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Kem Lowry visited eroding Kauai beaches as part of a State-sponsored “managed retreat” analysis.
West Papua Indonesia workshop preparation for community vulnerability assessments as part of University of Hawaii/USAID Project.
Kem Lowry talking to a faculty colleague at Universities Islam in Yogyakarta. Lowry was interviewing faculty and students about the impact of several Urban Climate Change Adaptation Training projects administered at Indonesia universities.
Working with a colleague in Utah, Dick Harris designed and ran a full-day organizational planning meeting for the State Fly Fishing Council to develop a vision statement, set up an annual calendar of events, and get new board members involved and energized. Great day of meetings and some serious dry fly fishing at the Madison River Retreat in Montana.
Dick Harris Associates has held several retreat planning meetings at Blue Heron Lodge on Lake Wicwas in New Hampshire for financial services and non-profit sales and management teams, focusing on sharpening team performance, tying tactics to strategies, and building these into 90-day plans for implementation and accountability.
Kem Lowry and Dolores Foley share breakfast with other UH and Indonesian members of "Promoting Climate Adaptation Resilience Through Training" program in Manado, Indonesia after an all night ferry trip from Ternate where a volcano eruption grounded all flights.
Linda Colburn and Kem Lowry working with Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ Culture Working Group on review of draft Cultural Resources Management Plan in Hilo, April 2018.
As part of one of the Building Resilience Through Training projects in which ACCORD members Lowry and Foley participated, students and partners from Bandung Institute of Technology conducted community-level climate change vulnerability assessments.
Howard Gadlin and colleagues have developed a 'how to' guide for collaborative research and interdisciplinary team science.
ACCORD member Chuck Crumpton regularly teaches business conflict resolution to MBA students of the UH Business School program in Viet Nam.
CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary and Keith Mattson, President of Keith Mattson LLC teamed with CONCUR Associate Meredith Cowart to prepare a Stakeholder Assessment and Engagement Plan for the American Samoa Ocean Planning process for USIECR.
Ann Gosline is working with a collaborative of organizations to accelerate conservation and support communities in Maine's vast mountain forests – one of the most intact temperate forest areas in the world. Photo by Paul VaDerWerf.
Rich Wilson facilitated a sustainable workshop in Belize bringing leading stakeholders together to collaborate to advance sustainable marine tourism.
ACCORD-ian Melissa White of SSFM International led the Waimānalo Community Values and Priorities Project in 2017. The community-driven process unfolded over two years and included large and small group meetings facilitated by ACCORD-ian Linda Colburn. The resulting document identified a vision for Waimānalo, seven core community values and more than a dozen priority projects that the community can carry forward into action.
ACCORD-ian Melissa White of SSFM International led the Waimānalo Community Values and Priorities Project in 2017. The community-driven process unfolded over two years and included large and small group meetings facilitated by ACCORD-ian Linda Colburn. The resulting document identified a vision for Waimānalo, seven core community values and more than a dozen priority projects that the community can carry forward into action.
ACCORD-ian Melissa White led public outreach in 2018 for the first major projects by the City and County of Honolulu Complete Streets Program. The Urban Core project affects looks at solutions that balance the needs of all modes, and affects more than 16 miles of major roadways in Honolulu.

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