APALACHICOLA RESEARCH RESERVE HOSTS NOAA WORKSHOP OF PLANNING & FACILITATING COLLABORATIVE MEETINGS

WHAT: Two day workshop, Planning & Facilitating Collaborative Meetings

WHEN: Tuesday, January 26th, from 9:00pm - 5:00pm through Wednesday, January 27th, from 9:00pm - 5:00pm

WHERE: Wakulla Spring Lodge

HOW: Registration is REQUIRED. For more information, contact Anita Grove at 850-670-7708 or Anita.Grove@dep.state.fl.us.

This two-day instructor-led course is designed to increase participants’ ability to plan and facilitate a meeting (or a series of meetings) that minimize conflict and enhance problem solving. Collaboration is often cited as a good way to address coastal resource management issues, but the collaborative process is complicated, requiring a systematic approach. This course provides the skills and tools to design and implement collaborative approaches. The skills will be useful even when attending, but not running, a collaborative meeting.

Participants Will Learn To:

·Determine if a collaborative process is appropriate

·Select people with the skill sets needed to fill each meeting role

·Practice facilitation skills

·Use appropriate process tools and techniques to address the meeting objectives

·Manage conflict in meetings by understanding group dynamics

·Identify disruptive behaviors in group processes and practice strategies to deal with them

Registration is required. For more information, contact Anita Grove at 850-670-7708 or Anita.Grove@dep.state.fl.us.




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