Just as we ask other organizations in the community to help spread the word for all our events, we try to return the favor when other organizations need a little boost for their programs! Here's what we're currently co-presenting:

Sustainable Path Foundation continues their series of conversations with local experts titled "Seeking Sustainable Systems" at Town Hall on September, 14. The final conversation is titled "A Conversation about Sustainable Design" and features Ash Awad, Vice President of Energy&Facility Services at McKinstry; and Daniel Friedman, Dean of the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington.

Grant applications can be intimidating, but Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association (WBBA) wants to help you out during their August workshop "Secrets of NIH Small Business Grant Applications". Workshop leader Gregory Milman, Ph.D. manages the $100 million NIAID small business programs and is acclaimed for his advice on NIH grant preparation and research funding. Every bit of advice helps! 

Speaking of tips: Puget Sound Public Relations Society of America is offering a half-day writing seminar hosted by Ann Wylie, a communications consultant, on reaching "web skimmers" - tips on guiding readers through your web site with as few headaches as possible. Bonus: the workshop takes place at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, and museum entrance and parking is included in the workshop ticket!

Finally, did you know we're approaching the 50th anniversary of the Seattle World's Fair? Seattle Center Foundation is gearing up to celebrate in style with their Next Fifty campaign, featuring a monthly "buzz" activity where the community helps make the 50th anniversary of Seattle’s World’s Fair a success. Click the link to learn more and find out about this month's buzz!

All the essential details you need to sign up for these events is over on our Co-presented Events page. Is your organization hosting an event that needs a little extra word-of-mouth? CityClub may be able to help. Click on the above link to find out more!

Great nickname, right? "Firebrand in the front row"? David Gregory earned this moniker from Washingtonian Magazine for asking tough questions. 

CityClub will have this firebrand on the stage on Tuesday, September 21 - but this time you'll be asking the tough questions. He's been praised for a commitment to accountability and analysis, and he'll be kicking off CityClub's third annual Community Matters Campaign focused on public trust, with a fascinating discussion of forces, trends and issues at the heart of the national political scene. 

An interesting bit from his bio: it was during David Gregory's first year that "Meet the Press" jumped into social media: "Gregory has successfully brought the program into the digital community, enhancing its presence and creating an ongoing dialogue with viewers through his blog, Facebook and Twitter."

To connect social-networking style:

• David Gregory's Facebook
• @davidgregory on Twitter
• Blog: The View from Here
  

Read more about David Gregory from his bio, after the jump! (And click here to register!)

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Dennis Schatz, an active CityClub volunteer who sits on both our Program Committee and Education Task Force, has some exciting times ahead! It has been with Dennis's help that CityClub has hosted the Washington State LASER Awards three years running - and he's been invited to develop a similar program at the University of Queensland. (During this time, he'll also work on his 22nd children's book!) After that, he's been invited to be a temporary Program Director at the National Science Foundation.

Congratulations, Dennis, from the whole CityClub family! To read more about these adventures, continue below the cut.

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CityClub's 2008 panel conversation "The Making of a Candidate"

In 2008, CityClub hosted a conversation as part of our Law & Politics Series called "The Making of a Candidate". We asked our panelists questions like: do people choose to run for office, or do interest groups choose them? How do candidates reach the point where they can successfully run for major state and national public office? What role do parties and consultants play in terms of messaging, and how concerted are their efforts?

Next month, we're picking up that conversation with new panelists in a new discussion. Our new question: Once a candidate is in the running, how do they win? Our panelists represent four different organizational structures in the campaigning process: grassroots, youth focused and driven, private consultants and the state party structure.

You can watch our previous event, "The Making of a Candidate", online in full thanks to The Seattle Channel - click here to see what we learned!

Then, learn more about our upcoming program "The Race to Reach Voters", including our panelists and more questions we'll be asking. What are your questions? Click here to register today!

Not yet registered to vote in Washington, or moved/changed your name recently? Today's the deadline for online and paper applications and updates to your voter registration!

You can register online here, or to update your information click here. More info on updates from the King County Elections webpage:

If you have moved from one address in King County to another address in King County, you can call us at 206-296-VOTE (8683) to report your new address, complete a voter registration form (external link), or write to us with the following information:

• Registered name
• Date of birth
• Voter registration number (if known)
• Prior address/new address
• Mailing address (if different)
• Signature
• Daytime and nighttime phone number

To be eligible to vote in your new precinct or under your new name, you must change your record no later than 30 days prior to the election.

(Late deadline for in-person registration if not already registered in Washington is August 9.)

The Civic Health Index (CHI) is the nation's definitive measure of civic health, demonstrating how Americans connect to each other and their communities. It measures voting, volunteerism, philanthropy, neighbor-to-neighbor connections, political expression and religious affiliation.

Reported since 2006, the CHI is national in scope, but for the first time this Fall, there will be supplementary reports measuring the civic health of targeted municipalities. Metropolitan Seattle — including Pierce, King and Snohomish Counties — will be among the first communities featured.  CityClub is honored to be coordinating this project with generous underwriting from The Boeing Company and The Seattle Foundation.

Why is this important?

Since government, business and the independent sector invest heavily in building robust civic participation, it is critical that we have tools to evaluate our investments, performance and goals. By aligning with the national CHI, we gain a proven methodology to understand our progress over time and compare our civic health to that of the nation and other municipalities. There is inspiring precedent for national CHI data being used as a catalyst that inspires civic action by legislators, businesses, foundations, and non-profit organizations. Our goal is to use metropolitan Seattle’s first Civic Health Index to inspire this kind of civic advancement in our region.

To learn more about the National Conference on Citizenship and Civic Health Index, click here.

Diane Douglas

Executive Director

If you're subscribed to our e-news, you already know we're gearing up for our 2010 Community Matters Campaign! (CMC for short.) This year's theme is public trust: we'll explore different aspects of public trust through forums, election debates, community dialogues, online resources and (new this year!) an online living voters guide.

What do you think about public trust?

• Do you live in a close-knit community?
• Do you trust your neighbors or your government to step in and intervene if necessary?
• How do you think public trust influences current immigration policy reform discussions?
• How would you prefer to engage with your fellow citizens and elected officials to express your voice and play a role in policy outcomes?
• Do you feel like you know about issues that are important to you and how you can take action on them?
• If you take the time to get involved, do you feel like it matters?

New this year, CityClub is partnering with the University of Washington Center for Communication and Civic Engagement and Department of Computer Science and Engineering to create a first-ever "Living Voters Guide" developed by and for the public on the fall ballot initiatives. Through community deliberation, participants will create opinion statements and recommendations for fellow voters.

As always, the campaign begins with United Way's Day of Caring and ends on Election Day. This year our kick-off event will be on September 21: A Conversation with David Gregory, host of NBC's "Meet the Press"!

Did you know CityClub updates Twitter live from our programs?

If you're interested in a program but unable to attend, you can follow the conversation at CityClubLive - our Twitter feed dedicated to real-time information about what's being discussed by our panels. (Our other feed, SeattleCityClub, is where you'll find daily updates - and reminders of when we're live-tweeting from CityClubLive!)

Visit today to see our tweets from today's program, "Redesigning the Delivery of Care: A Conversation with Health Care CEOs".

Both The Seattle Channel and TVW were at today's program - so full video of the entire discussion will be available soon!

Stu Jacobson, Washington's National Nominee for the 2010 Jefferson Awards, shared with us a video of his speech from the national ceremony in Washington, D.C. Click here to view on YouTube! (We have added the video as a favorite, but credit and ownership goes to Parents for Safe Childcare. See their YouTube channel here.)