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March 4-8, 2013
Collaborative Resource Management
We can't get our stakeholders to agree on anything. How can we make decisions and move forward?

I told my boss that I was tired of sitting through meetings that go nowhere. Now she wants me to organize and run them. How do I do that?

Early registration fee:
$895 by January 6, 2013;
$995 after January 6.
Workshop fee includes class materials, lodging, and meals.

I want to grow in my profession, but my supervisor says I need more communication skills to advance. Where do I get them?

We reorganized into work teams a year ago, but I still feel confused. How can we make them work?

If these are questions you ask, come join us for a week of adventure in the Washington Cascades.
The Cispus Collaboration Workshop provides practical, hands-on skills to help you work with people, process, and information.


The workshop is held at the Cispus Learning Center - a 100-acre campus in the Cascade Mountains near Randle, Washington. It is about a three-hour drive from Portland or Seattle. Tell me more about the site...

 

The Cispus Workshop happens only once a year...

 

 

 This hands-on workshop is designed to give today's natural resource professionals proven, innovative communication and collaboration skills. The workshop is taught by fellow agency professionals with on-the-ground experience working with people to resolve natural resource issues. We provide tools and techniques to help you become more efficient and effective in working with others on important issues and decision-making processes. You will also have abundant opportunities to learn from the experiences of fellow participants from various agencies. The skills you learn at Cispus will improve and enhance your ability to work collaboratively within your own agency, with other agencies, and the public.

The interagency Cispus Workshop offers a wide range of collaboration skills for professionals in natural resource management. Over the span of five days, over 100 participants from local, State, and Federal natural resource management agencies explore in depth one of these three topics: Successful Teams, Strategic Meetings Management, or Collaborative Public Involvement.  All participants also attend Facilitation Skills and Techniques which address essential components for managing the process and interactions of meetings and collaboration. Additional complementary sessions include Understanding Conflict, Painless Briefings: Tools and Practice, Walk on the Wild Side: Kids and Adults Learn About Natural Resources, Advanced Facilitation Skills, Recognizing and Applying Learning Styles, Fearless Presentations, We All Have a Story to Tell!, and Active Group Dynamics. We also have a special program on Thursday evening that features a well known Northwest writer and speaker.  

At the Cispus Workshop you will learn to:

  • Conduct efficient and effective meetings
  • Create and maintain productive teams
  • Collaborate successfully with partners
  • Deliver information to reach diverse audiences
  • Communicate effectively
  • Manage the decision-making process

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The Cispus Workshop awarded the National 2005 Environmental Stewardship Team Award,
Honorable Mention - Greening of the Department of the Interior

Successful Teams Strategic Meetings Management Collaborative Public Involvement Facilitation Skills & Techniques We All Have a Story to Tell!  Advanced Facilitation Skills Understanding Conflict   Active Group Dynamics   Painless Briefings: Tools and Practice  Walk on the Wild Side: Kids and Adults Learn About Natural Resources  Recognizing and Applying Learning Styles Fearless Presentations Special Thursday Program HOME