Are you the kind of D&Der who sometimes finds yourself at conferences and meetings suggesting NCDD’s resource center or events (or NCDD in general) to people you meet? Well first of all, THANK YOU! Nothing is more powerful than word-of-mouth for getting people to dip their toes into this funny-named network of ours — andRead… Read more »
The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from the Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— On your project you handle known risks by performing the Plan Risk Responses process. Which of the following would you use when you encounter unknown risks? A.) Risk ReservesB.) RiskRead… Read more »
MIXED PURPOSE TRAVEL RULES IN THE NEWS. Story here. “The act of presidential piggybacking — coupling official duties, in this case a speech on the economy, with political fundraising — was not pioneered by Obama but is prominently on display this year.” MOLINARI TO GOOGLE. Story here. “Former New York congresswoman Susan Molinari has signedRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda On Twitter and NPR: The State Department’s use of social media was featured in an extended piece broadcast on NPR. Is that kind of coverage a metric of social media impact? From the Cloud to Your Pocket. This week, Gov.AOL published two pieces on the federal government’s movement toward mobile. The first, aboutRead… Read more »
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While you may be able to download an application that turns even your crappy cell phone pics into something hipsters will rave about on Facebook, or transform your worst karaoke showing into a pop song that would make Bieber proud, there isn’t an app on earth that can make you a better critical thinker, orRead… Read more »
NCDD blogger Susanna Haas Lyons posted this to the NCDD Community blog a couple of months ago, and it needs indexed here in the Resource Center as well… In December 2012, Alberta Climate Dialogue released a series of short videos exploring the benefits of deliberative democracy, featuring well known practitioners such as Matt Leighninger (DDC),Read… Read more »
The way we do business has changed and continues to evolve. The change and evolution, however, is not evenly distributed and is confusing about what the ‘right’ path is. When I learned to drive, the car had a ‘stick shift’ (manual transmission). As I was perfecting the skill of keeping my heel on the brake,Read… Read more »
This is quite the street sign for people to read and comply with. The sign instructs drivers to slow down to 25 mph between 6:49-7:15, 7:52-8:22 and 8:37-9:07 during the morning and 2:03-2:33, 3:04-3:34 and 3:59-4:29 during the afternoon on school days. At all other times the speed limit is 45 mph. After public outcryRead… Read more »
Don’t have sex with anybody who isn’t turned on by knowledge or the very many ways to get it. Make this your creed. Put it on a T-shirt. And then don’t take that T-shirt off for anyone who violates your very impressive, lovely standards. What a glorious notion! Original post