[Ailist] Obama; International AI Conference, and Sandy's post: [NCDD-UPDATES] news and opportunities in dialogue & deliberation
Malcolm Odell
macodell at verizon.net
Thu Jul 30 18:19:50 MDT 2009
cc: AI Listserve - Sandy has the key to linking
Obama's message with that of the forthcoming
International AI Conference in Nepal in
November.... Who else can help further the link?
Mac
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Dear Sandy,
You're right on the mark here. Very exciting...
and timely, of course. Obama is very much AI.
(See excerpt from Sandy's AI Listserve message
below
Now, if you've followed the planning and
invitations for the 2009 World Appreciative
Inquiry Conference in Nepal in November.... see
my announcement below (scroll down below your
excerpt). I also sent this the other day via AI
listserve, you may have noticed that the title of
the conference is "Creating a Positive Revolution
for Sustainable Change" and that the website
specifically talks about a commitment to "Yes We
Can!" as an organizing principle.
And on another front, a colleague in Africa just
wrote me Obama speech in Ghana was all AI... From
Sudan to Tanzania I witnessed Obama's message
being merged with the Appreciative Planning and
Action training programs I was running in village
after village... and the Obama 'T' shirts also
kept appearing among those who were attending our
trainings... amazing.
So, obviously we should have Obama open the AI
conference in Nepal...!! And the theme of public
engagement appears in workshop after workshop
that are already on the program.
Do you have any connections that might help us
get Barack's ear? Or Michelle's? Or Marshall
Ganz's
How could we get the conference agenda and
mission in front of him or one of his top aides??
As a member of the conference organizing team,
and coordinator for the Conference's
International Advisory Board, I've promised to
try to get Obama's ear.
Can you help?
Or are there others in your network, or the AI
listserve network, who worked with the campaign
that may have some access that might help?
How awesome would it be if an Obama opened the event...!!??
Let's go for it!
Mac Odell
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>-----
>
>HI, EVERYONE! Hope the summer is treating you
>well. Here is some of the latest news
>from NCDD and the dialogue & deliberation community...
>
>
>OBAMA, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND THE D&D COMMUNITY: AN (EXTRAORDINARY) HALF-
>YEAR IN REVIEW
>
>With the transition to a new presidential
>administration that focused its campaign on
>getting people involved in government, 2009 has
>been a whirlwind year of unprecedented
>opportunity and possibility for the dialogue and
>deliberation community and all those
>working in public engagement.
>
>I recently spent some time writing up a summary
>of all of this year's goings-ons related
>to Obama, Public Engagement and the D&D Community. It covers Obama's open
>government memo and subsequent happenings, the
>creation of the Public Engagement
>Principles, the Office of Public Engagement, the
>Champions of Participation meetings, the
>Agenda for Strengthening our Nation's Democracy, and the current Democracy
>Communications Network topic (which I invite you
>all to get involved with!). It includes
>dates, links to press releases, etc., so I think
>it's a great reference as well as a great
>reminder of all that's happened so far this year. Posted on the NCDD blog at
>www.thataway.org/?p=1492
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URGENT REMINDER
"Early Bird" Discount ends Friday !!
2009 International Appreciative Inquiry Conference
"Creating a Positive Revolution for Sustainable Change"
Kathmandu, Nepal
16-19 November 2009
Please take a few minutes Today to REGISTER (If
you haven't already) and then, please send out
the word to all your friends, colleagues,
associates in your personal and professional
networks to remind them to REGISTER NOW to join
David Cooperrider and our fellow members of the
International Advisory Board at our exciting
conference in beautiful, adventurous, peaceful
Nepal....
Details on our newly updated website:
http://www.2009worldaiconference.org/home/index.php
Special Notice: anyone wanting to combine the
trip with inexpensive but amazing adventure
trekking, white water rafting, or elephant rides
in the jungle -- and/or bargain hotels--check out
"Tourist Options" and "Travel Details" pages:
http://www.charitiesandchallenges.com/index.php?function=page&type=internal&id=90
http://www.2009worldaiconference.org/traveldetail/
http://www.2009worldaiconference.org/traveloptions/
If budget is a concern to anyone, I promise that,
including airfare, you can join us for
considerably less than most normal international
conferences of this quality and scale in the US
or any other normal conference location....
accommodations from $40, for example, and
adventures of a lifetime for less than a typical
family vacation at home.... and let me know if I
can help, drawing on my 13 yrs. living in
Nepal--and my years with Habitat.
LOOKING FORWARD!
Mac Odell
for David Cooperrider and Conference Planning Team
PS: Think about visiting some Habitat for
Humanity projects when you come.... And, if you
haven't noticed, Marcia is on the agenda to share
the latest from the women of Asia and Africa who
are changing their lives - the largest
application of AI known anywhere in the world.
