Sentences with phrase «for focused discussions»

CAC routinely produces educational programs in association with its annual exhibition program, which feature artist talks, workshops, reading seminars, and performances to further engage the public for focused discussions and knowledge sharing.

However, there was good support for a follow - up process to discuss and shape the statements, showing that the organisers and drafters had correctly judged the desire for a focused discussion on practical steps for governance.

Not exact matches

Depending on what you plan to market and your budget, you can use formal focus groups (or simply host roundtable discussions with members of the target audience), employ online research or mall intercept studies, or distribute your product to a select group of users for testing.

These are but two focus areas for regular — weekly or twice a month — discussions with each person on your team.

The discussion focuses on improvement and holding each other accountable for living the values espoused by the organization.

A White House official pointed to trade as part of a «bigger picture» for the economy, with cabinet - level discussions described as «deliberative» and the President focused on doing right by American workers.

As Richard Settersten, author of Not Quite Adults: Why 20 - Somethings Are Choosing a Slower Path to Adulthood, and Why It's Good for Everyone, has said: «the media focuses so much on coddled kids, but there's a huge, invisible class of young people that's just not part of our public discussion and who are really in dire straits.»

There has to be context for the information being shared, and the focus should be on starting a discussion, not pushing for a sale.

For example, The Economist has devoted this entire week to an open, online discussion devoted to the question: «Should businesses work to advance the rights of LGBT people broadly, rather than focusing only on their own employees?»

Strategically the sales professional must keep the focus off the offer and create an arena of fairness in mediating discussions about the numbers in a mutually beneficial fashion — one where she does not settle for less than what is desired.

My weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) focuses on the lack of movement on the digital economy strategy, arguing that it has emerged as the government's «Penske File» - the source of considerable discussion and much «work» but thus far few tangible results (for non-Seinfeld watchers, the Penske file has become synonymous for a non-existent work project).

This is a closed - door roundtable discussion for British Columbia - based, China - focused industry leaders to discuss key issues and gain fresh insights in to China.

The Canadian Labour Congress and the Climate Action Network of Canada co-hosted a discussion event on Thursday night that focused on job creation and facilitating a transition for the coal, oil and gas sectors — all of which will gradually be phased out as the world moves to a clean energy economy.

Almost all of the public discussion at the time on the appropriate setting for monetary policy focused on the inflation outcomes excluding the influence of the changes in the tax rate (Graph 4).

Our discussions focus on three factors for each country we review: economic development, size and liquidity, and market accessibility.

S&P Global Ratings senior analysts will share their views, answer questions and engage in discussions focused on State and Local Government credit trends and outlooks for 2018.

Join us on Wednesday, May 9th for a complimentary reception and an exclusive discussion featuring S&P Global's top thought leaders who will cover oil and gas production, pricing, and risk — with a focus on credit and industry suppliers.

The focus of the event will center on activity in the Ethereum Classic community and what the future holds for the network, including discussions regarding the following:

Our discussions focused on how we should look through the choppiness in recent data to see the underlying trends, and what these trends mean for the inflation outlook.

During their discussion on what's top of mind for advisors, Randy Conner, president of Churchill Management Group, noted that given the market turmoil, a «hyper - focus» of advisors» business should be on acquiring clients and building on those relationships — new and current ones.

Executive Director meets with Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Discussions focus on developments in global energy markets and efforts to achieve universal access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy services 6 April 2018

For all his supposed open - mindedness, Ver seems focused on selling rhetoric that drives discussion to a platform he makes money from advertising on.

Our personalised agenda of private investment meetings, structured networking and interactive discussion groups and keynote speeches provides an exclusive opportunity for attendees to focus on the best global opportunities in an immersive two day event.

The discussion focused on how the next generation of clients is shaping the business model and investment strategy of private banks, and the importance of meeting their desire for social impact investing as well as financial returns

Our media define what is «news» and we allow them to do it when we focus our own discussions upon the news content as it has been defined for us by media players.

By engaging people in the effort to understand God by focusing study of various subject matters within the horizon of questions about Christian congregations, a theological school may help them cultivate capacities both for what Charles Wood [2] calls «vision,» that is, formulating comprehensive, synoptic accounts of the Christian thing as a whole, and what he calls «discernment,» that is, insight into the meaning, faithfulness, and truth of particular acts in the practice of worship (in the broad sense of worship that we have adopted for this discussion).

Mostly focusing on the group aspect for the more direct and fulfilling fellowship it allows, but the discussion does tend to be oriented around the weekly message.

In a poll taken by Christianity Today in 1957, for example, among members of the Protestant clergy who chose to call themselves conservative or fundamental, 48 % affirmed that belief in Scripture's inspiration also demanded a commitment to its inerrancy, while 52 % said they were either unsure of the doctrine of inerrancy or rejected it outright.1 Discussion within evangelicalism concerning the inspiration of Scripture has usually focused on this point: whether or not Scripture is inerrant.

