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NCI Charrette SystemTM Certificate

June 28-30, 2010

Calgary Campus

What is NCI?

The National Charrette Institute (NCI) is a nonprofit educational institution. They teach professionals and community leaders the NCI Charrette System, a design-based, accelerated, collaborative project management system that harnesses the talents and energies of all interested parties to create and support a feasible plan. NCI advances the fields of community planning and public involvement through research, publications and facilitation. And, they help people build community capacity for collaboration to create healthy community plans. For more information on NCI: www.charretteinstitute.org

Course Overview

This 3-day training offered through the National Charrette Institute is a fresh, new course that illustrates the capability of the NCI Charrette System for all aspects of community planning. Participants learn the practical NCI Charrette System skills, tools and techniques through new interactive, hands-on exercises practiced on four case study types:

This training combines the "Introduction to Dynamic Planning" and "Continuing Dynamic Planning" trainings previously offered by the National Charrette Institute.

Who Should Take This Course?

The training is ideal for planners and designers specializing in:

Course Content

The purpose of this training is to teach the tools and techniques for planning and running a successful project using an NCI charrette and to give participants a practical understanding of the power of the NCI Charrette System to create sustainable communities. It is an advanced course for serious planning practitioners, developers and community advocates.

The course begins with a comprehensive overview of the entire NCI Charrette System including a day-by-day account of the process and products of a recent charrette. This overview sets the framework for the in-depth case study exercises, conducted in a small team format. The goal of the exercises is to teach the essential tools for assessing and planning a project using an NCI Charrette, including:

Also covered are discussions of charrette team capabilities and chemistry, charrette studio set-up, budgets and stories from famous charrette successes and failures.

One major benefit of this training is meeting and working with your fellow students. NCI trainings consistently attract top practitioners in the field. Students report that one of the most valuable aspects of the course is leaning from each other and establishing beneficial relationships with others in the field of community planning.

You will gain a practical, working knowledge of the most advanced tools and techniques used by the leaders in community planning. Depending on your skill and experience level, upon completion of the training you will be able to host or conduct an NCI charrette.

All training participants will receive a copy of NCI's The Charrette Handbook!

Registration Information:

Location: Calgary Campus, Calgary, AB
Date: Mon-Wed, June 28-30, 2010
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Fee: $1195 + GST

 

For detailed program information, please contact Agriculture, Land and Environment Coordinator, Mary Jane Block, (403) 507-7761, mblock@oldscollege.ca