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• IAP2's Applying Methods in Public Participation - Hosted by Cassie Hemphill

  • Start
    October 14, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    October 17, 2025
  •  
    3:00 PM
  • Location
    Online with Trainer Cassie Hemphill

  Applying Methods in Public Participation

  **You must first complete Fundamentals of Public Participation before this course**

  

  
  

  Applying Methods is a Level 2 course that introduces practitioners to a large number of P2 methods. This includes learning how to design specific methods, developing good question design, and having an opportunity to practice running some methods.

  The course is suitable for practitioners who are part of a team implementing a P2 process and are looking for the practical skills to be effective in designing and applying methods.

  
  

  Course objectives

  1. Identify a range of methods that can be used for various engagement purposes and processes, and strategies to select the most appropriate method/s for an engagement project/process.
  2. Research, design and test a F2F and/or online method using a range of tools and resources.
  3. Apply the four steps of designing a method incorporating the eight key components of method design.
  4. Develop rational and experiential aims.
  5. Design an appropriate format.
  6. Design questions and process.
  7. Develop appropriate communications.
  8. Combine methods to achieve engagement goals and objectives and test for appropriate sequencing.
  9. Incorporate inclusion and diversity principles
  10. Identify data management needs, evaluation points and measures.
  11. Identify resources required.
  12. Explore a variety of both F2F and online methods/ techniques that are more structured and have nested methods within them (e.g., Deliberative Processes, Appreciative Inquiry and Open Space Technology).
  13. Analyze the specific requirements for online and digital methods, identify and select appropriate platforms and tools to meet needs and strategize to develop these methods for delivery.
  14. Identify principles for monitoring online activity.
  15. Test the design by running elements of the method and submitting to peer review using a checklist.
  16. Apply methods to achieve engagement goals and objectives, including using effective communication skills, and test for appropriate sequencing.
  17. Design key messages and communication tools that build trust and integrity, and meet the needs of diverse audiences.

  
  

  Professional Certification/Credits

  • This course is required for IAP2 Professional Certification.

  • This course is eligible for APA - AICP Continuing Education Credit CM I20 CM

  Cost: Members $550 -- Regular $650

  This is an IAP2 core training course delivered externally by an IAP2 licensed trainer.

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  This is an IAP2 core training course delivered externally by an IAP2 licensed trainer. MUST REGISTER ON TRAINERS WEBSITE!

  Click Here to Register on trainers website! 

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  Cost:

  • Members $550
  • Regular/Non-Member $650

  Date/Time of Training:

  DATES: October 14 - 17,  2025

  • 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM MST 
  • One hour lunch break 
  • 1:00 PM to 3:00PM MST 

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  This is an IAP2 core training course delivered externally by an IAP2 licensed trainer. MUST REGISTER ON TRAINERS WEBSITE!

  Click Here to Register on trainers website! 

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  Trainer: Cassie Hemphill 

  Cassie Hemphill has more than 25 years of experience in designing and leading public participation and engagement processes and projects. Her work has included environmental and natural resource management, healthcare delivery, education, and community-based human services. She has been creating and delivering remote and in-person training experiences for professionals and community members for more than 15 years.

  Cassie has been involved with IAP2 since 2003. She helped create IAP2 USA’s Professional Certification program, assisted with updates and development of IAP2’s course materials, and has served on the USA and Intermountain Chapter boards. She currently serves as an IAP2 Licensing Programme Mentor, preparing candidates from around the world to become IAP2 Licensed Trainers.

  Cassie’s Ph.D. research explored public/private collaboration in environmental management. Her M.A. research analyzed decision-makers' openness to public input. She has a Graduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution and is an IAP2 USA Certified Public Participation Practitioner (CP3), a Certified Mediator (CM), and a Certified Virtual Facilitator (CVF).

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• Grand Canyon Chapter Webinar - Surveys: The Art of Asking the Right Questions

  • When
    October 16, 2025
  •  
    11:30 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Crafting effective surveys is both a science and an art. Join us on October 16 at 11:30 a.m. MST for this insightful webinar where we will dive into the core principles of survey design and execution. Kathryn DeBoer and Melanie Munroe of WestGroup Research, seasoned professionals with deep expertise in survey methodology, will share their knowledge, real-world examples, and best practices to elevate your survey design skills. Whether you're new to surveys or looking to refine your techniques, this session will equip you with the tools to ask better questions and gather more meaningful data. 

   

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• Midwest Chapter, In Person, Full Certificate Training

  • Start
    October 20, 2025
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  • End
    October 24, 2025
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  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    JEO Consulting Group 11213 Davenport Street, Suite 200 Omaha, NE 68154
  • Spaces left
    12

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  Midwest Chapter, In Person, Full Certificate Global Learning Pathway IAP2 Training

  Dates: October 20 through October 24 

  • Fundamentals: October 20 
  • Designing and Leading P2: October 21 and 22 
  • Applying Methods in P2: October 23 and 24 

  Time: 8:30am to 5:00pm daily 

  Location: Omaha, NE (in-person)

  JEO Consulting Group

  11213 Davenport Street, Suite 200

  Omaha, NE 68154

  *8 hour training each day. 

  Professional Certification/Credits
  

  • This course is required for IAP2 Professional Certification.
  • This course is eligible for APA - AICP Continuing Education Credit CM I 8 CM

   — Cancellation and Substitution Policy —

  Trainer: Doug Zenn 

  Doug Zenn has 30 years of experience in the communications field and has developed and managed community involvement, awareness, and education efforts around numerous issues including visioning, transportation, water resources, community-based planning and more. Doug has led ZennAssociates’ development of the innovative “Three-Dimensional Public Participation” model (3DP2) an approach that expands community access to project information and provides unique avenues for community input including the use of new technologies. Doug also serves on the executive committee for IAP2’s Cascade Chapter (Oregon and Southwest Washington) and is a certified trainer for IAP2’s public involvement foundations courses. Doug Zenn has 30 years of experience in the communications field and has developed and managed community involvement.
  

  
  

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• Puget Sound Chapter Training, In Person, Full Certificate Training with IAP2 USA

  • Start
    October 20, 2025
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  • End
    October 24, 2025
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  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    Alki Room, 1501 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
  • Spaces left
    1

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  Puget Sound Chapter Global Learning Pathway Training with IAP2 USA, In Person 

  Dates: October 20 through October 24 

  • Fundamentals: Monday, October 20 
  • Designing and Leading P2: October 21 and 22
  • Applying Methods in P2: October 23 and 24 

  8 hour training each day. Refreshments provided 

  Click here to view hotel guide! 