The questions about religion and public life, those calling for «public» discussion, no longer focus on the verifiability of religious speech but concern quite other issues: methods of understanding and describing the religious realities, old and new, that we see appearing around us; useful criteria for assessing these religions and for defining and comprehending this new set of powers in our public life; and ways of protecting vital religious groups from the excesses of the public reaction to them, and protecting the public from the excesses of powerful religious groups — hardly questions a secular culture had thought it would have to take seriously!

My wife was LDS when I met her, and I am thankful now believes in Jesus Christ for eternal life, however most of her family and some friends are still LDS and we have various discussions which I try to keep focused on what we must do to have eternal life.

In fact, the recent episcopal efforts in this regard have demonstrated more focus than we saw for years on the pro-life front, which was often buried in USCCB verbal snow or «seamless garment» discussion.

I find the introduction of discussions focused on apologizing for the homosexuality lifestyle a bit disturbing.

His first argument for the existence of God is oriented toward «motion,» but Timothy McDermott's translation of the Summa Theologica brings the pattern more sharply into focus by shifting the discussion in English from motion to «change.»

When our sermon formation group returned to our discussion table after our role play and shared further insights from our earlier historical - critical homework, two further revelations came into focus for the sermon.

When they met for their pre-conclave meetings back in 2013, the College of Cardinals focused much of their discussion on the dysfunctionality of the Roman Curia.

I find civil religion motifs in Reston's focus on «the American Dream,» in his belief that the precepts of the Republic's founding documents were political affirmations of certain religious concepts, in his belief in America's unique moral role in world affairs — and in his concern for injecting morality into public - policy discussions.

Polkinghorne's discussion of the resurrection focuses, in contrast, on general philosophical arguments to the effect that «in order to confirm... the claim that the integrity of personal experience itself, based as it is in the significance and value of individual men and women and the ultimate and total intelligibility of the universe, requires that there be an eternal ground of hope who is the giver and preserver of human individuality and the eternally faithful Carer for creation.»

The focus of the discussion was the use of social sciences in theology, the rereading of the Bible from the perspective of the poor, the Christian communities in the struggle of liberation and the assumption of some elements of critical and Marxist analysis for a better and deeper understanding of the conflictual reality of the continent.

In addition, I trained three of these five to serve as leaders of what I called peer - led discussion groups (focus groups organized and led by teens for which I was not present) and then directed three more focus groups with parents of teens.

Willingen spoke of Joint Action for Mission with the discussions at the Conference focussed on four areas: the theological imperatives of Christian mission, the indigenous church, the place and function of the missionary society, and the pattern of missionary activity.

The next chapter will be devoted to a discussion of that sacramental observance as a focus for Christian public praying.

Deutsch begins his discussion by focusing upon the limitations of power rather than the efficiency or potentialities for power as is most frequently the case today.

The value of the report is largely in stimulating us to highlight some of these issues and to encourage further study, discussion and not least to focus with greater intensity on key magisterial documents in order then to articulate a clearer programme and strategy for the future.

This philosophy should be emphasized at these points and others during growth groups: in the publicity inviting participation — for example, «This retreat will have a double purpose, to provide opportunities for us to enrich our own marriages and to discover our capacities to strengthen and encourage each other»; during the establishing of the group contract, near the beginning, when the discussion focuses on the nature of marriage growth; during the evaluation — for example, «How did we support and encourage each other's growth?»

Topics for discussion focused on soil health and the value in «reading» your soils.

«The conference aims to make a unique meeting place for all the organic stakeholders, policy makers, government and non government, where discussions, networking and interpersonal meetings will be the focus.

«The board felt it was important for shareholders to understand that while we are engaging in these takeover offer discussions, should they not materialise we want people to realise that we are still focused on doing bolt - on acquisitions to deliver on our strategic road map which is to further accelerate our growth in luxury and masstige wines.»

The 2014 program schedule included: culinary demonstrations centered around adventurous flavors and new menu trends; presentations and panel discussions focused on sustainable agricultural practices, the role of wheat in our diet vs. seekers of gluten - free options, and water issues affecting food production; discussions on how American menus are often shaped by millennials, health and nutrition concerns, and global cuisines; a Friday field trip to the CIA Farm in St. Helena and through Marin and Sonoma Counties to visit Pozzi Ranch, Dutton Ranch (where Valley Ford Cheese Company joined), and Gourmet Mushrooms with tastings and presentations by the farmers as well as farm bureau and land trust experts; and the exciting and interactive Saturday Market Basket Exercise, where attendees were divided into six teams to develop menu concepts using sponsor products for the following categories:

This session will feature a panel discussion focusing on how state and local governments help create a favorable environment for successful food recovery.

The focus of our discussion here was proposed to be on «sustainable» «food systems» for «small farmers» not «high yield» to generate «more money» from «small pieces of land.»