Public outreach sessions
Course Code: PR100
Course Objective
- Understanding outreach & external communication
- Create effective public processes and forums with opportunities for communities to participate fully
- Identify and use instruments that help select appropriate public processes
- Identify strategies to generate increased interest and involvement in the entire spectrum of government processes and services
- Identify and use culturally appropriate stakeholder and data analysis tools that recognize and utilize communities’ cultural assets and knowledge
Course Outline
Day 1
- Introduction to public outreach sessions
- How to get started
- Identify the context
- Determine goals
- Identify the participants
Day 2
- Outreach sessions process design
- Select the activity
- Identify the organizers
- Use defensible data
- Obtain funding
- Developing & maintaining contact lists
- Working with stakeholders
- Tribal consultation Cultural considerations
Day 3
- Outreach and communications strategy
- Open houses, workshops, and forums
- Focus groups/small group processes
- Task force/advisory committees for specific plans or issues
- Polling devices
- Telephone town hall
- Virtual meetings
- Charrettes
- Speakers bureaus, presentations to existing groups, and tours
- Newsletters, columns, and flyers
Day 4
- Dealing with emotions and conflict at public meetings
- Mechanics of adjourning and reconvening a public meeting after a disruption
- Risks of having disruptive persons removed from a meeting
- How can citizens participate effectively in meetings
Day 5
- Outreach monitoring & evaluation
- Designing the program evaluation
- Developing evaluation questions
- Oversight responsibility
- Advisory committee or board
The Cost Of The Training Program Includes The Following:
- Scientific article on flash memory.
- Training Room.
- Training.
- Coffee break.
- The training bag includes all the tools for the course.
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