Full Day On-Site Workshop
This full day, on-site workshop can be booked at your location for up to 25 participants. We will teach you practical techniques to prevent and resolve public controversy through constructive citizen participation.
Agenda
| - | Introduction |
| - | Participants' questions, issues and priorities |
| - | Presentation using instructional video |
| - | Case study of success |
| - | Lunch |
| - | Participants identify their proposals |
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| - | Program Design Practicuum
Apply the above approach to a current or forthcoming project to define program goals, program of work, schedule, estimated budget and how this fits the technical engineering work plan
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Several small groups will design their own programs (one hour) followed by brief presentations and discussions by other participants and the workshop leader. |
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| - | Specific techniques and program design |
| - | Evaluation and conclusion (by 4 pm) |
Pricing
$1,995.00 plus travel cost and time.
Contact us to plan a full day workshop at your location. Travel cost may be reduced by scheduling your workshop with another visit in your area. |
Two Day Intercultural Workshop
Participants whose mother tongue is not English sometimes need a little more time to absorb new ideas and apply them to their situation. We therefore offer this two-day workshop for up to 25 participants. The workshop schedule reflects local customs.
Agenda
| Day One |
| - | Introduction (8:00 - 9:00) |
| - | Participants' questions, issues and priorities |
| - | Presentation using instructional video |
| - | Review of Public Participation Manual |
| - | Analyse case study of success |
| - | Lunch (12:00 - 1:00 or 1:30 - 3:00) |
| - | Address some priority participants' questions |
| - | Program Design Practicuum
Review a program design framework e.g. situation, goals, program of work, level of effort, schedule and estimated budget. Participants nominate projects and form 3 - 5 design teams to work on them.
Note - if there is just one project in an in-house workshop, participants would review it individually overnight. |
| - | Adjourn (4.00 - 6.00) Review the Manual in the evening. |
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| | Day Two |
| - | Participants work in design teams (1 - 2 hours) |
| - | Brief presentations and discussion by peers and instructor
Note - if there is only one project, all will contribute to the design process during the morning.
| | - | Lunch (12:00 - 1:00 or 1:30 - 3:00) |
| - | Address remaining participants' questions and issues |
| - | Clinic on Implementation - address start-up issues |
| - | Evaluation and Conclusion (4:00 - 6:00) |
Pricing
$3,995.00 plus travel cost and time. |
Multimedia Workshop
The core elements in this program are: a 25-minute instructional video, a 30 page manual, and four one-hour conference calls, e.g. on four successive Monday afternoons.
Agenda
Unit 1:
Introduction and Presentation - after prework to review the video and a background paper, identify your issues and your personal learning goals for the course in the first conference call.
Unit 2:
Understanding Your Community - do prework to identify your own knowledge of your community, interview another resident and share your experiences in the conference call.
Unit 3:
Communicating with the Community - review and reflect on several papers on various ways to create two-way information exchange and share your views on the conference call.
Unit 4:
Designing a Public Participation Program - working with 1 - 2 others, design a program and review it with others in the conference call.
One or two personal learning goals will be dealt with in each of the above conference calls.
Pricing
$295.00 per person, limit 10 per workshop.
Contact us for the dates and times of the next Multimedia Workshop. |
