Collaborative Edge
A quarterly newsletter of the Center for Collaborative Policy
Upcoming Courses, Events, Funding Opportunities
OCTOBER 2003 | NOVEMBER 2003 | DECEMBER 2003
SEPTEMBER 2003
Opportunity to Comment on
National Parks Service Policy for Civic Engagement and Public
Involvement. The National Parks Service has opened
a public comment period on a new Director's Order to institute
a consistent policy and approach for civic engagement and
public involvement opportunities. The public comment period
ends on September 15, 2003. More information about this opportunity
can be found in the Deliberative Democracy Consortium’s
August 2003 e-bulletin, online at http://deliberative-democracy.net/cgi-local/mojo.cgi?flavor=archive&id=20030818104225&list=ebulletin
Opportunity to Help EPA Build a Public Involvement
Resources and Training Database. The Environmental
Protection Agency is developing PIRT -- its new Public Involvement
Resources and Training database for release on the Internet.
In July, the database went live for employees to test on EPA's
Intranet. Members of the public can participate in testing/critiquing
the new database and suggesting items to add to it before
PIRT moves to a fully public site later this year. More information
about this opportunity can be found in the Deliberative Democracy
Consortium’s August 2003 e-bulletin, online at http://deliberative-democracy.net/cgi-local/mojo.cgi?flavor=archive&id=
20030818104225&list=ebulletin
New EPA Grants Program. "Environmental
Justice Collaboration Problem Solving Grant Program."
Grant applications are due September 30, 2003 and will be
awarded by January 2004. The grants program provides financial
assistance to community-based organizations that wish to engage
in capacity-building initiatives, and also utilize constructive
engagement and collaborative problem- solving to seek viable
solutions for their community's environmental and/or public
health issues. There will be 15 grants of $100,000 to be used
over a three-year period. Universities are not eligible to
apply, but may be a partnership member. http://www.epa.gov/compliance/recent/ej.html
EGOV Conference. (September 1-5, Prague,
Czech Republic.) “From E-Government to E-Governance.” http://falcon.ifs.uni-linz.ac.at/news/cfp_egovernment2003.html The EGOV Conference intends to assess the state of the art
in E-Government and to provide guidance for research &
development in this fast-moving field. Among this year’s
topics are: E-Democracy strategies, citizen participation
in local public affairs; E-Governance tools for policymaking
in governments and in policy networks; and Frameworks and
guidelines for E-Government and E-Governance.
Workshop: Facilitating
the Whole System in the Room. (September 2-4,
Berlin, Germany.) Also offered in December in Pennsylvania.
Provided by the Future Search Network. For more information,
contact Michael Pannwitz at mmpanne@snafu.de,
or go to www.michaelmpannwitz.de.
This workshop presents a philosophy, theory and method for
transforming diverse work groups of all kinds. This seminar,
integrating system change and personal growth theories, is
for experienced leaders who want to increase their capacity
to help large diverse stay task-focused and accomplish ambitious
goals. Future search experience is not necessary for this
workshop.
Public Disputes: Situation Assessment and Negotiation Skills
Workshop. (September 4, New Bern, North Carolina
or September 18, Chapel Hill, North Carolina). Offered
by the Public Dispute Resolution Program at the Institute
of Government, University of North Carolina. Preference given
to North Carolina residents, but open to all. Part of a three
workshop series. Full schedule and details available at http://ncinfo.iog.unc.edu/programs/dispute/teaching.html#workshops
Public Policy Institute Workshop. (September
4-5, Panama City, Florida; September 18-19, Gadsden, Alabama;
and September 19-20, Honolulu, Hawaii.) Also offered
in October in Ohio and Delaware, and offered in November in
South Carolina. Provided by the National Issues Forum. Public
Policy Institutes provide workshops where citizens come together
to learn more about convening and moderating National Issues
Forums. PPI participants will observe and participate in community
forums and study circles; become acquainted with available
NIF materials; understand the connection of what people value
to choices about issues, and appreciate the importance of
deliberation in identifying the public's perspective. The
Workshop also includes practice in moderating forums and study
circles, and discussion of how to organize NIF programs in
participants’ communities. For more information on Sept.
4-5 in Florida, contact Roy Varnado or Lynn Gager at the Gulf
Coast Community College, 850-769-1551, rvarnado@mail.gc.cc.fl.us, lgager@gulfcoast.edu.
For more information on Sept. 18-19 in Alabama, contact Richard
Dobbs at Gadsden State Community College, 256-549-8495, rdobbs@gadsdenstate.edu.
For more information on Sept. 19-20 in Hawaii, contact Dolores
Foley at the Dept. of Urban & Regional Planning of the
University of Hawaii, 808-956-2780, dolores@hawaii.edu.