The programs you've heard about from me over the
years are now reaching almost 200,000 women, who,
in turn, are changing the world for their
families and communities.... And you can include
a visit to meet some of these women -- and what
they are now doing to support Habitat for
Humanity initiatives in their villages as part of
your conference plan.. Don't miss these two great
opportunities!
>(You can view the web version of this email at:
>http://www.ncdd.org/updates/july_2009.html )
>
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>
>HI, EVERYONE! Hope the summer is treating you
>well. Here is some of the latest news
>from NCDD and the dialogue & deliberation community...
>
>
>OBAMA, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND THE D&D COMMUNITY: AN (EXTRAORDINARY) HALF-
>YEAR IN REVIEW
>
>With the transition to a new presidential
>administration that focused its campaign on
>getting people involved in government, 2009 has
>been a whirlwind year of unprecedented
>opportunity and possibility for the dialogue and
>deliberation community and all those
>working in public engagement.
>
>I recently spent some time writing up a summary
>of all of this year's goings-ons related
>to Obama, Public Engagement and the D&D Community. It covers Obama's open
>government memo and subsequent happenings, the
>creation of the Public Engagement
>Principles, the Office of Public Engagement, the
>Champions of Participation meetings, the
>Agenda for Strengthening our Nation's Democracy, and the current Democracy
>Communications Network topic (which I invite you
>all to get involved with!). It includes
>dates, links to press releases, etc., so I think
>it's a great reference as well as a great
>reminder of all that's happened so far this year. Posted on the NCDD blog at
>www.thataway.org/?p=1492
>
>
>NOT TOO LATE TO ENDORSE THE CORE PRINCIPLES FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
>
>This spring, NCDD, IAP2 and the Co-Intelligence
>Institute led a dynamic, collaborative
>online process aimed at developing a set of Core
>Principles for Public Engagement that
>most people and organizations in this field can
>support. Many dozens of practitioners and
>leading organizations contributed to the
>creation of the Core Principles -- and many more
>endorsed the Principles in an extraordinary show
>of support. Visit www.thataway.org/pep
>to see the growing list of organizational and
>individuals endorsers and to see the Core
>Principles. And let me know if we should add
>your name or your organization's name to
>our exceptional list of endorsements!
>
>
>NEW FRAMEWORK ON GOALS AND IMPACTS OF DIALOGUE & DELIBERATION
>
>Public Agenda just released four great new
>publications, downloadable free from
>www.publicagenda.org/cape. I was particularly
>struck by the publication by (NCDD
>member) Martin Carcasson: Beginning with the
>End in Mind: A Call for Goal-Driven
>Deliberative Practice, which offers a practical
>framework to help practitioners
>systematically consider both their short-term
>and long-term goals and the strategies that
>will set them up for success.
>
>I was inspired by Martin's work to create a
>graphic that expands on the "Goals of
>Deliberation" figure in his paper slightly (with
>his blessing and involvement) to include
>dialogue work that focuses on relationship
>building and conflict resolution. View it at
>www.thataway.org/main/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ddgoals_graphic_full.jpg
>if you're
>interested. I also just added a post to the
>blog with more explanation, which is at
>www.thataway.org/?p=1571
>
>I think the goals framework has the potential to
>create some much-needed clarity about
>the work we're all doing, and why we're doing
>it. It's basically a powerfully simple
>articulation of a theory of change for this
>work, and I think we can/should all consider
>embracing it. Please add comments to my blog
>post about the framework and let me
>know what you think!
>
>
>CSC GRANTS TO SUPPORT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS IN CALIFORNIA
>
>NCDD member Pete Peterson wants to make sure
>those of you in CA know about this
>one.... Common Sense California just announced
>the re-launch of its unique citizen
>engagement grant program for 2009, offering thousands of dollars to California
>municipalities, school districts and non-profits
>in support of their efforts to involve
>residents in local policy-making. Grants will
>range from $1,000 to $7,500. More at
>www.thataway.org/?p=1478
>
>
>HUFFINGTON POST ARTICLE ON PRO-LIFE AND PRO-CHOICE DIALOGUE
>
>"Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Can Work Together," a
>piece by Public Conversations Project
>Associate Mary Jacksteit shares two examples of
>pro-choice and pro-life activists using
>dialogue to defuse tension and reduce violence.
>Our friends at the Public Conversations
>Project (an NCDD organizational member) ask that
>you read the story, add a comment to
>the post, and send this link out to your family, friends and colleagues:
>www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-jacksteit/the-buffalo-case-pro-life_b_215067.html
>
>
>CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR 2009 CANADIAN CONFERENCE ON DIALOGUE & DELIBERATION
>
>Our sister organization, the Canadian Community
>for Dialogue & Deliberation, is holding
>its third national conference this fall. C2D2
>2009 will take place October 22-25 in Toronto,
>Ontario, and early registration ends on July
>31st. Registration is currently $393.75 CAD
>with taxes, and the rate will increase $100 CAD beginning in August.
