Conference Call Series

Jump on a CommunityMatters^® conference call for a 60-minute conversation about critical issues, tools and inspiring stories of community building. 

Upcoming Calls: 

• Citizens' Insitute on Rural Design Capacity Building Call Series
  • June 20: Spreading the Word About Your Community Design Project
  • July 25: Designing for the Vision and Values of Your Community
  • August 22: Secrets of Successful Communities

2013 Past Calls (Visit call pages for podcasts, call notes, and other resources)

• May 9: Civic Infrastructure: On the Ground!
• April 11: Bridging Divides in Land Use Decision Making
• March 14: The Sharing Economy
• February 14: Participatory Budgeting
• January 17: Community Supported Enterprise

2012 Past Calls

• December 13: Engaging Diversity
• November 8: Open Streets
• October 17: Strong Towns, Strong Futures
• September 13: Third Places
• August 9: Engagement 3.0
• July 12: Civic Infrastructure Follow-up with NCDD
• June 28: Civic Infrastructure
• May 24: Grassroots Fundraising Webinar
• May 10: Green Up
• April 12: Stewarding Success
• March 15: Arts for Engagement
  • March 29: Arts Peer Group Project Call
• February 9: DIY Community (Tactical Urbanism and a Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper Approach to Community)
  • February 16: DIY Community Peer Group Project Call
• January 26: Storytelling for Community Planning
  • February 9: Storytelling Peer Group Project Call 1
  • May 17: Storytelling Peer Group Project Call 2

2010-2011 Past Calls

• December 8: Communities for All Ages
• November 10: Community Networks
• October 27: Green Economies
• October 13: When Disaster Strikes (a special response to Tropical Storm Lee, Hurricane Irene, and other recent disasters)
• September 22: Fostering Entrepreneurship
• August 25: Local Finance and Currency
• July 28: Going Local with Bill McKibben
• June 23: Dialogue & Deliberation
• June 9: Transition Movement
• May 12: Local Food Systems
• April 14: Youth Take Charge
• March 24: Open Government
• March 10: Conservation
• February 24: Open Government
• February 10: Placemaking
• January 27: Open Government
• January 13: Sustainable Communities
• December 15: Heart & Soul Community Planning
• November 17: Local Economies
• November 3: Gov. 2.0

Register now for one or more calls and be sure to sign up for our email updates to receive announcements about the calls.

Thanks very much to Bonnie Shaw of BonnieShaw.com for moderating this series. If you have questions or suggestions please email Rebecca at rstone [@] orton [.] org.