  Professional Certification/Credits
  

  • This course is required for IAP2 Professional Certification.
  • This course is eligible for APA - AICP Continuing Education Credit CM I 8 CM

   — Cancellation and Substitution Policy —

  Trainer: Penny Mabie 

  Penny Mabie has been licensed by IAP2 to deliver the Certificate Program since 2009. She has more than 20 years of experience in public involvement, facilitation, and training. As a public involvement consultant, Penny provides facilitation and public participation services to support environmental remediation decision processes, infrastructure siting and design, multi-jurisdictional task forces on flood control, recycling and transportation planning, and national climate change initiatives. She is also a roster member with the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution.
  

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• Fundamentals of Public Participation - Hosted by IAP2 USA

  • Start
    October 21, 2025
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  • End
    October 22, 2025
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Online with Trainer Michelle Gutt
  • Spaces left
    9

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   Fundamentals of Public Participation

  The Fundamentals of Public Participation (P2) course is a prerequisite to other courses in the Global Learning Pathway that sets out the underpinning models and frameworks of engagement practice as defined by the IAP2 community.

  The focus of this course is on understanding and applying the practices of meaningful and effective P2 and what participants need to know to do this well. The training explores best practices, and how to design and apply this knowledge to your P2.

  Course objectives

  By the end of this course participants will be able to:

  • Define P2 and related terms and what makes it unique
  • Identify what makes P2 meaningful, and reflect on the benefits, risks and myths related to P2
  • Identify the role that values play in P2 work, and the leadership attributes that will serve them in practice 
  • Reflect on and apply ethical leadership actions and abilities to P2 situations
  • Apply the Profiles of P2 model to P2, and explore organization- and community-led engagement and how that impacts the engagement process
  • Reflect on and apply the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion, and explore the roles and impacts of power and influence
  • Apply the IAP2 Spectrum to P2 situations and practice
  • Explore the Practice Framework as a tool for effective planning and process, and assess the quality of the process

  Professional Certification/Credits
  

  • This course is required for IAP2 Professional Certification.
  • This course is eligible for APA - AICP Continuing Education Credit CM I 8 CM

   — Cancellation and Substitution Policy —

  Trainer: Michelle Gutt

  Michelle brings 40 years of experience in public relations and community engagement across government, corporate, and nonprofit sectors to her training. With two decades in municipal government communications and engagement, Michelle has developed a deep understanding of how to build strong, lasting connections between local government and the communities they serve. Michelle began her IAP2 journey in 2012 and became a licensed trainer in 2024. She currently serves as the Community Engagement Manager for the City of Fort Worth, where her team is responsible for planning and implementing all of the community outreach and engagement for the 12th largest city in the U.S. She is also the owner of PRP2 Connections.

  
  

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• IAP2 Working with Conflict and High Emotion - Hosted by Kimberly Horndeski

  • Start
    October 21, 2025
  •  
  • End
    October 30, 2025
  •  
  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Online with Trainer Kimberly Horndeski

  IAP2's Working with Conflict and High Emotion

  **You must first complete Fundamentals of Public Participation or IAP2's previous Foundations Training to take this course**

  
  

  The focus of this Level 3 course is on de-escalating and shifting conflict and high emotion to constructive participation, where forward momentum and resolution are possible.

  Participants will gain a deep understanding of the state of conflict, and work with practical, tangible approaches to deescalate and transform challenges. Over the course, we will cover tools, strategies and ways of working to resolve polarized and emotional challenges.

  
  

  
  

  COURSE OBJECTIVES:

  • Assess the state of conflict and emotion in the
  • P2/engagement process, and create productive and constructive approaches
  • Work with the stages of conflict escalation and apply he concepts of de-escalation
  • Apply a variety of strategies to transform the conflict in P2/engagement
  • Identify the impact of high emotion and apply a range of approaches to deescalate challenges
  • Identify how to reduce conflict in situations of misinformation and dueling facts
  • Apply the principles of storytelling to connect people to each other, increase understanding and reduce conflict
  • Learn from mistakes and understand the role of failure in P2/engagement processes
  • Identify and apply how to mo0del integrity and behaviors hat deescalate conflict
  • Apply the strategies and tools to your own project or situation

  WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE: Level 2 and 3 practitioners who are:

  • leading and managing P2/engagement processes with challenges, scope and scale looking for tools and strategies to apply to a polarized, charged P2/engagement environment
  • Practitioners with experience in P2/engagement processes where there is conflict and/or high emotion

  By the end of Working with Conflict and High Emotion, you will be ready to travel on a journey that improves mutual understanding, changes relationships and systems to meet human needs, contributes to building peace and creates lasting change.

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  This is an IAP2 core training course delivered externally by an IAP2 licensed trainer. MUST REGISTER ON TRAINERS WEBSITE!

  Click Here to Register on trainers website! 

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  Cost:

  • Members $550
  • Regular/Non-Member $650

  Date/Time of Training:

  DATES: October 21, 23, 28, 30, 2025

  • 12:00 PM to 4:00PM CST

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  This is an IAP2 core training course delivered externally by an IAP2 licensed trainer. MUST REGISTER ON TRAINERS WEBSITE!

  Click Here to Register on trainers website! 

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  Trainer: Kimberly Horndeski

  Kimberly is a certified mediator, facilitator, and the Executive Director for Community Consulting LLC. Her work focuses on integrating policy and science to engage stakeholders, develop strategic plans, promote collaboration, and transform conflict into successful strategies for the future. She has led multiple state and national working groups to overcome challenges and reach consensus. Her projects include bottom-up approaches, such as working with nonprofits to develop effective strategies to engage elected officials in adopting initiatives, and top-down approaches, such as assisting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service throughout the nation to incorporate stakeholder values in the decision-making processes for federally-listed threatened and endangered species.

  
  

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• IAP2 Understanding Conflict in Public Participation - Hosted by Cassie Hemphill

  • Start
    October 23, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    October 24, 2025
  •  
    3:00 PM
  • Location
    Online with Trainer Cassie Hemphill

  IAP2 Understanding Conflict in Public Participation

  **You must first complete Fundamentals of Public Participation or IAP2's previous Foundations Training to take this course**

  

  
  

  The aim of Understanding Conflict in P2/engagement is to help you understand, and more effectively manage, conflict dynamics. The focus of this Level 1 course will be on developing the skills of participants to identify and mitigate situations of tension and conflict within their P2/engagement work.
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Course Objectives:

  • Understand the sources, types and factors that contribute to conflict in P2/engagement and the impact they may have on the process

  • Understand the role of power and influence in engagement practice

  • Understand and identify the cycle of escalation, and the behaviors, attitudes and actions that are evident as conflict increases

  • Contribute to and/or apply strategies to de-escalate challenging situations

  • Identify how to build effective relationships and partnerships through empathy, active listening, respect and trust

  • Learn approaches to work in challenging situations applying behaviors that build trust and credibility

  • Consider the role of integrity and ethics in the conduct of the P2/engagement practitioner, and how that is upheld in the process

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  This is an IAP2 core training course delivered externally by an IAP2 licensed trainer. MUST REGISTER ON TRAINERS WEBSITE!

  Click Here to Register on trainers website! 

