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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Below is an announcement about the 2006 NCDD conference.
I encourage you to join us in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San
Francisco</st1:City></st1:place>, and to share this message with your
colleagues who may be interested!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Sandy Heierbacher<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Director, National Coalition for Dialogue &
Deliberation<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Don’t Miss the 2006 National Conference
on Dialogue & Deliberation</span></b><br>
<br>
The 2006 NCDD conference will take place in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>
August 4-6, with pre-conference trainings on Thursday, August 3rd. If you are
dedicated to solving group and societal problems through honest talk, quality
thinking and collaborative action, we invite you to join us at this innovative
gathering. The conference will be held at the Renaissance Parc 55, a
beautiful hotel in the heart of downtown <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San
Francisco</st1:City></st1:place>.<br>
<br>
Founded in 2002, the National <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Coalition</span></i>
for Dialogue & Deliberation is a vibrant network of over 500 organizations
and individuals who, collectively, regularly engage and mobilize millions of
people across the globe around today's critical issues. NCDD’s national
conferences and resource-rich website (at <a href="http://www.thataway.org/"
title="http://www.thataway.org/">www.thataway.org</a>) are crucial to the
development of this emerging field of practice.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Martha McCoy, Executive Director of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Study</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Circles</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Resource</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
says “NCDD 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>
<br>
NCDD brings together dialogue and deliberation practitioners, scholars,
trainers, artists, activists, teachers and students from all of the various
streams of practice that exist in this emerging field. The main focus of NCDD
conferences is to encourage conference attendees and planners, together, to
continue developing this important, growing field of practice.
Networking, experiencing different methods, sharing learnings, hearing from
leaders in the field, learning about new research, exploring key issues facing
the field—all of these are field-building activities, and all are given a
place at the gatherings.<br>
<br>
Martha McCoy, Executive Director of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Study</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Circles</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Resource</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
says “NCDD 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>
<br>
What can you expect from the 2006 National Conference on Dialogue &
Deliberation?<br>
<br>
- Highly participatory plenary sessions that allow you to experience
large-group dialogue and deliberation methods while enabling the community to
explore issues relevant to the field<br>
- Quality workshops that enable you to focus on the issues, challenges, and
questions most relevant to your work<br>
- Numerous opportunities throughout the gathering to experience how the arts
(graphic, performing, etc.) can enhance dialogue and deliberation<br>
- Formal, informal, and self-organized opportunities to network and develop
relationships with others who do dialogue and deliberation work or research<br>
- Opportunities to learn from and be inspired by established leaders in the
field, highly innovative efforts initiated in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Bay</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
area, young people who are enthusiastic about this work, and more.<br>
<br>
NCDD’s conferences are accessible, with registration fees starting at
just $300, and with over $20,000 already earmarked for scholarships. The
2006 conference is funded, in part, by the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation,
the Whitman Institute, and by leading dialogue and deliberation organizations.<br>
<br>
Our conferences are planned collaboratively by people with all levels of
experience in dialogue & deliberation. If you’d like to be part
of the conference planning process, or if you’re interested in attending,
presenting a workshop, offering a pre-conference training, exhibiting,
co-sponsoring, or just staying informed as planning progresses, email
conference director Sandy Heierbacher at <a href="mailto:sandy@thataway.org"
title="mailto:sandy@thataway.org">sandy@thataway.org</a> and let her know.<br>
<br>
--<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Some nice things people said about the 2002
and 2004 conferences…</span></b><br>
<br>
“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>
- Tom Atlee, Founder of the Co-Intelligence Institute<br>
<br>
“You all were amazing -- I’ve never had a more exhilarating
experience at a conference. Nourishing to mind, body and soul!”<br>
- one participants’ comments on the 2004 conference satisfaction survey<br>
<br>
“I just wanted to let you know what an amazing conference it was in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Denver</st1:City></st1:place>. It deepened
my understanding of D&D and I met many wonderful people. I believe
events like this help strengthen and grow, not only the D&D community, but
the work of conflict resolution and democracy world-wide. It was the best
organized conference I have ever attended. You and those that helped you
did an amazing job.”<br>
- Stephan Gilchrist, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Portland</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><br>
<br>
“I must say that my attending the national conference this past fall was
life altering. The conference really gave me a sense of direction and
purpose for the work I’d like to do as well as the vision I have for a
more just and sustainable world.”<br>
- Matt de Caussin, Intern, Denver District Attorney’s Office<br>
<br>
“Thank you for putting on such an amazing conference. I thought the
conference was absolutely phenomenal. I learned a lot, and I think even
more importantly, realized that I am / we are part of a community!”<br>
- Priya Parker, Sustained Dialogue Campus Network<br>
<br>
“I met more people that I will follow up with at this conference than any
in my 30 years of professional experience.”<br>
- Stephanie Nestlerode, Omega Point International, Inc.<br>
<br>
“Thank you for the incredible work you are doing in creating
opportunities for those of us involved in this work to meet, communicate and
inspire one another in so many ways.”<br>
- Glenna Gerard<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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