Now is the time to learn something new. Increase your competitive advantage by adding a NCI certificate to your credentials. Raise your proposal success rate by using the NCI Charrette System approach in your proposals.

The July NCI Charrette System course in Portland will offer a sustainable planning track. One of the four cases used for the NCI Charrette System tools and techniques exercises will have a sustainable planning focus. Participants in this case study will learn how to plan and conduct a sustainable plan using a charrette. Other case studies focus on a transit oriented development, a transportation corridor plan with form based codes, and a city-wide comprehensive plan.

NCI Trainings this Summer

NCI Charrette System Certificate Trainings
This 3-day NCI training teaches the tools and techniques for planning and running a successful project using a charrette. You will gain a practical understanding of the power of the NCI Charrette System to create sustainable communities.

• June 22-24, Olds College, Olds, Alberta, Canada
• July 13-15 Portland, OR

NCI Charrette Management and Facilitation Certificate Training
This 1.5-day, advanced training will equip charrette managers with the essential tools and techniques required to manage a fast-paced, and constantly changing, multiple-day charrette.

• July 16-17 Portland, OR

For more information, including registration please see the NCI training web page at http://www.charretteinstitute.org/trainings.html

High-Tech/High-Touch Charrettes: Facilitation Tools for Public Design Workshops
A half day partner event at CNU 17, June 10, Denver, CO

This is a new, unique seminar by NCI and PlaceMatters on high-tech tools for charrettes. For the first time, NCI and PlaceMatters will show how to use most advanced high tech tools in charrettes. Find out how visualization, computer mapping, and collaborative networking tools can increase charrette productivity and community involvement. Register here now, http://shop.charretteinstitute.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=CNU-09.

CNU conference registration is not required. This event is accredited with the AICP, AIA and ASLA for 3.75 continuing education credits.

These trainings and workshop are all accredited with the AIA for continuing education system (CES) units, with the AICP for certification maintenance (CM) credits, and the ASLA for LA CES professional development hours (PDH). Earn up to 27 credits with NCI certificate trainings this summer.