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  Cost:

  • Members $275
  • Regular/Non-Member $325

  Date/Time of Training:

  DATES: October 23 - 24, 2025

  • 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM MST 
  • One hour lunch break 
  • 1:00 PM to 3:00PM MST 

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  This is an IAP2 core training course delivered externally by an IAP2 licensed trainer. MUST REGISTER ON TRAINERS WEBSITE!

  Click Here to Register on trainers website! 

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  Trainer: Cassie Hemphill 

  

  Cassie Hemphill has more than 25 years of experience in designing and leading public participation and engagement processes and projects. Her work has included environmental and natural resource management, healthcare delivery, education, and community-based human services. She has been creating and delivering remote and in-person training experiences for professionals and community members for more than 15 years. 

  Cassie has been involved with IAP2 since 2003. She helped create IAP2 USA’s Professional Certification program, assisted with updates and development of IAP2’s course materials, and has served on the USA and Intermountain Chapter boards. She currently serves as an IAP2 Licensing Programme Mentor, preparing candidates from around the world to become IAP2 Licensed Trainers.

  Cassie’s Ph.D. research explored public/private collaboration in environmental management. Her M.A. research analyzed decision-makers' openness to public input. She has a Graduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution and is an IAP2 USA Certified Public Participation Practitioner (CP3), a Certified Mediator (CM), and a Certified Virtual Facilitator (CVF).

  
  

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• Discover the power of vulnerability in fostering trust and deeper connection

  • When
    October 23, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Online Via Zoom
  • Spaces left
    21

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  October 23, 2025 

  12:00 - 4:30 pm Eastern

  Strategic Earth Consulting invites you to discover the power of vulnerability in fostering trust and deeper connection. As community engagement practitioners, we embrace vulnerability because of its ability to “build bridges and cross divides”. Inspired by researcher and author Brené Brown, we believe that vulnerability — the emotion that we experience during times of uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure — is a skill that can be learned. Our session offers real-world insights from case studies where vulnerability increased connection and collaboration with Indigenous communities, and cases where resistance created barriers. Gain confidence with practical tools and techniques, and the stories, experiences, and wisdom of other practitioners to embrace vulnerability for more meaningful engagement.

  Our workshop is designed to deliver three key learning objectives. It is our intention that participants will leave our workshop being able to:

  • Understand that vulnerability is a skill that can be learned and is especially important when connecting with communities for more meaningful engagement.
  • Demonstrate that when vulnerability is applied to community engagement, there is the possibility of creating deeper connections, strengthening trust, inviting bravery, receiving more meaningful stories and feedback.
  • Learn from each other specific tools and techniques that create vulnerability and become aware of our personal protective armor and other barriers.

  $200 Members  --  $275 Non Members  --  $125 Student Members. 
  

  PLEASE NOTE: IAP2 USA members must be logged into iap2usa.org as a member to register at the member rate.

  Members from other IAP2 regions need a code to register which can be obtained from training@iap2usa.org. 

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• Webinar: Meeting Communities Where They Are: Data-Driven Insights for Meaningful Engagement

  • When
    October 23, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Online via Zoom

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  IAP2 USA Webinar: Meeting Communities Where They Are: Data-Driven Insights for Meaningful Engagement

  Date: Thursday, October 23, 2025 

  Location: Online via Zoom 

  Times Zones:  

  • 1:00-2:00pm EST
  • 12:00-1:00pm CST
  • 11:00-12:00pm MST
  • 10:00-11:00am PST

  Webinar Description:

  What happens when you combine network data with the authentic voices of residents? You gain powerful insights into who is connected, who is missing, and what truly matters to your community. This presentation will share lessons from Community Network and Inductive Analyses—approaches that reveal connections, uncover resident priorities, and highlight opportunities for more effective outreach and engagement.

  You’ll leave with:

  • Practical strategies to meet people where they are and build trust.
  • Proven outreach tactics to strengthen inclusion and participation.
  • A framework for developing best practices tailored to your community’s unique needs and hopes.

  
  

  Presenter: Nelvis Alvarez with the City of Greeley, Colorado 

  Nelvis Alvarez has more than 20 years of experience in developing, overseeing, and implementing community outreach and engagement strategies to improve transparency and public awareness in various educational, non-profit, and governmental settings. She is skilled in cost-effective event management, establishing strategic partnerships, leading teams, streamlining processes, communications and marketing, project management, and media relations. Nelvis earned a B.A in Sociology from Andrés Bello, Catholic University – Venezuela. Professional Teacher Certification – West Palm Beach, Florida. Real State License, Florida. Most recent educational credentials include courses/training in leadership, negotiation, facilitation, conflict resolution, and project management.

  **This is webinar is sponsored by Granicus** 

  Granicus connects people and government with a unified experience that integrates website, online services, digital communications, and more to serve every resident equally and inclusively.

  Transform your customer experience with solutions to better connect, engage, and serve your constituents.

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• Applying Methods for Public Participation - Hosted by IAP2 USA

  • Start
    October 28, 2025
  •  
  • End
    October 31, 2025
  •  
  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Online with Trainer Penny Mabie
  • Spaces left
    12

  Register

  IAP2's Applying Methods for Public Participation
  

  

  Applying Methods is a Level 2 course that introduces practitioners to a large number of P2 methods. This includes learning how to design specific methods, developing good question design, and having an opportunity to practice running some methods.

  The course is suitable for practitioners who are part of a team implementing a P2 process and are looking for the practical skills to be effective in designing and applying methods.

  Course objectives:

  1. Identify a range of methods that can be used for various engagement purposes and processes, and strategies to select the most appropriate method/s for an engagement project/process.

  2. Research, design and test a F2F and/or online method using a range of tools and resources.

  3. Apply the four steps of designing a method incorporating the eight key components of method design.

  4. Develop rational and experiential aims.

  5. Design an appropriate format.

  6. Design questions and process.

  7. Develop appropriate communications.

  8. Combine methods to achieve engagement goals and objectives and test for appropriate sequencing.

  9. Incorporate inclusion and diversity principles

  10. Identify data management needs, evaluation points and measures.

  11. Identify resources required.

  12. Explore a variety of both F2F and online methods/ techniques that are more structured and have nested methods within them (e.g., Deliberative Processes, Appreciative Inquiry and Open Space Technology).

  13. Analyze the specific requirements for online and digital methods, identify and select appropriate platforms and tools to meet needs and strategize to develop these methods for delivery.

  14. Identify principles for monitoring online activity.

  15. Test the design by running elements of the method and submitting to peer review using a checklist.

  16. Apply methods to achieve engagement goals and objectives, including using effective communication skills, and test for appropriate sequencing.

