<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>Thought I'd share the announcement below about two awards that the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation is introducing. Thought someone might have an idea that you want to submit.</div><div><br></div><div>Peggy</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; 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-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>15347 SE 49th Place</div><div>Bellevue, WA 98006</div><div>425-746-6274</div><div><a href="http://www.peggyholman.com">www.peggyholman.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.journalismthatmatters.org">www.journalismthatmatters.org</a></div><div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; "><div><br></div><div><b>Enjoy the award winning </b><a href="http://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/">Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity</a></div></div><div> <br>"An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become <br>the fire".<br> -- Drew Dellinger</div></div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Sandy Heierbacher <<a href="mailto:sandy@NCDD.ORG">sandy@NCDD.ORG</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[NCDD-CONF] NCDD Press Release: Two $10,000 Awards Announced to Help Build Civic Infrastructure</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">September 17, 2012 8:34:08 AM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:NCDD-CONFERENCE-UPDATES@LISTS.THATAWAY.ORG">NCDD-CONFERENCE-UPDATES@LISTS.THATAWAY.ORG</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Sandy Heierbacher <<a href="mailto:sandy@NCDD.ORG">sandy@NCDD.ORG</a>><br></span></div><br><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi, everyone! Please share this important press release from NCDD with your networks and listservs. We want to make sure this news is circulating widely in our field, and could use your help. Also - please note that Thursday is the last day to register for the conference at the regular rate, and the last day to reserve hotel rooms at the NCDD group rate as well! Our team has put together an amazing conference, and hundreds of extraordinary people in our field will be there -- you don't want to miss it. (Note that flights to Seattle are still surprisingly cheap!)<div><br></div><div>Looking forward to seeing many of you soon in Seattle!</div><div><div>
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</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE</font></font></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt"><b>NCDD
Seattle Conference to Stress Alternatives to Mainstream Politics</b></font></font></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt"><i><b>Two
$10,000 Awards Announced to Help Build Civic Infrastructure</b></i></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt"><i>Seattle,
WA (September 17, 2012) - </i></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">
Less than one month before yet another bitter presidential election,
a 1,600-member organization which has promoted a healthier brand of
politics for the past decade will gather in Seattle to strategize how
to build a</font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">
</font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt"><b>more
robust civic infrastructure</b></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt"><b>
</b></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">for
our communities and country.</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt"><b>The
National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD)</b></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">,
whose leadership has participated in White House open government
efforts, will host its national conference</font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">
</font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt"><b>October
12-14</b></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt"><b>
</b></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">and
further ways to facilitate constructive conversations throughout the
United States and build our</font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">
</font></font><em class="western"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt"><span style="font-style: normal">capacity</span></font></font></em><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt"><span style="font-style: normal">
</span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">and
culture to make better decisions and solve problems more effectively
in the long term.</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">During
the conference, leaders in the dialogue and deliberation field will
explore different facets of civic infrastructure--participatory
processes for institutions to use, physical locations and online
spaces where citizens can gather, a cadre of trained facilitators,
and vibrant networks that can mobilize to solve problems. Workshop
topics include: talking across partisan divides, journalism’s role
in public engagement, online civic dialogue, and enlisting local
government to collaborate with citizens. More information on the
conference is available at</font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">
</font></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.ncdd.org/events"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">www.ncdd.org/events</font></font></a></u></span></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">.</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">In
keeping with the spirit of the conference and to honor NCDD’s 10th
anniversary, the organization has also launched a pair of $10,000
awards to move the national conversation in a different—and
healthier—direction. The NCDD Catalyst Awards will encourage
leaders and innovators in the fields of public engagement, conflict
resolution, and community problem solving to combine forces to
develop projects that jump-start the field’s next best ideas and
impact our communities’ and our country’s ability to solve its
most challenging problems.</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">The
</font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt"><b>Civic
Infrastructure </b></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">category,
funded primarily by donations from the NCDD Board of Directors, will
launch a collaborative project that uniquely helps build a more
robust, sustainable civic infrastructure in communities and the
country, and will sustain the public’s collective long-term
capacity to come together to solve problems and build thriving
communities.</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">The
</font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt"><b>Bridge
Building</b></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">
category will provide seed funds for a collaborative project that
best enables people to talk and work together constructively during a
time of intense political polarization. Funding for the award comes
from private donors Roger Harrison and Margaret Harris.</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">We
see these awards as powerful tools to energize not only the dialogue
and deliberation community, but also the public officials and
citizens who could use dialogue to grapple with the issues we live
with every day,” said Sandy Heierbacher, NCDD executive director.
“We are so proud to play a role in moving our country away from
partisan rancor and toward a culture where people can hear one
another and bridge their divides.”</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">Both
awards will be formally introduced at NCDD’s national conference.
As part of the awards process, members will vote for their favorite
entries, and the winners will be announced in January. More
information about the awards can be found at
</font></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.ncdd.org/catalyst-awards"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">www.ncdd.org/catalyst-awards</font></font></a></u></span></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">.</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">The
NCDD conference features several of the most distinguished leaders in
the field of dialogue and deliberation. Plenary speakers include:</font></font></p>
<ul>
<li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">Carolyn
Lukensmeyer, founder of AmericaSpeaks and currently executive
director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse at the
University of Arizona</font></font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">Eric
Liu, former White House speechwriter, deputy domestic policy advisor
and </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt"><i>New
York Times </i></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">Notable
Book author</font></font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">Martha
McCoy, executive director of Everyday Democracy</font></font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">Pete
Peterson, the executive director of Common Sense California (now the
Davenport Institute of Pepperdine University)</font></font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">John
Gastil, Head of Communication Arts and Sciences at Penn State
University</font></font></p></li></ul><p style="margin-bottom: 0.09in"><a name="_GoBack"></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt"><b>About
NCDD</b></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">The
National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) is a
network of over 1,600 innovators who bring people together across
divides to discuss, decide and take action together effectively on
today’s toughest issues. NCDD serves as a gathering place, a
resource center, a news source and a facilitative leader for this
vital community of practice. Founded in 2002 by a coalition of 60
organizations, the coalition has taken a consultative role in a broad
range of public engagement initiatives, including the White House
Open Government Directive launched by President Obama in 2009. NCDD
members include organizations as varied as the Jewish-Palestinian
Living Room Dialogue Project, AmericaSpeaks, The Public Conversations
Project, the Center for Nonviolent Communication and Everyday
Democracy. Individual members are consultants, public administrators,
teachers, scholars, activists, facilitators, artists, students and
community leaders. More details can be found at </font></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.ncdd.org/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">www.ncdd.org</font></font></a></u></span></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">.</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.09in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt"><b>Contact</b></font></font>:</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">Sandy
Heierbacher<br>NCDD Director<br><a href="mailto:press@ncdd.org">press@ncdd.org</a><br>717-243-5144</font></font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 9pt">###</font></font></p></div>
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