IAP2's Fundamentals of Public Participation

 Fundamentals of Public Participation

First course to be taken before Designing Public Participation and Applying Methods

The Fundamentals of Public Participation (P2) course is a prerequisite to other courses in the Global Learning Pathway that sets out the underpinning models and frameworks of engagement practice as defined by the IAP2 community.

The focus of this course is on understanding and applying the practices of meaningful and effective P2 and what participants need to know to do this well. The training explores best practices, and how to design and apply this knowledge to your P2.

Course objectives

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

Professional Certification/Credits

• This course is required for IAP2 Professional Certification.
• This course is eligible for APA - AICP Continuing Education Credit CM I C8 CM

THIS COURSE

#1 Fundamentals of Public Participation (2 - 4 hour sessions CM I 8 CM) 

March 9 & 10, 2023      1 PM – 5 PM ET

Members $275 --  Regular $325

Last day to Register March 3, 2023

 — Cancellation and Substitution policy —

**You must first complete this module before Designing Public Participation and Applying Methods**

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NEXT COURSE

#2 Designing Public Participation (4 - 4 hour sessions CM I 18 CM) 

Members $550 -- Regular $650 

Last day to Register May 12, 2023

Registration opens soon!

FINAL COURSE

#3 Applying Methods for Public Participation  (4 - 4 hour sessions CM I 18 CM) 

Members $550 -- Regular $650 

Last day to Register June 16, 2023

Registration opens soon!

Certificate Program - All Three Modules (10 - 4 hour Sessions) 

April 17-21, 2023

      Regular $1,625  Members $1,375 

Trainer:

Doug Zenn has 30 years of experience in the communications field and has developed and managed community involvement, awareness, and education efforts around numerous issues including visioning, transportation, water resources, community-based planning and more. Doug has led ZennAssociates’ development of the innovative “Three-Dimensional Public Participation” model (3DP2) an approach that expands community access to project information and provides unique avenues for community input including the use of new technologies. Doug also serves on the executive committee for IAP2’s Cascade Chapter (Oregon and Southwest Washington) and is a certified trainer for IAP2’s public involvement foundations courses. Doug Zenn has 30 years of experience in the communications field and has developed and managed community involvement.