IAP2 USA recently offered the online course, Meaningful Tools, Powerful Outcomes. It was was a great success. We are currently adapting a number of our live courses to virtual including Brave Honest Conversations beginning next week. Register here. Please look for updates in June. 

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The 2020 North American Conference is going virtual. Watch for details to come.

President's Message: Gwen Howard

Members and Partners: Cathy Smith

Virtual Training

IAP2 USA Pilots Online Training

We know that our work is more important than ever. During this pandemic, communities across the country are facing difficult decisions. Having effective tools to ensure public participation is widely applied and embedded is critical in this uncertain time. We know this may look different now and for the foreseeable future. 

IAP2 USA is working to adapt our programs and services to best meet our members’ needs. This means moving training online and expanding our professional development offerings. It means thinking innovatively about what we do and strengthening strategic partnerships. In the next several weeks we will be rolling out more virtual training for 2020.

Upcoming Virtual Training Offerings

Events

Various jurisdictions across the country are gradually re-opening, but with the COVID-19 crisis still affecting anything involving public gatherings decisions had to be made.  Recognizing this IAP2 Canada has made the tough decision to move the 2020 IAP2 North American Conference online in September and will postpone the in-person Banff Conference to September 2022 (IAP2 USA will host the 2021 Conference in Seattle).  

We are looking forward to working with our presenters, sponsors, your hard-working Steering Committee and others to make this a truly successful event. Details are still being worked out, so watch for news on the revamped schedule, reduced registration rates and an extended early-bird deadline, coming soon! If you have already registered for the conference we will be getting back to you soon with options.

If you have any thoughts or ideas on what we should consider while planning this event let us know by contacting us at info@iap2canada.ca. For more information on the Conference please visit the website.

Upcoming Webinars

IAP2 Learning Webinar: Charlotte Encore - "Online Engagement Master Class"

June 9, 2020 11:00 AM (PDT)

Online engagement has gone from being the Next Big Thing in public participation to a "given"; but there are still a lot of questions and answers and lessons to be learned. We are delighted to bring together two of the more well-received presentations from the 2019 IAP2 North American Conference in Charlotte, NC, to bring some of those issues into focus. register here

IAP2 Learning Webinar - Charlotte Encore: "Evaluating P2 to Address Historic Disenfranchisement and Empower Communities" 

Local governments around the world increasingly portray their work as “participatory,” but scholars have identified persistent challenges, particularly for historically disenfranchised communities. Successful participatory processes can promote collaborative problem-solving and correct structural inequities, but they can also reinforce existing power inequities and undermine benefits. register here

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