  17. Design key messages and communication tools that build trust and integrity, and meet the needs of diverse audiences.

  Professional Certification/Credits
  

  • This course is required for IAP2 Professional Certification.
  • This course is eligible for APA - AICP Continuing Education Credit CM I 20 CM

   — Cancellation and Substitution Policy —

  Trainer: Penny Mabie 

  Penny Mabie has been licensed by IAP2 to deliver the Certificate Program since 2009. She has more than 20 years of experience in public involvement, facilitation, and training. As a public involvement consultant, Penny provides facilitation and public participation services to support environmental remediation decision processes, infrastructure siting and design, multi-jurisdictional task forces on flood control, recycling and transportation planning, and national climate change initiatives. She is also a roster member with the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution.

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• County of San Diego, Global Certificate in P2 Cohort #4, 2025

  • Start
    October 30, 2025
  •  
  • End
    December 18, 2025
  •  
  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    City of San Diego

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  County of San Diego Global Certificate in Public Participation

  **This training is for the COUNTY of San Diego employees ONLY**

  IAP2 USA Licensed Trainer: Cathy Smith 

  2025 Cohort #4, training dates (in-person): 

  • October 30: Fundamentals
  • Nov 7: Designing/leading
  • Nov 14: Designing/leading
  • Dec 11: Methods
  • Dec 18: Methods

  Training and Course Details: 

  

  IAP2 Certificate Program

  IAP2 USA's Certificate in Public Participation (P2) consists of 3 core courses - Fundamentals of Public Participation, Designing Public Participation, and Applying Methods. Based on IAP2's internationally recognized Global Learning Pathway, this professional development certificate program builds on the foundations of public participation training and best practices from around the globe to provide participants with over 30 hours of effective training in public participation and engagement.

  #1 Fundamentals of Public Participation

  Prerequisite for Designing Public Participation and Applying Methods

  The Fundamentals of Public Participation (P2) course is a prerequisite to other courses in the Global Learning Pathway that sets out the underpinning models and frameworks of engagement practice as defined by the IAP2 community.

  The focus of this course is on understanding and applying the practices of meaningful and effective P2 and what participants need to know to do this well. The training explores best practices, and how to design and apply this knowledge to your P2.

  Course objectives

  By the end of this course participants will be able to:

  • Define P2 and related terms and what makes it unique
  • Identify what makes P2 meaningful, and reflect on the benefits, risks and myths related to P2
  • Identify the role that values play in P2 work, and the leadership attributes that will serve them in practice
  • Reflect on and apply ethical leadership actions and abilities to P2 situations
  • Apply the Profiles of P2 model to P2, and explore organization- and community-led engagement and how that impacts the engagement process
  • Reflect on and apply the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion, and explore the roles and impacts of power and influence
  • Apply the IAP2 Spectrum to P2 situations and practice
  • Explore the Practice Framework as a tool for effective planning and process, and assess the quality of the process

  
  

  #2 Designing & Leading Public Participation

  Designing Public Participation (P2) is a Level 2 course that introduces practitioners to the design and plan phases of the practice framework, providing them with the opportunity to develop P2 plans. This includes scoping, community mapping, determining purpose and objectives and levels of influence, choosing appropriate methods and managing resources, while considering the needs of diverse audiences. The course is suitable for practitioners who are leading the planning and implementation of P2 processes.

  Course objectives:

  1. For a real-world scenario, design an engagement process and plan that includes:

  • Develop a clear scope of the work, problem or opportunity with identified negotiables and non-negotiables
  • Conduct detailed stakeholder analysis, community mapping and equity analysis
  • Identify appropriate roles and levels of influence for key participants
  • Establish clear engagement purpose and objectives and success criteria/measures to suit scenario
  • Identify relevant profiles of engagement
  • Conduct a detailed risk/opportunities assessment
  • Identify key roles for senior leaders and decision makers

  2. Explore principles and approaches for equity, diversity and inclusion, and apply them to stakeholder analysis

  3. Embed digital strategies, platforms, tools and methods as part of the plan and process

  4. Develop an evaluation framework to suit the scenario

  5. Identify key roles and resources needed to implement the P2/engagement plan

  6. Develop and apply a suitable presentation to senior leaders that will secure commitment and resources for the P2/engagement plan

  7. Identify the many different contexts of engagement, including the elements present in more complex engagement scenarios

  #3 Applying Methods for Public Participation 

  Designing Public Participation is a prerequisite for this course

  Applying Methods is a Level 2 course that introduces practitioners to a large number of P2 methods.

  This includes learning how to design specific methods, developing good question design, and having an opportunity to practice running some methods.

  The course is suitable for practitioners who are part of a team implementing a P2 process and are looking for the practical skills to be effective in designing and applying methods.

  Course objectives:

  1. Identify a range of methods that can be used for various engagement purposes and processes, and strategies to select the most appropriate method/s for an engagement project/process.

  2. Research, design and test a F2F and/or online method using a range of tools and resources.

  3. Apply the four steps of designing a method incorporating the eight key components of

  method design.

  4. Develop rational and experiential aims.

  5. Design an appropriate format.

  6. Design questions and process.

  7. Develop appropriate communications.

  8. Combine methods to achieve engagement goals and objectives and test for appropriate sequencing.

  9. Incorporate inclusion and diversity principles

  10. Identify data management needs, evaluation points and measures.

  11. Identify resources required.

  12. Explore a variety of both F2F and online methods/ techniques that are more structured and have nested methods within them (e.g., Deliberative

  Processes, Appreciative Inquiry and Open Space Technology).

  13. Analyze the specific requirements for online and digital methods, identify and select appropriate platforms and tools to meet needs and strategize to develop these methods for delivery.

  14. Identify principles for monitoring online activity.

  15. Test the design by running elements of the method and submitting to peer review using a checklist.

  16. Apply methods to achieve engagement goals and objectives, including using effective communication skills, and test for appropriate sequencing.

  17. Design key messages and communication tools that build trust and integrity, and meet the needs of diverse audiences.

  
  

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• IAP2 Fundamentals in Public Participation - Hosted by Cassie Hemphill

  • Start
    November 04, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    November 05, 2025
  •  
    3:00 PM
  • Location
    Online with Trainer Cassie Hemphill

  Fundamentals of Public Participation

  The Fundamentals of Public Participation (P2) course is a prerequisite to other courses in the Global Learning Pathway that sets out the underpinning models and frameworks of engagement practice as defined by the IAP2 community.

  The focus of this course is on understanding and applying the practices of meaningful and effective P2 and what participants need to know to do this well. The training explores best practices, and how to design and apply this knowledge to your P2.

  Course objectives

  By the end of this course participants will be able to:

  • Define P2 and related terms and what makes it unique
  • Identify what makes P2 meaningful, and reflect on the benefits, risks and myths related to P2
  • Identify the role that values play in P2 work, and the leadership attributes that will serve them in practice 
  • Reflect on and apply ethical leadership actions and abilities to P2 situations
  • Apply the Profiles of P2 model to P2, and explore organization- and community-led engagement and how that impacts the engagement process
  • Reflect on and apply the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion, and explore the roles and impacts of power and influence
  • Apply the IAP2 Spectrum to P2 situations and practice
  • Explore the Practice Framework as a tool for effective planning and process, and assess the quality of the process

  Professional Certification/Credits
  

  • This course is required for IAP2 Professional Certification.
  • This course is eligible for APA - AICP Continuing Education Credit CM I 8 CM

  
  

  _________________________________________________________________________

  This is an IAP2 core training course delivered externally by an IAP2 licensed trainer. MUST REGISTER ON TRAINERS WEBSITE!

