Training

See also: Coastal Training Network, Sustainable Human Systems

Collaboration is one of the best ways to address coastal resource management issues, but the collaborative process is complicated, requiring a systematic approach. This course provides tools and processes to design and implement collaborative approaches. Class time is provided to practice the use of these tools and enhance facilitation and collaboration skills. Participants will learn to plan and facilitate a meeting (or a series of meetings) that enhance problem-solving and minimize conflict.

Participants at every level are welcome, since the new skills will be useful even when attending, but not running, a meeting.

You will learn how to:

• Determine if a collaborative process is appropriate
• Select people with the skill sets needed to fill each meeting roll
• Use appropriate process tools and techniques to address meeting objectives
• Enhance facilitation skills with practice using simple tools
• Manage conflict in meetings through a greater understanding of group dynamics
• Identify disruptive behaviors in group processes and practice strategies to deal with them

This is an exceptional and low cost training being jointly offered by the Elkhorn Slough and San Francisco Bay Coastal Training Programs.

Payment Deadline and Registration Details

5 p.m. August 28 is the deadline for both payment and registration. 

We do not allow 3rd party registration - please do not register anyone but yourself.

If you cancel prior to August 28, 5 p.m., we will refund any registration fees minus a $10 processing fee.  We cannot refund registration fees for cancellation after this date. However, please let us know if you cannot attend, so we can allow others the opportunity to register.  If you pre-register and do not pay by August 28, 5 p.m., we cannot guarantee you a spot as our waiting list tends to be quite long.  You cannot substitute your registration for another, even in your own organization.  We reserve the right to cancel or postpone this event should we receive insufficient registration by August 29; in that event, we will remit full refunds.