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How to Find People in the Members Network 5/7/10 Go to the advanced search at http://www.thataway.org/ncddnet/search_advanced.php, where you can search by field (city, state, name, org, interest areas, etc.). You can also use the search field at the top right to search for a specific person, see who else is in your city or search by someone’s email address.
Also note that the “city” and “state” fields in everyone’s profiles are active links that display everyone else who has the same text in those fields. So if you find someone from Boston you can click on “Boston” in their profile and see everyone else from that city.
I’ve been thinking a lot about (and recently published a book about) the individual psychological factors involved in co-creating a better future. It seems that constructive dialogue about complex issues has become more difficult in our increasingly polarized nation. It is
Only a few weeks ago I was thinking about "useful" anger in public discussions, reminding myself that not every discussion is peaches and cream in even tones. Discussion can help people explore their anger and sort out real culprits and causes versus imagined ones. But with each
17 new members joined NCDD last month: 2 organizational members and 15 new individual members (8 dues-paying and 7 non-dues-paying). And 3 of our dues-paying members renewed their memberships (1 organization and 2 individuals)! We post these monthly summaries
17 new members joined NCDD last month: 2 organizational members and 15 new individual members (6 dues-paying, 1 partial-dues paying and 8 non-dues-paying). And 8 of our dues-paying membe
I have a short perspective on the roie of anger in public discussions (based on a recent experience) posted on the Interactivity Foundation website. I think we need to acknowledge grievances even when their causes are in dispute. I found acknowledging the grievance a opened up discussants to le