Our conferences only come around every two years, and you won’t want to miss this one! Our biennial national conferences are major learning and networking events for our field. Building on a 14-year legacy of popular, well-loved events, NCDD 2016 will be our 7th national conference. Why do people make a point of attending NCDD conferences? Spending three days with 400 of the most amazing people in our field as we explore how we can shape...

Our Portland gathering on November 13th will bring together leaders, public engagement practitioners, philanthropists, academics, students and citizen groups from across the Cascadia region (Washington, Oregon and British Columbia). Participants will: Create a learning community to explore what quality public engagement is and how we can create more of it Meet and network with others interested in public engagement Share what kinds of quality...