Dialogue, Deliberation and Public Engagement Certificate (DDPE)
August 16, 2010 – January 18, 2011
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Deadline: August 2, 2010
The Institute for Social Innovation at Fielding Graduate University announces partial sponsorships for professionals who are US based, and who are interested in improving their practice and beginning a project in the area of dialogue, deliberation, and public engagement. We are particularly interested in participants who have the opportunity and interest in supporting dialogic, deliberative and engagement practices in their organizations or communities through projects which have the potential to build civic engagement capacity.
We are offering partial sponsorships for our dialogue certificate which provide participants with the opportunity to develop towards mastery of dialogue and deliberation processes by working with a scholar-practitioner model of reflective practice. An exceptional faculty of scholar-practitioners, who do real world work in diverse contexts and cultures, will support your learning and provide coaching for a culminating capstone project. This program uses blended learning: two face to face sessions, online, and phone and is available for 8 academic graduate credits.
For information on tuition, please see: http://www.fielding.edu/programs/ce/ddpe
Applicants must have organizational support in the form of commitment to dialogue, deliberation and public engagement. Applicants with financial support from their organization/community will be given preference. Applicants can be from any sector of society: nonprofit, government, or for-profit. (To be eligible you must live in the United States.)
The review team is now accepting applications until August 2, 2010. If you are interested in submitting an application, please send the following by email to krogers@fielding.edu.
1. Two page description of how you intend to use this certificate in your work; a description of a potential project opportunity that would help build capacity for and through dialogue, deliberation, and/or public engagement. We are particularly interested in community-based projects focused on local capacity building in civic engagement.
2. An email letter of support for the potential project from your organization or community with an indication of their financial contribution.