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		<title>Central Texans Address Key Challenges to the D&#38;D Field</title>
		<link>http://texasforums.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/central-texans-address-key-challenges-to-the-dd-field/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 20:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor Willingham</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the objectives of the Central Texas D&#38;D Summit held on April 19 at the LBJ Library was to:
a) Identify specific local D&#38;D efforts that could be used as examples of the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation&#8217;s (NCDD) ‘Seven Challenges Facing the D&#38;D Community’;
b) Members of the NCDD_CenTX team (to be determined) will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Central Texas D&#38;D on Facebook</title>
		<link>http://texasforums.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/central-texas-dd-on-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 19:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor Willingham</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Central Texas D&amp;D Network]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The loose-knit, recently formed network of D&#38;D practitioners in Central Texas now have a group in Facebook. It&#8217;s not actually a group yet since I&#8217;m the only member so far, but it&#8217;s only been five minutes. I&#8217;m sure the other thirty people who gathered at the LBJ Library last April 19 will want to join [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Sabbatical Research Grants</title>
		<link>http://texasforums.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/community-sabbatical-research-grants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor Willingham</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Entrepreneurship]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Research Resources]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Humanities Institute]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Humanities Institute at the University of Texas at Austin offers funding for non-profit staff members to take a &#8220;paid time-out&#8221; to research an issue or question of value to their work.
Three individuals will receive grants of $5000, be paired with UT Austin faculty who will guide them in their research, receive full access to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Invitation to NCDD2008 Conference</title>
		<link>http://texasforums.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/invitation-to-ncdd2008-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor Willingham</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Central Texas D&amp;D]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dialogue and Deliberation Models]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Texas Forums Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Central Texas Planning Team for the NCDD2008 Conference is smokin&#8217;. I mean they are all over the place! They are canvasing Austin to promote the conference, solicit sponsorships, enlist volunteer support, encourage workshop leaders, attract bookstores, solicit donations, recruit media partners, and whatever else it will take to make the NCDD conference in Austin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons, Insights, Connections and Reflections</title>
		<link>http://texasforums.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/lessons-insights-connections-and-reflections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor Willingham</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Central Texas D&amp;D]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The participants in the small groups at the Central Texas D&#38;D Summit had almost forty-five minutes to share the lessons and insights they have gained during the course of their dialogue and deliberation work.
Steven Fearing set up the groups with the following comments.

This meeting is not a workshop on dialogue and deliberation techniques. Instead it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s New and Good in Central Texas D&#38;D?</title>
		<link>http://texasforums.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/whats-new-and-good-in-central-texas-dd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor Willingham</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Central Texas D&amp;D]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Following the welcome from Dr. Flowers and a recognition of the planning partners for the Central Texas D&#38;D Summit by Taylor Willingham, Patricia Wilson and Diane Miller set up the goals for the day and gave a quick overview of the objectives.
While the NCDD 2008 conference was an incentive to convene this group, the ultimate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On this day&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://texasforums.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/on-this-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor Willingham</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On this day (March 15, 1965), President Johnson went before Congress and called for legislation that would guarantee every American&#8217;s right to vote

Forty-three years ago President Johnson stood up for what was right and fought for the rights of those who had no voice.
But even before he became president, LBJ was busy in the Senate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Central Texas D&#38;D Summit</title>
		<link>http://texasforums.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/central-texas-dd-summit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor Willingham</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 19, 2008, thirty advocates for dialogue, deliberation and community engagement in the Central Texas region gathered at the LBJ Library for a &#8220;learning summit.&#8221;
Participants represented a range of sectors - civic, government, business, non-profit/NGO, education – with a myriad of expertise and knowledge both on issues and approaches, from smaller-scale group dialogues to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dangerous Ideas: &#8220;What if&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://texasforums.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/dangerous-ideas-what-if/</link>
		<comments>http://texasforums.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/dangerous-ideas-what-if/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor Willingham</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Entrepreneurship]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[Cross posted]
The recent Public Library Association Conference featured a session titled, &#8220;The Dangerous Ideas&#8221;. The idea behind the session was to stimulate a conversation about adaptation and change by posing the question, &#8220;What if&#8230;?&#8221;
The presenters began by introducing Ten Dangerous Ideas:
1. What if we stopped cataloging?
2. What if we participated fully with the FBI in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation Board Position</title>
		<link>http://texasforums.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/national-coalition-for-dialogue-and-deliberation-board-position/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor Willingham</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I am pleased to accept the NCDD nomination to the national board of directors. It&#8217;s a pretty humbling invitation and I am honored to be a part of this outstanding organization. My fellow board members listed with titles on our facebook group page are:


Leah Lamb (San Francisco, CA)
Queen of Arts-Based Dialogue
Priya Parker (UVA)
Coordinator of NCDD [...]]]></description>
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