  Click Here to Register on trainers website! 

  ______________________________________________________________________________

  Cost:

  • Members $275
  • Regular/Non-Member $325

  Date/Time of Training:

  DATES: November 4 - 5,  2025

  • 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM MST 
  • One hour lunch break 
  • 1:00 PM to 3:00PM MST 

  _______________________________________________________________________________

  This is an IAP2 core training course delivered externally by an IAP2 licensed trainer. MUST REGISTER ON TRAINERS WEBSITE!

  Click Here to Register on trainers website! 

  ______________________________________________________________________________

  
  

  Trainer: Cassie Hemphill 

  

  Cassie Hemphill has more than 25 years of experience in designing and leading public participation and engagement processes and projects. Her work has included environmental and natural resource management, healthcare delivery, education, and community-based human services. She has been creating and delivering remote and in-person training experiences for professionals and community members for more than 15 years. 

  Cassie has been involved with IAP2 since 2003. She helped create IAP2 USA’s Professional Certification program, assisted with updates and development of IAP2’s course materials, and has served on the USA and Intermountain Chapter boards. She currently serves as an IAP2 Licensing Programme Mentor, preparing candidates from around the world to become IAP2 Licensed Trainers.

  Cassie’s Ph.D. research explored public/private collaboration in environmental management. Her M.A. research analyzed decision-makers' openness to public input. She has a Graduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution and is an IAP2 USA Certified Public Participation Practitioner (CP3), a Certified Mediator (CM), and a Certified Virtual Facilitator (CVF).

  
  

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• Stakeholder "Mapping" -- Identifying and Analyzing Underrepresented Stakeholders

  • When
    November 04, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Online Via Zoom
  • Spaces left
    18

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  November 4, 2025 

  12:00 - 4:30 pm Eastern

  This course introduces a powerful, transparent process to identify and analyze key stakeholders for any engagement project – a critical step in an ethical and equity-centered engagement design. After understanding the theory and purpose, participants use short cases to practice stakeholder mapping. They learn how to identify and analyze the full spectrum of stakeholders, with special emphasis on underrepresented stakeholders who need additional outreach/support to ensure inclusive engagement. For each case, the group learns how to “clean” and finalize the map, and then discusses implementation challenges and how to overcome them.

  Learning outcomes:

  • Challenge: Design and implement equity-centered engagement processes for increasingly diverse communities 
  • Critical to success: Robust and comprehensive stakeholder identification and analysis (“stakeholder mapping”)
  • Course combines theory, practice, instructions, templates
  • Participants leave ready to conduct thorough, defensible stakeholder mapping that identifies underrepresented stakeholders, and use the results to plan and successfully implement inclusive engagement 

  Outline:

  • Introduction, overview, and grounding
  • Stakeholder mapping 
  • • Framing 
    • Process + Practice, Case 1 
    • IAP2 context: Code of Ethics 
    • Process + Practice, Case 2
  •  Close: Reflections, evaluation 

  Participants receive:

  • Detailed stakeholder mapping instructions 
  • Stakeholder mapping templates and examples 
  • Complete course content and notetaking document

  $200 Members  --  $275 Non Members  --  $125 Student Members. 
  

  PLEASE NOTE: IAP2 USA members must be logged into iap2usa.org as a member to register at the member rate.

  Members from other IAP2 regions need a code to register which can be obtained from info@iap2usa.org. 

   — Cancellation and Substitution policy —
  

  Trainer: Anne Carroll

  Anne Carroll has been a consultant and trainer in public involvement and strategic planning for many years, serving primarily the public sector in both the USA and Canada. She focuses on designing and implementing ethical and equity-centered stakeholder engagement on important public issues, reaching out to and engaging diverse groups of people and perspectives, and tackling complex and multi-stakeholder environments. She served for 16 years as an elected member of the citywide St. Paul, Minnesota Board of Education, and serves as a board or committee member with IAP2 USA and the Minnesota Chapter, and the Minnesota Education Equity Partnership.

  
  

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• Understanding Conflict for Public Participation - Hosted by IAP2 USA

  • Start
    November 06, 2025
  •  
  • End
    November 07, 2025
  •  
  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Online
  • Spaces left
    19

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  IAP2 Understanding Conflict in Public Participation

  **You must first complete Fundamentals of Public Participation or the previous Foundations Training to take this course**

  The aim of Understanding Conflict in P2/engagement is to help you understand, and more effectively manage, conflict dynamics. The focus of this Level 1 course will be on developing the skills of participants to identify and mitigate situations of tension and conflict within their P2/engagement work.
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Course Objectives:

  • Understand the sources, types and factors that contribute to conflict in P2/engagement and the impact they may have on the process

  • Understand the role of power and influence in engagement practice

  • Understand and identify the cycle of escalation, and the behaviors, attitudes and actions that are evident as conflict increases

  • Contribute to and/or apply strategies to de-escalate challenging situations

  • Identify how to build effective relationships and partnerships through empathy, active listening, respect and trust

  • Learn approaches to work in challenging situations applying behaviors that build trust and credibility

  • Consider the role of integrity and ethics in the conduct of the P2/engagement practitioner, and how that is upheld in the process

  Professional Certification/Credits
  

  • This course is required for IAP2 Professional Certification.
  • This course is eligible for APA - AICP Continuing Education Credit CM I 20 CM

  
  

   — Cancellation and Substitution policy —
  

  
  

  
  

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• IAP2's Designing and Leading Public Participation - Hosted by Cassie Hemphill

  • Start
    November 10, 2025
  •  
  • End
    November 19, 2025
  •  
  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Online with Trainer Cassie Hemphill

  Designing and Leading Public Participation

  **You must first complete Fundamentals of Public Participation before this course**

  

  Designing & Leading Public Participation (P2) is a Level 2 course that introduces practitioners to the design and plan phases of the practice framework, providing them with the opportunity to develop P2 plans. This includes scoping, community mapping, determining purpose and objectives and levels of influence, choosing appropriate methods and managing resources, while considering the needs of diverse audiences. The course is suitable for practitioners who are leading the planning and implementation of P2 processes.