For general information about National Issues Forums, go to www.nifi.org.
Call for Papers: International Association of Public
Participation IAP2's 2004 Conference “Wisdom of Voices.” (Submissions due September 5, 2003.) The conference
will be held April 30-May 5, 2004 in Madison, Wisconsin. See www.iap2.org for submission
details.
Audio Conference: “Running a Successful Charrette.” (September 9, via conference call.) Provided by the
National Charrette Institute and New Urban News. Will provide
guidelines and insights on how to organize and conduct a charrette,
a collaborative public planning forum for resolving conflicts,
reaching solutions, and improving community through smart
growth. For more information, visit www.newurbannews.com/audio_charrette.html
Community Based Collaborative Research Consortium's
National Conference. (Septermber 14-15, Salt
Lake City, Utah.) "Evaluating Methodologies and
Environmental Outcomes of Community Based Collaborative Processes."
For more information, see www.cbcrc.org.
Applications for limited travel and registration scholarships
will be made available to researchers, mediators or community
groups.
Stakeholder Engagement and Dialogue Executive Development
Program. (September 15-17, Calgary, Canada.) Offered by Simon Fraser University's Centre for Innovation
in Management. www.cim.sfu.ca/sed Designed for teams as well as individual participants, this
three-day course is for up to 25 senior decision-makers and/or
those with considerable experience in stakeholder engagement
from business, government and civic society organizations.
It includes a stakeholder dialogue simulation and builds skills
and knowledge needed to: clearly link stakeholder engagement
to business success and sustainability; identify and map your
organization’s stakeholder networks; design and facilitate
productive stakeholder dialogue; develop a stakeholder strategy
to build internal commitment and capacity; and measure the
quality of stakeholder relationships.
Strategic Visioning Workshop. (September
17-19, San Francisco, California.) Offered by the Grove
Consultants. Combines best practices from strategic planning,
large-scale change and graphic facilitation methodology. Also
offered in November in Baltimore, Maryland. http://www.grove.com/wkshp/strategic_visioning1.html
Graphic
Facilitation Workshop. (October 8-10, San Francisco,
California.) Provided by the Grove, Consultants. Principles
of Graphic Facilitation combines the theory and practice of
graphic facilitation with the fundamentals of graphic recording.
Also offered in August in San Francisco and November in Baltimore,
Maryland. http://www.grove.com/wkshp/graphic_facilitation1.html
Seminar: Introduction to Dynamic Planning. (October 9-10, San Diego, California.) Also offered
October 24 in Washington, DC and in November in Oregon. Provided
by the National Charrette Institute. This half-day seminar
covers the principles, strategies, tools and techniques of
Dynamic Planning, with the Charrette as a primary tool. The
course also includes a survey and comparisons of other effective
processes, such as multiple, shorter Charrettes, and high-tech
tools such as Place(3)s, and CommunityViz. In researching
these processes, NCI talked to leading smart growth consultants,
asking them how they facilitate change. The result is a collection
of best practices. For more information, visit www.charretteinstitute.org/programs/101/Introduction.html
Public Policy Institute Workshop. (October
10, Kent Ohio; October 10-12, Georgetown, Delaware). Also offered in September in Florida, Alabama, and Hawaii;
and offered in November in South Carolina. Provided by the
National Issues Forum. Public Policy Institutes provide workshops
where citizens come together to learn more about convening
and moderating National Issues Forums. PPI participants will
observe and participate in community forums and study circles;
become acquainted with available NIF materials; understand
the connection of what people value to choices about issues,
and appreciate the importance of deliberation in identifying
the public's perspective; practice moderating forums and study
circles; and discuss how to organize NIF programs in their
communities. For more information on October 10 in Kent, Ohio,
contact Marilyn Bokrass at the College of Continuing Studies
at Kent State University , 330-672-7947, marilyn@ccs.kent.edu;
or go to www.OhioPPI.org.
For more information about October 10-12 in Georgetown, Delaware,
contact Bill McGowan at Sussex County Extension, 302-856-7303, billmcg@udel.edu. For
general information about National Issues Forums, go to www.nifi.org.
Organizational Development Network Conference. (October 10-16, Portland, Oregon.) “Sustainable
Organizations: Creating New Possibilities For Ourselves, Our
Clients, and Our World.” http://www.odnetwork.org/conf2003/index.html
Association for Conflict Resolution's (ACR) Third
Annual International Conference. (October 15-18,
Orlando, Florida.) “The World of Conflict Resolution:
A Mosaic of Possibilities” www.acresolution.org
International Transformative Learning Centre Conference. (October 17-19, Toronto, Canada.) "Lifelong
citizenship learning, participatory democracy and social change." http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/~tlcentre/conference2003/conf_intro.htm
Workshop: Managing a Future Search
Network. (October 19-22, New Paltz, New York.) Provided by the Future Search Network. http://www.futuresearch.net/promo/mfslw-mohonk.htm For facilitators and managers who want to learn how applying
future search principles enables a community or organization
to transform its capability for action.