>
>Proposals are due July 31st for concurrent
>sessions, field visits, marketplace showcases,
>and night-cap dialogues. Proposals should fall
>under four broad areas: leading change,
>conversations, stronger communities, and
>healthier democracies. Youth are especially
>encouraged to share the innovative and impactful work they’re doing. More at
>www.c2d2.ca/conference2009
>
>
>NCDD DISCOUNT FOR IAP2 2009: MAKING SUSTAINABLE DECISIONS
>
>The International Association for Public
>Participation's annual conference is taking
>place in
>San Diego, CA this September 21-23. NCDD is an
>official "Partner" of the conference,
>and dues-paying members of NCDD save $100 on the
>registration fee; just be sure to
>enter the code NCDD on the online registration
>form! To register or learn more, go to
>www.iap2.org.
>
>I am co-presenting the morning-long plenary
>session on the last day of the conference,
>with my friends Myriam Laberge and Brenda
>Chaddock of the Masterful Facilitation
>Institute. This practitioner keynote and
>plenary session, titled "Dare to Dream! Exploring
>a New Era of Public Engagement," will explore one of our field's most pressing
>challenges: how do we make public engagement more integral to our systems?
>
>We are also holding an informal networking
>meeting for NCDD members before the Core
>Values Awards gala on the evening of Monday,
>September 21st. Let me know if you will
>be there! (Email me at sandy at thataway.org.)
>
>
>NCDD DISCOUNT FOR ENGAGING THE OTHER CONFERENCE
>
>The 4th Annual Engaging the Other Conference
>will take place November 12-15 in San
>Francisco, California. NCDD is co-sponsoring the
>conference along with the Common Bond
>Institute and International Humanistic
>Psychology Association. The conference is
>international, multidisciplinary, and
>multicultural, examining concepts of "The OTHER"
>from a universal, cross-cultural perspective to
>promote wider public dialogue about
>images of "Us and Them."
>
>Dues-paying NCDD members pay $290 rather than $350 for the early rate. More at
>www.cbiworld.org/Pages/Conferences_ETO.htm
>
>
>NEW PACE REPORT ON HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS REINVENTING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
>
>Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE)
>has released a great new report called
>"The New Laboratories of Democracy: How Local Government is Reinventing Civic
>Engagement." Mike McGrath from the National
>Civic League authored the report, which
>can be downloaded from the PACE website at
>http://pacefunders.org/publications/NewLaboratoriesofDemocracy.pdf
>
>The PACE report details the innovative methods
>local governments around the country are
>using to increase civic engagement by the
>public. "Local governments are at the cutting
>edge of finding new tools and methods to
>increase civic engagement in this country. We
>hope this report will stimulate new thinking
>within the philanthropic community, as well
>as in local governments around the country, and
>help spread the word about these new
>and successful approaches," said Chris Gates, Executive Director of PACE.
>
>
>DISCOUNTS ON TOP-NOTCH TRAININGS FOR PAID NCDD MEMBERS
>
>NCDD members who pay the full membership fee
>(only $50 for individuals or $100 for
>orgs!) can take advantage of discounted rates
>for dozens of upcoming trainings offered by
>our partners. Many of the discounts save you hundreds of dollars. Go to
>www.thataway.org/discounts for more details on
>the trainings listed below. Or go to
>www.thataway.org/join to become one of our paid
>members and benefit from these great
>discounts!
>
> 1. Alchemy Graphic Recording Classes
> 2. Bay Area Nonviolent Communication's Living
>Peace Intensive Residential Retreats
> 3. Breakthroughs UNLIMITED Trainings
> 4. The Center for Strategic Facilitation Trainings
> 5. Center for Wise Democracy's Dynamic Facilitation trainings
> 6. Certificate Program in Dialogue, Deliberation & Public Engagement
> 7. The Collaboration Imperative: Large Group
>Design Skills for Leaders and Consultants
> 8. Community at Work's Group Facilitation Skills Training
> 9. Dalar International Consultancy Workshops
> 10. Dialogue Partners Trainings
> 11. Future Search Workshops
> 12. Harwood Public Innovators Lab
> 13. IAP2 Certificate Course in Public Participation
> 14. Integral Visions Consulting Workshops
> 15. Leadership Strategies' The Effective Facilitator Course
> 16. National Charrette Institute Trainings and Certificates
> 17. PublicDecisions.com Online Trainings
> 18. Public Conversations Project Trainings
>
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>
>As always, email me at sandy at thataway.org with
>announcements for the blog or to
>inquire about partnership opportunities.
>
>Good luck with all you are doing!
>
>Best,
>Sandy
>
>Sandy Heierbacher
>Director, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD)
>
>Web: www.thataway.org
>Email: sandy at thataway.org
>
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