  Course objectives

  1. For a real-world scenario, design an engagement process and plan that includes:
     • Develop a clear scope of the work, problem or opportunity with identified negotiables and non-negotiable
     • Conduct detailed stakeholder analysis, community mapping and equity analysis
     • Identify appropriate roles and levels of influence for key participants
     • Establish clear engagement purpose and objectives and success criteria/measures to suit scenario
     • Identify relevant profiles of engagement
     • Conduct a detailed risk/opportunities assessment
     • Identify key roles for senior leaders and decision maker
  2. Explore principles and approaches for equity, diversity and inclusion, and apply them to stakeholder analysis
  3. Embed digital strategies, platforms, tools and methods as part of the plan and process
  4. Develop an evaluation framework to suit the scenario
  5. Identify key roles and resources needed to implement the P2/engagement plan
  6. Develop and apply a suitable presentation to senior leaders that will secure commitment and resources for the P2/engagement plan
  7. Identify the many different contexts of engagement, including the elements present in more complex engagement scenarios

  Professional Certification/Credits

  • This course is required for IAP2 Professional Certification.

  • This course is eligible for APA - AICP Continuing Education Credit CM I16 CM

  This is an IAP2 core training course delivered externally by an IAP2 licensed trainer.

  _______________________________________________________________________________________________

  This is an IAP2 core training course delivered externally by an IAP2 licensed trainer. MUST REGISTER ON TRAINERS WEBSITE! 

  Click Here to Register on trainers website!

  ________________________________________________________________________________

  Cost:

  • Members $550
  • Regular/Non-Member $650

  Date/Time of Training:

  DATES: November 10, 12, 17 and 19, 2025

  • 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM MST 
  • One hour lunch break 
  • 1:00 PM to 3:00PM MST 

  ________________________________________________________________________________

  
  

  Trainer: Cassie Hemphill 

  Cassie Hemphill has more than 25 years of experience in designing and leading public participation and engagement processes and projects. Her work has included environmental and natural resource management, healthcare delivery, education, and community-based human services. She has been creating and delivering remote and in-person training experiences for professionals and community members for more than 15 years.

  Cassie has been involved with IAP2 since 2003. She helped create IAP2 USA’s Professional Certification program, assisted with updates and development of IAP2’s course materials, and has served on the USA and Intermountain Chapter boards. She currently serves as an IAP2 Licensing Programme Mentor, preparing candidates from around the world to become IAP2 Licensed Trainers.

  Cassie’s Ph.D. research explored public/private collaboration in environmental management. Her M.A. research analyzed decision-makers' openness to public input. She has a Graduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution and is an IAP2 USA Certified Public Participation Practitioner (CP3), a Certified Mediator (CM), and a Certified Virtual Facilitator (CVF).

  
  

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• Fundamentals of Public Participation - Hosted by IAP2 USA

  • Start
    November 12, 2025
  •  
  • End
    November 13, 2025
  •  
  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Online with Trainer Penny Mabie
  • Spaces left
    18

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   Fundamentals of Public Participation

  The Fundamentals of Public Participation (P2) course is a prerequisite to other courses in the Global Learning Pathway that sets out the underpinning models and frameworks of engagement practice as defined by the IAP2 community.

  The focus of this course is on understanding and applying the practices of meaningful and effective P2 and what participants need to know to do this well. The training explores best practices, and how to design and apply this knowledge to your P2.

  Course objectives

  By the end of this course participants will be able to:

  • Define P2 and related terms and what makes it unique
  • Identify what makes P2 meaningful, and reflect on the benefits, risks and myths related to P2
  • Identify the role that values play in P2 work, and the leadership attributes that will serve them in practice 
  • Reflect on and apply ethical leadership actions and abilities to P2 situations
  • Apply the Profiles of P2 model to P2, and explore organization- and community-led engagement and how that impacts the engagement process
  • Reflect on and apply the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion, and explore the roles and impacts of power and influence
  • Apply the IAP2 Spectrum to P2 situations and practice
  • Explore the Practice Framework as a tool for effective planning and process, and assess the quality of the process

  Professional Certification/Credits
  

  • This course is required for IAP2 Professional Certification.
  • This course is eligible for APA - AICP Continuing Education Credit CM I 8 CM

   — Cancellation and Substitution Policy —

  Trainer: Penny Mabie 

  

  Penny Mabie has been licensed by IAP2 to deliver the Certificate Program since 2009. She has more than 20 years of experience in public involvement, facilitation, and training. As a public involvement consultant, Penny provides facilitation and public participation services to support environmental remediation decision processes, infrastructure siting and design, multi-jurisdictional task forces on flood control, recycling and transportation planning, and national climate change initiatives. She is also a roster member with the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution.

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• Young Professionals Cup of Tea

  • When
    November 12, 2025
  •  
    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Online via Zoom

  Register

  Join the IAP2 Young Professionals for our quarterly networking session! These virtual gatherings are a great opportunity for young professionals in the public participation field to expand their network and get new ideas and resources. 

  
  

  Q4 discussion theme: YP Challenges in P2
  Join us for a peer-to-peer learning opportunity where folks can share about challenging situations they have encountered as young professionals. 

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• IAP2 Working with Conflict and High Emotion - Hosted by Cassie Hemphill

  • Start
    November 13, 2025
  •  
  • End
    November 21, 2025
  •  
  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Online with Trainer Cassie Hemphill

  IAP2's Working with Conflict and High Emotion

  **You must first complete Fundamentals of Public Participation or IAP2's previous Foundations Training to take this course**

  
  

  The focus of this Level 3 course is on de-escalating and shifting conflict and high emotion to constructive participation, where forward momentum and resolution are possible.

  Participants will gain a deep understanding of the state of conflict, and work with practical, tangible approaches to deescalate and transform challenges. Over the course, we will cover tools, strategies and ways of working to resolve polarized and emotional challenges.

  
  

  
  

  COURSE OBJECTIVES:

  • Assess the state of conflict and emotion in the
  • P2/engagement process, and create productive and constructive approaches
  • Work with the stages of conflict escalation and apply he concepts of de-escalation
  • Apply a variety of strategies to transform the conflict in P2/engagement
  • Identify the impact of high emotion and apply a range of approaches to deescalate challenges
  • Identify how to reduce conflict in situations of misinformation and dueling facts
  • Apply the principles of storytelling to connect people to each other, increase understanding and reduce conflict
  • Learn from mistakes and understand the role of failure in P2/engagement processes
  • Identify and apply how to mo0del integrity and behaviors hat deescalate conflict
  • Apply the strategies and tools to your own project or situation

  WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE: Level 2 and 3 practitioners who are:

  • leading and managing P2/engagement processes with challenges, scope and scale looking for tools and strategies to apply to a polarized, charged P2/engagement environment
  • Practitioners with experience in P2/engagement processes where there is conflict and/or high emotion

  By the end of Working with Conflict and High Emotion, you will be ready to travel on a journey that improves mutual understanding, changes relationships and systems to meet human needs, contributes to building peace and creates lasting change.

  ________________________________________________________________________________

  
  

  This is an IAP2 core training course delivered externally by an IAP2 licensed trainer. MUST REGISTER ON TRAINERS WEBSITE!

