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Building Blocks of Community Engagement

Composed of two new courses, Building Blocks provides a bedrock understanding, proven approach, and tools to create a positive culture of engagement throughout your organization and prepares participants to design meaningful engagement. Principles and Planning for Meaningful Engagement Too often, traditional engagement programs and meetings fail to meet the needs of either the agency or […]

The MSP Guide: How to Design and Facilitate Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships

In recent years, multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) have become popular for tackling the complex challenges of sustainable development. This guide provides a practical framework for the design and facilitation of these collaborative processes that work across the boundaries of business, government, civil society and science. The guide links the underlying rationale for multistakeholder partnerships, with a […]

Bay Restoration Regulatory Integration Team (BRITT)

Ali Weber-Stover, NOAA Natural Resources Management Specialist California Coastal Office Valary Bloom, USFWS Senior Fish and Wildlife Biologist San Francisco Bay Delta Fish and Wildlife Office California

Social Network Analysis

 Explore how social networks complement formal organizational networks. Discover the value of mapping professional networks to collaboration, innovation and problem solving.  Learn the lingo of social network analysis and the role each plays in communications: Central Connectors, Brokers, Experts, Rising Stars and Knowledge Keepers. Discussion Questions: How do social networks differ from the chain […]