Survey on 2010 NCDD Events and 3 Priority Areas

The National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) is planning a series of one-day regional meetings this fall. We hope you can join us, and we'd really appreciate your input to make sure the meetings we design are as productive as possible!

Please complete this 10-question survey by the end of the day on Friday, August 13th.

- Sandy Heierbacher and all members of the regional planning teams

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* 1. Basic contact details...

Name: *

Organization/School:

Title/Position:

Street Address:

City/Town:

State/Province:

ZIP:

Country (if not U.S.):

Email Address: *

Phone Number:

(Be sure to include your address info above if you'd like a chance to win one of the books we're giving away to 11 lucky respondents!)

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* 2. Are you a...? (Check all that apply)

Practitioner in dialogue, deliberation and public engagement

Elected or appointed public official

Community organizer, nonprofit leader or community builder

Specialist in online engagement or gov 2.0

Researcher of dialogue, deliberation and public engagement

Student of dialogue, deliberation and public engagement

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Assuming you would attend one of the regional meetings, which location are you most likely to attend?

Denver, Colorado - The Wellshire Inn on Friday, October 22, 2010

San Francisco Bay Area, California - De Anza College (Cupertino) on Friday, October 29, 2010

Boston, Massachusetts - UMass Boston on Friday, October 29, 2010

Austin, Texas - St. Edward's University on Friday, November 5, 2010

Portland, Oregon - Concordia University (Saturday, November 13, 2010)

Washington, DC - follow-up event in Spring 2011

Sorry - won't be able to attend

Comments?

This survey asks primarily about the 3 topics we're addressing at the events, which we feel are of critical importance to our field of practice:

1. Quality Public Engagement: What is quality public engagement and how do we educate others about it so it becomes broadly adapted?
2. Online Engagement: What new tools are available and how do they support effective engagement?
3. Collaborations that Work: How can we strengthen connections between public administrators, engagement practitioners and the public?

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* 4. What is your most burning question about topic 1 (educating people about quality public engagement)

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* 5. What is your most burning question about topic 2? (online dialogue, deliberation and public engagement)

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* 6. What is your most burning question about topic 3? (strengthening connections between public administrators, engagement practitioners and the public)

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* 7. If you'd like to offer something at or for one of the events based on your experience in these 3 areas, please share it here.

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* 8. Do you know of any fabulous resources (guidebooks, tools, etc.) you'd recommend we look at related to any of these 3 areas?

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* 9. Given the 3 topic areas we're focusing on at the events, what do you think we should NOT try to address at the fall NCDD events?

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* 10. Please complete this sentence: The event will be successful if at its conclusion, I..."

Thanks so much for sharing your feedback and ideas! Visit www.ncdd.org/events to learn more about the fall events, or email sandy@thataway.org directly if you have questions.

Be sure to click "DONE" to submit your survey.