  Click Here to Register on trainers website! 

  ________________________________________________________________________________

  Cost:

  • Members $550
  • Regular/Non-Member $650

  Date/Time of Training:

  DATES: November 13, 14, 20,  and 21, 2025 (Must attend all four days) 

  • 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM MST 
  • One hour lunch break 
  • 1:00 PM to 3:00PM MST 

  ________________________________________________________________________________

  
  

  Trainer: Cassie Hemphill 

  

  Cassie Hemphill has more than 25 years of experience in designing and leading public participation and engagement processes and projects. Her work has included environmental and natural resource management, healthcare delivery, education, and community-based human services. She has been creating and delivering remote and in-person training experiences for professionals and community members for more than 15 years. 

  Cassie has been involved with IAP2 since 2003. She helped create IAP2 USA’s Professional Certification program, assisted with updates and development of IAP2’s course materials, and has served on the USA and Intermountain Chapter boards. She currently serves as an IAP2 Licensing Programme Mentor, preparing candidates from around the world to become IAP2 Licensed Trainers.

  Cassie’s Ph.D. research explored public/private collaboration in environmental management. Her M.A. research analyzed decision-makers' openness to public input. She has a Graduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution and is an IAP2 USA Certified Public Participation Practitioner (CP3), a Certified Mediator (CM), and a Certified Virtual Facilitator (CVF).

  
  

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• Intermountain Chapter Training, In Person, Full Certificate Training

  • Start
    December 01, 2025
  •  
  • End
    December 05, 2025
  •  
  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    Salt Lake City Fire Station #3 Training Room 2425 S 900 E Salt Lake City, UT 84106
  • Spaces left
    22

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  Intermountain Chapter Training, In Person, Full Certificate Global Learning Pathway IAP2 Training

  Dates: December 1, 2025 through December 5, 2025 

  • Fundamentals: December 1 
  • Designing and Leading P2: December 2 and 3 
  • Applying Methods in P2: December 4 and 5 

  Time: 8:30am to 5:00pm daily 

  Location: Salt Lake City Fire Station #3

  Training Room

  2425 S 900 E

  Salt Lake City, UT 84106

  
  

  *8 hour training each day. 

  Professional Certification/Credits
  

  • This course is required for IAP2 Professional Certification.
  • This course is eligible for APA - AICP Continuing Education Credit CM I 8 CM

   — Cancellation and Substitution Policy —

  Trainer: Justin Schneider 

  

  Justin Schneider has more than 20 years of experience working with communities in the United States and abroad, focusing on p2/engagement, community development, community-based research, and legal work. Justin began his connection with IAP2 in 2018 and now supports the Lonestar Chapter. Currently, Justin is based in Austin, Texas and manages Oak Grove Community Consulting. He also works for Austin Parks and Recreation Department as a community engagement consultant and supports training within the organization. If you work for the City of Austin, please reach out to Justin before registering.

  
  

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• IAP2 Fundamentals in Public Participation - Hosted by Cassie Hemphill

  • Start
    December 02, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    December 03, 2025
  •  
    3:00 PM
  • Location
    Online with Trainer Cassie Hemphill

  Fundamentals of Public Participation

  The Fundamentals of Public Participation (P2) course is a prerequisite to other courses in the Global Learning Pathway that sets out the underpinning models and frameworks of engagement practice as defined by the IAP2 community.

  The focus of this course is on understanding and applying the practices of meaningful and effective P2 and what participants need to know to do this well. The training explores best practices, and how to design and apply this knowledge to your P2.

  Course objectives

  By the end of this course participants will be able to:

  • Define P2 and related terms and what makes it unique
  • Identify what makes P2 meaningful, and reflect on the benefits, risks and myths related to P2
  • Identify the role that values play in P2 work, and the leadership attributes that will serve them in practice 
  • Reflect on and apply ethical leadership actions and abilities to P2 situations
  • Apply the Profiles of P2 model to P2, and explore organization- and community-led engagement and how that impacts the engagement process
  • Reflect on and apply the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion, and explore the roles and impacts of power and influence
  • Apply the IAP2 Spectrum to P2 situations and practice
  • Explore the Practice Framework as a tool for effective planning and process, and assess the quality of the process

  Professional Certification/Credits
  

  • This course is required for IAP2 Professional Certification.
  • This course is eligible for APA - AICP Continuing Education Credit CM I 8 CM

  
  

  _________________________________________________________________________

  This is an IAP2 core training course delivered externally by an IAP2 licensed trainer. MUST REGISTER ON TRAINERS WEBSITE!

  Click Here to Register on trainers website! 

  ______________________________________________________________________________

  Cost:

  • Members $275
  • Regular/Non-Member $325

  Date/Time of Training:

  DATES: December 2 - 3,  2025

  • 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM MST 
  • One hour lunch break 
  • 1:00 PM to 3:00PM MST 

  _______________________________________________________________________________

  This is an IAP2 core training course delivered externally by an IAP2 licensed trainer. MUST REGISTER ON TRAINERS WEBSITE!

  Click Here to Register on trainers website! 

  ______________________________________________________________________________

  
  

  Trainer: Cassie Hemphill 

  

  Cassie Hemphill has more than 25 years of experience in designing and leading public participation and engagement processes and projects. Her work has included environmental and natural resource management, healthcare delivery, education, and community-based human services. She has been creating and delivering remote and in-person training experiences for professionals and community members for more than 15 years. 

  Cassie has been involved with IAP2 since 2003. She helped create IAP2 USA’s Professional Certification program, assisted with updates and development of IAP2’s course materials, and has served on the USA and Intermountain Chapter boards. She currently serves as an IAP2 Licensing Programme Mentor, preparing candidates from around the world to become IAP2 Licensed Trainers.

  Cassie’s Ph.D. research explored public/private collaboration in environmental management. Her M.A. research analyzed decision-makers' openness to public input. She has a Graduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution and is an IAP2 USA Certified Public Participation Practitioner (CP3), a Certified Mediator (CM), and a Certified Virtual Facilitator (CVF).

  
  

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• Designing & Leading Public Participation - Hosted by IAP2 USA

  • Start
    December 02, 2025
  •  
  • End
    December 05, 2025
  •  
  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Online with Kimberly Horndeski
  • Spaces left
    10

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  Designing & Leading Public Participation
  

  

  Designing & Leading Public Participation (P2) is a Level 2 course that introduces practitioners to the design and plan phases of the practice framework, providing them with the opportunity to develop P2 plans. This includes scoping, community mapping, determining purpose and objectives and levels of influence, choosing appropriate methods and managing resources, while considering the needs of diverse audiences. The course is suitable for practitioners who are leading the planning and implementation of P2 processes.

