Meeting People Where They Are in Public Participation
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The IAP2 USA Midwest Chapter is returning to Minnesota's Twin Cities area for its 2023 Spring Conference. To be held May 3 - 5, 2023, in Eagan, MN, the schedule is full of informative sessions, interesting panels, and engaging social events.
Mark your calendars and plan to join us to learn and network with colleagues from across the Midwest! Registration is open through April 14 and includes:
- More than 20 conference sessions to choose from
- Wednesday lunch and evening happy hour
- Thursday breakfast, lunch, and evening event with food and drinks
- Friday breakfast
Cost:
- IAP2 Member - $175
- Non-Member - $215
- Student - $90
A limited number of affordability scholarships will be awarded based on need. Scholarship submission requests will be accepted until April 1, 2023, and applicants notified by email on the status of their application by April 15, 2023
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We know there are many choices when it comes to professional development, and we hope you consider attending the 2023 Spring Conference. As such, we've developed a Reasons to Attend handout that can be used to support budget and training requests.
Visit the conference website for more information.
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Pre-Conference Training Sessions
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The Midwest Chapter is also offering two optional add-on trainings in conjunction with the 2023 Spring Conference. These trainings will be held the morning of Wednesday, May 3, from 8 am to noon. The conference will then kick-off with a general session over lunch.
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Training Option #1
Inclusive Thinking in Engagement Planning: Strategies for Incorporating Diverse Perspectives
$125
This training session is designed to help engagement practitioners facilitate inclusive thinking amongst their teams and colleagues. It is intended to raise awareness of the importance of actively engaging the diverse perspectives of project team members to support engagement planning.
The workshop will cover a variety of topics including:
- Understanding biases and its impact on engagement planning within project teams
- Techniques for actively seeking out and considering diverse perspectives amongst project teams
- Principles for inclusive thinking that promotes open dialogue amongst project team
By the end of the workshop, participants will have a better understanding of the importance of inclusive thinking and the need to actively seek out and consider diverse perspectives into their engagement planning work with project teams.
Trainer: Maria deBruijn, Emerge Solutions, Inc.
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Training Option #2
Stakeholder Mapping: Identifying And Analyzing Underrepresented Stakeholders
$125
This course introduces a powerful, transparent process to identify and analyze key stakeholders for any engagement project – a critical step in an ethical and equity-centered engagement design. After understanding the theory and purpose, participants use short cases to practice stakeholder mapping.
Participants will learn how to identify and analyze the full spectrum of stakeholders, with special emphasis on underrepresented stakeholders who need additional outreach/support to ensure inclusive engagement. For each case, the group learns how to “clean” and finalize the map, and then discusses implementation challenges and how to overcome them.
Participants leave ready to conduct thorough, defensible stakeholder mapping that identifies underrepresented stakeholders, and use the results to plan and successfully implement inclusive engagement.
Trainer: Anne Carroll, Carroll, Franck & Associates
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Space is limited for each of the trainings. Don't delay in registering!
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A big THANK YOU to the sponsors of our 2023 Spring Conference!
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