Conflict and Collaboration in Community and Environmental Decision Making

Event Description:

In this intensive, 40-hour skill building training workshop, participants will learn how to analyze and understand the dynamics of conflict and collaboration in complex public policy settings. The workshop will help participants develop the conceptual understanding, the analytical tools, and the practical skills of: conflict or situation assessment, convening and facilitation, process design, joint fact-finding, applications of decision support tools, regionalvisioning and a range of public engagement strategies. The learning approach includes the introduction of basic principles, lessons, and tools, hands-on skillbuilding exercises, case scenarios and group problem-solving sessions, practitioner case clinics, and includes a one-day project field visit.
For more information: Conflict and Collaboration Course.pdf

Registration: The workshop is open to university students, faculty and staff, as well as agency and community practitioners.
To start the registration process please visit: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/conflictandcollaboration (UA students will also register for the workshop as a 2-credit summer course via UAccess -- PLG455 & PLG555)

Workshop Fee (for community practitioners)
$475 Regular Fee
$395 Early Registration - before March 1
$225 Scholarship

Instructors:
• Larry Fisher, UA School of Natural Resources and the Environment
• Iris Patten, UA College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
• Tahnee Robertson, Southwest Decision Resources
• Colleen Whitaker, Imagine Greater Tucson

Contact:

For more information please contact:
Larry Fisher
E-mail: lafisher@email.arizona.edu