Managing by Network

2024 Course Schedule

 

Start Date: January 17 & 18, 2024

Course End Date: June 5 & 6, 2024

Course Format: 18 live webinars (38 training hours) plus an optional Orientation/Tech Test. All coursework is completed online, no travel is required. 

Participants meet weekly for two hours, in one of four seminar-sized groups. Attendees may participate on the day and time of their choice based on four options:

Wednesdays

  • Alpha Group: 11 AM to 1 PM ET

  • Beta Group: 2 PM to 4 PM ET

Thursdays

  • Gamma Group: 11 AM to 1 PM ET
  • Delta Group: 2 PM to 4 PM ET

During the application process, individuals indicate a preferred day and time for the webinar group that best fits their schedule. We make every effort to accommodate these preferences. Participants may attend any of the four webinars if they have a schedule conflict during a particular week. 

Regular sessions are interspersed with five self-study weeks, when participants can enrich and apply their learning through optional activities such as networking sessions, homework, and make-up work for missed sessions.

Because the Academy observes Daylight Saving Time, class times will change accordingly in March.

MBN 2024 Schedule

Session topics are subject to change. 

January 10 & 11 - Orientation / Tech Test (optional)

Join us for a 1 hour webinar. We'll orient you to the Academy's virtual classroom, practice interactions, and help you troubleshoot any technical difficulties before our first instructional session.

 

January 17 & 18 - Session 1: Charting our Course

  • Welcome and Introductions

  • Course Overview

  • Partnering and Managing by Network

 

January 24 & 25 - Session 2: See the Possibilities

  • Agency Leadership Perspectives on Partnership and Community Collaboration 

  • The 22 Competencies & 21 Partnership Success Factors

 

January 31 & February 1 - Session 3: Heart, Head, Hands

  • Collaborative Leadership

  • Community Collaboration Toolbox

 

February 7 & 8 - Session 4: Connect to Community

  • Sunshine Laws: FACA & PRA

  • Partnership Network Life Cycle

 

February 14 & 15 - Session 5: Look Beneath the Surface

  • Partner Culture Awareness

  • Community Collaboration: Skill Check

 

Week of February 19 - Self-Study 

Self-Study is optional and designed to help you apply what you learn.

  • Networking Sessions

  • Homework: Complete assignments on your own time. Share your takeaways to highlight what you learned and add to class discussions.

  • Make-up work: Watch the recording for any sessions you missed. Share your takeaways to receive credit towards an Honors Certificate.

  • Apply your learning on the job.

 

Optional Agency-Specific Networking Sessions

Meet up with agency colleagues from the class. Participants may attend any session(s), regardless of affiliation.

USFWS: Weds Feb 21, 11 AM - 12 PM ET

Open Session: Weds Feb 21, 12:30 - 1:30 PM ET

BLM: Weds Feb 21,  2 - 3 PM ET

NPS: Thurs Feb 22, 11 AM - 12 PM ET

USACE: Thurs Feb 22, 12:30 - 1:30 PM ET

USDA FS: Thurs Feb 22, 2 - 3 PM ET

 

February 28 & 29 - Session 6: Paddle Together

  • Launching the 2024 Case Study Program

  • Alumni Case Studies. MBN Alumni Peer Presenters will be announced in 2024

  • Appreciative Inquiry 

 

Seth Cohen, PhD, Facilitator, Collaboration Specialist, Institute for Water Resources, Collaboration and Public Participation Center of Expertise, USACE

March 6 & 7 - Session 7: Find the Common Threads

  • Engaging with Native Nations and Indigenous Communities. 

  • Active Listening 

 

March 13 & 14 - Session 8: Walk a Mile in Their Shoes

  • Shoe Stories

  • Facilitation in Action

 

March 20 & 21 - Session 9: Change Your Tack

  • Interest-based Negotiation 

  • Leveraging Partnerships: Skill Check

 

Week of March 25 - Self-Study 

Self-Study is optional and designed to help you apply what you learn.

  • Networking Sessions 

  • Homework: Complete assignments on your own time. Share your takeaways to highlight what you learned and add to class discussions.

  • Make-up work: Watch the recording for any sessions you missed. Share your takeaways to receive credit towards an Honors Certificate.

  • Apply your learning on the job

 

Optional Networking Sessions

Meet up with agency colleagues from the class. 

  • ALPHA: Wednesday Mar 27, 11 AM - 12 PM ET

  • BETA: Wednesday Mar 27, 2 PM - 3 PM ET

  • GAMMA: Thursday Mar 28, 11 AM - 12 PM ET

  • DELTA: Thursday Mar 28, 2 PM - 3 PM ET

 

April 3 & 4 - Session 10: Calm the Waters

  • Strengthen Your Conflict Management Skills

 

April 10 & 11 - Session 11: Dig Deeper

  • Thinking Like a Social Scientist

  • Persuasion

 

April 17 & 18 - Session 12: Smart Moves

  • Political Savvy and External Awareness 
  • Entrepreneurship and Risk Assessment
 

April 24 & 25 - Session 13: Put the Wind in Your Sails

  • Partnership Assessment and the Partnership Impact ModelTM
  • Accountability: Skill Check

 

Week of April 29 - Self-Study

Self-Study is optional and designed to help you apply what you learn.

  • Networking Sessions

  • Homework: Complete assignments on your own time. Share your takeaways to highlight what you learned and add to class discussions.

  • Make-up work: Watch the recording for any sessions you missed. Share your takeaways to receive credit towards an Honors Certificate.

  • Apply your learning on the job

 

Optional Networking Sessions

Meet up with agency colleagues from the class.

  • ALPHA: Wednesday May 1, 11 AM - 12 PM ET

  • BETA:  Wednesday May 1, 2 PM - 3 PM ET

  • GAMMA: Thursday May 2, 11 AM - 12 PM ET

  • DELTA: Thursday May 2, 2 PM - 3 PM ET

 

May 8 & 9 - Session 14: New Paths to Follow

  • Peer to Peer Presentations: 2024 Case Studies. Members of the 2024 class volunteer to share stories of partnership, community collaboration, and tribal consultation that highlight best practices and application. 

  • Trust Ecology

 

May 15 & 16 - Session 15: Get Your Ducks in a Row

  • Managing Partnerships, Agreements, and Funding 
  • Organizational Change and Succession Planning

 

May 22 & 23 - Session 16: Reflect on the Journey

  • Peer to Peer Presentations: 2024 Case Studies. Members of the 2024 class volunteer to share stories of partnership, community collaboration, and tribal consultation that highlight best practices and application. 

  • Sustaining Partnerships and Community Collaboratives

 

May 29 & 30 - Session 17: Putting it All Together

  • Next Generation Conservation 

  • Vision and Strategic Thinking: What's Possible Now
 

June 5 & 6 - Session 18: Commencement 

  • Peer to Peer Presentations: 2024 Case Studies. Members of the 2024 class volunteer to share stories of partnership, community collaboration, and tribal consultation that highlight best practices and application. 

  • Gathering In 

  • Graduation

 

June 10 - 21: Self-Study

 All make-up work must be submitted by June 21 to receive credit towards an Honors certificate. 

  • Make up work: Watch the recording for any sessions you missed. Share your takeaways to receive credit towards an Honors Certificate.
  • Homework: Complete assignments on your own time. Share your takeaways to highlight what you learned.

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