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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Thursday January 12 at noon (Eastern) we will welcome<span style="background:white"> our first <b>'Urban Forestry Today'</b> webcast speaker of 2017,<b> Dr. Emily S. Huff, University
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#007766">Diversity, Collaboration and Consensus</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#007766">: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:black">Emily Huff, PhD </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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about urban forestry issues. However, these boards are often comprised of individuals with varying, and often conflicting, viewpoints. This presentation will address common (and unique) challenges of viewpoint diversity and suggest best practices for managing
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are unavailable to attend the live broadcast, sessions will be archived in the "videos" section at <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=tlxirnzab.0.0.wmnvzncab.0&id=preview&r=3&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.urbanforestrytoday.org" target="_blank">www.urbanforestrytoday.org</a>
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