COLLABORATION 2003 Conference. (October
20-21, 2003, Annapolis, MD.) Designed for professionals
interested in LAN- and web-based collaboration tools to enhance
team communication and meeting productivity. For more information,
go to www.COLLABORATION2003.com or contact JR Holt (conference organizer) at jrholt@jrhassoc.com or 703-931-0930.
Group Facilitation Skills Workshop. (October
21-23, San Francisco.) Provided by Community at Work,
instructor Sam Kaner. Entitled “Putting Participatory
Values into Practice,” this three-day workshop for beginning
to intermediate facilitators focuses on encouraging full participation,
skills for process management, and building sustainable agreements. http://www.communityatwork.com/scheduleB.html
Workshops and Certificate Program in Public Participation. (October 20-24, Saratoga Springs, NY.) Offered by
the Perspectives Group, Douglas Sarno trainer. The three workshops
in this series are aimed at beginning to intermediate level
professionals who wish to master the basics of how to design
and deliver a public participation program. The three workshops,
which can be taken separately or as a five-day program, are:
Planning for Effective Public Participation (2 days, prerequisite
for all other courses in the series), October 20-21. Effective
Communication for Public Participation (1 day), October 22.
Techniques for Public Participation (2 days), October 23-24.
Upon the completion of each module, students will receive
credit from the International Association for Public Participation
(IAP2) recognizing their successful completion of that module.
Upon completion of all three modules, students will be awarded
a Certificate in Public Participation from IAP2. For information
about the October workshops or to register, call the Perspectives
Group at 703.837.1197. For general information on IAP2, workshop
descriptions, or the certificate program, see http://www.iap2.org/training/training.html.
Seminar: Introduction to Dynamic Planning. (October 24, Washington, DC.) Also offered in October
9-10, San Diego, California and in November in Oregon. Provided
by the National Charrette Institute. This half-day seminar
covers the principles, strategies, tools and techniques of
Dynamic Planning, with the Charrette as a primary tool. The
course also includes a survey and comparisons of other effective
processes, such as multiple, shorter Charrettes, and high-tech
tools such as Place(3)s, and CommunityViz. In researching
these processes, NCI talked to leading smart growth consultants,
asking them how they facilitate change. The result is a collection
of best practices. For more information, visit www.charretteinstitute.org/programs/101/Introduction.html
Workshop: Collaboration and Tools for Handling Contentious
Stakeholder Groups. (October 30-31, Chapel Hill,
North Carolina.) Offered by the Public Dispute Resolution
Program at the Institute of Government, University of North
Carolina. Also offered in November. Preference given to North
Carolina residents, but open to all. Part of a three workshop
series. Full schedule and details available at http://ncinfo.iog.unc.edu/programs/dispute/teaching.html#workshops
NOVEMBER 2003
5th Global Forum on Re-inventing Government. (November 3-7, Mexico City, Mexico.) “Innovation
and Quality in the Government of the 21st Century.”
Offered by UNPAN (United Nations Online Network in Public
Administration and Finance.) This is an annual high-level
event being organized on this occasion by the Mexican Government
in collaboration with the United Nations. The Forum is held
in the framework of the National Week of Innovation and Quality
in Public Administration. The Forum’s objective is to
underscore themes of importance to democratic practices. This
Forum provides an opportunity to clarify the challenges that
the governments will have to face in the 21st century in the
area of public management. For more information visit www.unpan.org/globalforum5.03.asp
Seminar: Introduction to Dynamic Planning. (November 5-7, Portland, Oregon.) Also offered in
October in California and Washington, DC. Provided by the
National Charrette Institute. This half-day seminar covers
the principles, strategies, tools and techniques of Dynamic
Planning, with the Charrette as a primary tool. The course
also includes a survey and comparisons of other effective
processes, such as multiple, shorter Charrettes, and high-tech
tools such as Place(3)s, and CommunityViz. In researching
these processes, NCI talked to leading smart growth consultants,
asking them how they facilitate change. The result is a collection
of best practices. For more information, visit www.charretteinstitute.org/programs/101/Introduction.html
Graphic Facilitation Workshop. (November
5-7, Baltimore, Maryland.) Provided by the Grove Consultants.
