2018. Click here for a list of articles and resources authored by Sandy.

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