Recommended Training

The Managing by Network course features the knowledge, skills, abilities and behaviors associated with 22 partnership and community collaboration competencies, as defined by OPM.

Explore the competency chart and course list below for additional training opportunities.

Partnering

• Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence  (USFWS NCTC: LED5030)
• Improving Communication in Cross-cultural Relationships (Skillsoft)
• Reinvigorating Your Friends Partnership (USFWS NCTC: CLM8129)

Community Collaboration

• Speed of Trust (USFWS NCTC: LED5029) or (Franklin Covey)
• Crucial Conversations (FWS offering) or (Vital Smarts)
• Communicating Science - Distilling Your Message (USFWS NCTC: CLM8204)
• Foundations in Public Parti cipa tion (USFWS NCTC: CLM8227) or (The Participation Company)
• Collaboration and Conflict Transformation in Multi-party processes (USFWS NCTC: ALC3199)
• Getting to the Core of Conflict and Communications (DOI CADR and Academy course)
• Addressing Stakeholder Conflicts (Skillsoft)
• Various Facilitator Trainings (Leadership Strategies)
• National FWS Communications, Outreach and Visitor Services Workshop (USFWS NCTC: CLM8252)
• Training in Public Participation (The Participation Company)
• Strategies for Dealing with Opposition and Outrage in Public Participation (International Association for Public Participation)
•  Facilitating Dynamic M eetings  (DOI Learn)

Strategic Thinking

• Human Dimensions Foundations of Natural Resource Conservation (USFWS NCTC: CLM8226)
• Communicating Science – Distilling Your Message (USFWS NCTC: CLM8204)
• Congressional Operations Seminar (USFWS NCTC: CLM8190)
• Change Management  (USFWS Online Self Study)
• Environmental Communication: Research into Practice (International Environmental Communication Association)

Partnership Management

• Advanced Supervision: Building On Experience (USFWS NCTC: LED6166)
• Negotiation Skills for Conservation Professionals: Building a Foundation (USFWS NCTC: CLM8135)
• Strategies and Tactics for the Experienced Conservation Negotiator (USFWS NCTC: CLM8136)

Accountability

• Crucial Accountability (Vital Smarts)
• Restoration Policy, Planning, and Partnering  (USFWS NCTC: CSP3133)
• Conflict, Stress, and Time Management (Skillsoft)
• Government Ethics (Skillsoft)

USDA Forest Service

• Leadership Development at Grey Towers in Milford, PA

• Continuing Education for Natural Resource Professionals

Self-Study 

Podcasts and Recorded Webinars are available from the Human Dimensions Branch, National Wildlife Refuge System. 

Here you will find a wide range of topics including:

• Commitment to Collaboration: Facilitating Working Groups of Tribes and Government Agencies

• Persuasive Communication for Behavior Change

• Identifying and Engaging Stakeholders

• Engaging with Urban Communities: Connecting People, Conservation & Public Agencies

• Randy Olson: Communicating a Message through Storytelling

• and much more.

These courses are recommended by: 

• USFWS, National Conservation Training Center
• BLM Division of Education, Interpretation and Partnerships
• BLM National Training Center
• USFS, National Partnership Office
• DOI Office of Collaborative Action and Dispute Resolution (CADR)
• Partnership and Community Collaboration Academy and Academy alumni