2025 NAC Pre-conference Training | IAP2's Facilitating Groups

The 2025 conference theme "Empowering Voices, Inspiring Participation" is about amplifying varied perspectives, fostering welcoming dialogue, and creating meaningful engagement that drives positive change. It’s about equipping individuals and communities with the tools, confidence, and opportunities to make their voices heard and their participation impactful.

The IAP2 North American Conference (NAC) is a 2.5-day event featuring workshops, keynote speakers, engaging sessions, celebrations, community building, knowledge sharing, and networking with fellow engagement practitioners.

What better place to gather than San Antonio, Texas? The 2025 North American Conference will bring together hundreds of public participation leaders from all levels of government, private industry, education, environment, health, transportation, academia, and community-based organizations from across North America and beyond.

IAP2's Facilitating Groups | Pre Conference offering

**You must first complete Fundamentals of Public Participation or IAP2's previous Foundations Training to take this course**

Explore the facilitation framework to develop skills and confidence in developing your engagement facilitation approach.

The aim of Facilitating Groups is to explore the framework and develop skills and confidence in facilitating P2 and engagement methods. The focus will be about enhancing practitioners’ ability to respond appropriately, generating confidence in and support for your facilitation approach.

Course objectives

• Examine the framework and purpose of facilitation in an engagement context
• Build a repertoire of tools and processes
• Practice some core skills
• Troubleshoot specific challenges 
• Explore the changes needed for facilitation of digital engagement processes

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PLEASE NOTE: IAP2 USA members must be logged in to receive the member rate. International IAP2 members can contact info@iap2usa.org for a code to register. 

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