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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Friends,<BR><BR>I hope to catch up on my list
reading soon (I'm about 1 month and 200 messages behind...) In the
meantime, here's a conference that may interest many of you. Sorry for the
short notice.<BR><BR>from cool and sunny
Seattle,<BR>Peggy<BR><BR><BR><BR><STRONG>Announcing the Second National
Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation</STRONG> <BR>The 2004 NCDD conference
will take place in Denver, Colorado, October 23-25 at Regis University, with a
day of post-conference trainings on October 26. If you are dedicated to solving
group and societal problems through honest talk, quality thinking and
collaborative action, this gathering is for you!<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The 2004 conference will build on the success of
the first National Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation, which took place
in Alexandria, Virginia in October 2002. As you may know, the 2002
conference was a groundbreaking, unforgettable gathering – the first significant
gathering of dialogue and deliberation practitioners, scholars, trainers,
artists, activists and students from all of the various streams of practice that
exist in this emerging field.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here’s what two prominent members of the dialogue
& deliberation community had to say about the 2002 conference and NCDD in
general:<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Atlee, President of the Co-Intelligence
Institute, says “the 2002 NCDD conference was the most amazing conference I've
ever attended…. This is a big diverse field, bubbling with vitality. And
NCDD is bringing it all together.”<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Martha McCoy, Executive Director of the Study
Circles Resource Center, says “In its 2002 conference, NCDD created an inviting
space for a wide variety of dialogue and deliberation practitioners/thinkers.
Since then, it has cultivated a broad and emerging field, by making it possible
for diverse threads of practice to learn from each other. Its mode of working is
respectful, inclusive, and practitioner-oriented. Everyone who believes that
dialogue and deliberation are key to transforming people, relationships, and
society -- including political systems -- can benefit from being part of NCDD
and its next conference.”<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The 2004 conference will focus on three broad
questions: "How can we have a greater collective impact on the challenging
issues of our time?", "How can we develop intelligently and wholeheartedly as a
community of practice?", and "What do we need to know and do individually to
enhance our capacity to do this work?"<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Practitioners, scholars, trainers, artists,
activists and students will enjoy a one-of-a-kind gathering, with ample time for
networking, skill-building, hearing from some of the key leaders in the field
(including Jim Fishkin, Glenna Gerard, Harold Saunders and Bill Ury), and (of
course!) engaging in dialogue and deliberation.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Conference participants and others will also have
the opportunity to participate in one of 10 exciting post-conference trainings
on October 26th. The post-conference lineup features stellar facilitators like
Jesus Trevino and Harold Saunders; leading organizations like National Issues
Forums, the Public Conversations Project and the Study Circles Resource Center,
sought-after trainings in Dynamic Facilitation, Nonviolent Communication and
Bohm Dialogue, and so much more.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For more information about the conference or to
register, please go to <A
href="http://www.thataway.org">http://www.thataway.org</A>. You can also contact
conference director Sandy Heierbacher by emailing <A
href="mailto:sandy@thataway.org">sandy@thataway.org</A>.</FONT></DIV>
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