THE CISPUS WORKSHOP
Connecting People - Developing Partnership Skills - Strengthening Group
Effectiveness
to Improve Resource Management
March 2-6, 2009
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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? |
Registration for the
Pay by January 4, 2009 and take advantage of the 'early bird' discount. The $675.00 'early bird' fee includes lodging, meals, AND workshop materials! (After January 4, the $750.00 is still a bargain!). |
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? |
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If these are questions you
ask, come join us for a week of adventure in the Washington Cascades. |
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 The workshop is held at the Cispus Learning Center - a 100-acre campus in the Cascade Mountains near Randle, Washington. It is about a 3-hour drive from Portland or Seattle. Tell me more about the site...
The Cispus Workshop happens only once a year... sign up before January 4!
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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 communication 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, Meetings Management, or Collaborative Public Involvement. All participants also attend Facilitative Skills and Techniques which address essential components for managing the process and interactions of meetings and collaboration, and Decision Making Skills and Techniques which takes a quick look at essential components of making decisions. Additional complementary sessions include Understanding Conflict, Effective Briefings, Communicating through Environmental Education, Advanced Facilitation Skills, Recognizing and Applying Learning Styles, Active Group Dynamics, and Visuals. At the Cispus Workshop you will learn to:
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The Cispus Workshop awarded the National 2005 Environmental
Stewardship Team Award, |
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