Principles of Graphic Facilitation combines the theory and
practice of graphic facilitation with the fundamentals of
graphic recording. Also offered in August and October in San
Francisco. http://www.grove.com/wkshp/graphic_facilitation1.html
Workshop: Community Participation,
Dispute Resolution, and Civic Engagement. (November
6 and 7, Sacramento, California). Offered by the University
of California, Davis Extension and the Center for Collaborative
Policy. This workshop brings together a team of experts in
the field of community involvement to provide participants
with techniques, process design skills, and hands-on practice
in facilitation and recording to make community interaction
meaningful and effective. For more information or to enroll
call (800) 752-0881 or visit http://www.extension.ucdavis.edu/courses/coursedescription.asp?
type=A&unit=LUNR&SectionID=111734&AreaName=Land%20Use.
Public Policy Institute Workshop. (November
6-8, Sumter, South Carolina.) Also offered in September
in Florida, Alabama, and Hawaii; and offered in October in
Ohio and Delaware. Provided by the National Issues Forum.
Public Policy Institutes provide workshops where citizens
come together to learn more about convening and moderating
National Issues Forums. PPI participants will observe and
participate in community forums and study circles; become
acquainted with available NIF materials; understand the connection
of what people value to choices about issues, and appreciate
the importance of deliberation in identifying the public's
perspective; practice moderating forums and study circles;
and discuss how to organize NIF programs in their communities.
For more information about November 6-8 in Sumter, South Carolina,
contact Barbara Brown at Clemson University’s Cooperative
Extension Service, 803-773-5561, babrwn@clemson.edu.
For general information about National Issues Forums, go to www.nifi.org.
Strategic Visioning Workshop. (November
10-12, Baltimore, Maryland.) Offered by the Grove Consultants.
Combines best practices from strategic planning, large-scale
change and graphic facilitation methodology. Also offered
in September in San Francisco. ttp://www.grove.com/wkshp/strategic_visioning1.html
Workshop: Collaboration and Tools for Handling Contentious Stakeholder Groups. (November 11-12, Charlotte, North Carolina.) Offered by the Public Dispute Resolution Program at the Institute of Government, University of North Carolina. Also offered in October. Preference given to North Carolina residents, but open to all. Part of a three workshop series. Full schedule and details available at http://ncinfo.iog.unc.edu/programs/dispute/teaching.html#workshops
Joint Ventures’ Partners in Stewardship Conference. (November 17-20, Los Angeles, California.) To xplore and shape these ideas of rtnership and a nationwide network of public places, the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, and Bureau of Indian Affairs are engaging the federal family of land managing agencies to convene this conference. www.partnerships2003.org/about.htm
Dinner Seminar: Bay Area Regional/Local Collaboratives. (November 19, Berkeley, California). Offered by the Planning Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley. David Booher, Austin McInerny, and Mary Selkirk from Center for Collaborative Policy will share insights from their experiences with collaborative planning in the Bay Area—notably the current restoration effort of the South Bay Salt Ponds--and lead a discussion of the role for collaborativeplanning in addressing regional planning issues. The seminar will take place at the Faculty Club, University of California, Berkeley, 6 PM. For reservations or information contact Lesley M. Chastain, chastain@uclink4.berkeley.edu.
DECEMBER 2003
Workshop: Managing High Emotion and Contention in Public Hearings. (December 4, Chapel Hill, North Carolina or December 11, Charlotte, North Carolina.) Offered by the Public Dispute Resolution Program at the Institute of Government, University of North Carolina. Preference given to North Carolina residents, but open to all. Part of a three workshop series. Full schedule and details available at http://ncinfo.iog.unc.edu/programs/dispute/teaching.html#workshops
Workshop: Facilitating the Whole System in the Room. (December 4-6, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.) Also offered in September in Germany. Provided by the Future Search Network. For more information, go to www.futuresearch.net or call 1-800-951-6333. This workshop presents a philosophy, theory and method for transforming diverse work groups of all kinds. This seminar, integrating system change and personal growth theories, is for experienced leaders who want to increase their capacity to help large diverse stay task-focused and accomplish ambitious goals. Future search experience is not necessary for this workshop.
Workshop on Organizational Diagnosis. (December 8-12, San Francisco, California.) Offered
by Community at Work, instructor Sam Kaner. Entitled “Consulting
Skills for Collaborative Specialists.” For more information,
see http://www.communityatwork.com/scheduleB.html
PlaceMatters’ Working Session on Tools for Community
Design and Decision-Making. (December 11-13,
San Francisco, California). “Working Session V:
Information Technology in Action.” Participants will
review and work with a variety of technological and non-technological
tools and methods that help develop and visualize design options,
involve more people in planning and decisions, analyze how
policy decisions impact development, and build agreement among
stakeholders. http://www.tcddm.org/
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