  Course objectives:

  1. For a real-world scenario, design an engagement process and plan that includes:

  • Develop a clear scope of the work, problem or opportunity with identified negotiables and non-negotiables
  • Conduct detailed stakeholder analysis, community mapping and equity analysis
  • Identify appropriate roles and levels of influence for key participants
  • Establish clear engagement purpose and objectives and success criteria/measures to suit scenario
  • Identify relevant profiles of engagement
  • Conduct a detailed risk/opportunities assessment
  • Identify key roles for senior leaders and decision makers

  2. Explore principles and approaches for equity, diversity and inclusion, and apply them to stakeholder analysis

  3. Embed digital strategies, platforms, tools and methods as part of the plan and process

  4. Develop an evaluation framework to suit the scenario

  5. Identify key roles and resources needed to implement the P2/engagement plan

  6. Develop and apply a suitable presentation to senior leaders that will secure commitment and resources for the P2/engagement plan

  7. Identify the many different contexts of engagement, including the elements present in more complex engagement scenarios

  Professional Certification/Credits
  

  • This course is required for IAP2 Professional Certification.
  • This course is eligible for APA - AICP Continuing Education Credit CM I 16 CM

  
  

   — Cancellation and Substitution Policy —

  Trainer: Kimberly Horndeski

  Kimberly is a certified mediator, facilitator, and the Executive Director for Community Consulting LLC. Her work focuses on integrating policy and science to engage stakeholders, develop strategic plans, promote collaboration, and transform conflict into successful strategies for the future. She has led multiple state and national working groups to overcome challenges and reach consensus. Her projects include bottom-up approaches, such as working with nonprofits to develop effective strategies to engage elected officials in adopting initiatives, and top-down approaches, such as assisting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service throughout the nation to incorporate stakeholder values in the decision-making processes for federally-listed threatened and endangered species.

  
  

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• IAP2's Facilitating Groups - Hosted by Cassie Hemphill

  • Start
    December 09, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    December 10, 2025
  •  
    3:00 PM
  • Location
    Online with Trainer Cassie Hemphill

  IAP2's Facilitating Groups

  **You must first complete Fundamentals of Public Participation or IAP2's previous Foundations Training to take this course**

  Explore the facilitation framework to develop skills and confidence in developing your engagement facilitation approach.

  The aim of Facilitating Groups is to explore the framework and develop skills and confidence in facilitating P2 and engagement methods. The focus will be about enhancing practitioners’ ability to respond appropriately, generating confidence in and support for your facilitation approach.

  Course objectives

  • Examine the framework and purpose of facilitation in an engagement context
  • Build a repertoire of tools and processes
  • Practice some core skills
  • Troubleshoot specific challenges 
  • Explore the changes needed for facilitation of digital engagement processes

  
  

  ____________________________________________________________________________

  This is an IAP2 core training course delivered externally by an IAP2 licensed trainer. MUST REGISTER ON TRAINERS WEBSITE!

  Click Here to Register on trainers website! 

  ______________________________________________________________________________

  Cost:

  • Members $275
  • Regular/Non-Member $325

  Date/Time of Training:

  DATES: December 9 - 10,  2025

  • 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM MST 
  • One hour lunch break 
  • 1:00 PM to 3:00PM MST 

  ____________________________________________________________________________

  This is an IAP2 core training course delivered externally by an IAP2 licensed trainer. MUST REGISTER ON TRAINERS WEBSITE!

  Click Here to Register on trainers website! 

  _______________________________________________________________________________

  
  

  Trainer: Cassie Hemphill 

  

  Cassie Hemphill has more than 25 years of experience in designing and leading public participation and engagement processes and projects. Her work has included environmental and natural resource management, healthcare delivery, education, and community-based human services. She has been creating and delivering remote and in-person training experiences for professionals and community members for more than 15 years. 

  Cassie has been involved with IAP2 since 2003. She helped create IAP2 USA’s Professional Certification program, assisted with updates and development of IAP2’s course materials, and has served on the USA and Intermountain Chapter boards. She currently serves as an IAP2 Licensing Programme Mentor, preparing candidates from around the world to become IAP2 Licensed Trainers.

  Cassie’s Ph.D. research explored public/private collaboration in environmental management. Her M.A. research analyzed decision-makers' openness to public input. She has a Graduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution and is an IAP2 USA Certified Public Participation Practitioner (CP3), a Certified Mediator (CM), and a Certified Virtual Facilitator (CVF).

  
  

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• Applying Methods for Public Participation - Hosted by IAP2 USA

  • Start
    December 09, 2025
  •  
  • End
    December 12, 2025
  •  
  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Online with Trainer Justin Schneider
  • Spaces left
    15

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  IAP2's Applying Methods for Public Participation
  

  

  Applying Methods is a Level 2 course that introduces practitioners to a large number of P2 methods. This includes learning how to design specific methods, developing good question design, and having an opportunity to practice running some methods.

  The course is suitable for practitioners who are part of a team implementing a P2 process and are looking for the practical skills to be effective in designing and applying methods.

  Course objectives:

  1. Identify a range of methods that can be used for various engagement purposes and processes, and strategies to select the most appropriate method/s for an engagement project/process.

  2. Research, design and test a F2F and/or online method using a range of tools and resources.

  3. Apply the four steps of designing a method incorporating the eight key components of method design.

  4. Develop rational and experiential aims.

  5. Design an appropriate format.

  6. Design questions and process.

  7. Develop appropriate communications.

  8. Combine methods to achieve engagement goals and objectives and test for appropriate sequencing.

  9. Incorporate inclusion and diversity principles

  10. Identify data management needs, evaluation points and measures.

  11. Identify resources required.

  12. Explore a variety of both F2F and online methods/ techniques that are more structured and have nested methods within them (e.g., Deliberative Processes, Appreciative Inquiry and Open Space Technology).

  13. Analyze the specific requirements for online and digital methods, identify and select appropriate platforms and tools to meet needs and strategize to develop these methods for delivery.

  14. Identify principles for monitoring online activity.

  15. Test the design by running elements of the method and submitting to peer review using a checklist.

  16. Apply methods to achieve engagement goals and objectives, including using effective communication skills, and test for appropriate sequencing.

  17. Design key messages and communication tools that build trust and integrity, and meet the needs of diverse audiences.

  Professional Certification/Credits
  

  • This course is required for IAP2 Professional Certification.
  • This course is eligible for APA - AICP Continuing Education Credit CM I 20 CM

   — Cancellation and Substitution Policy —

  Trainer: Justin Schneider 

  

  Justin Schneider has more than 20 years of experience working with communities in the United States and abroad, focusing on p2/engagement, community development, community-based research, and legal work. Justin began his connection with IAP2 in 2018 and now supports the Lonestar Chapter. Currently, Justin is based in Austin, Texas and manages Oak Grove Community Consulting. He also works for Austin Parks and Recreation Department as a community engagement consultant and supports training within the organization. If you work for the City of Austin, please reach out to Justin before registering.

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• Fundamentals of Public Participation - Hosted by IAP2 USA

  • Start
    December 16, 2025
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    1:00 PM
  • End
    December 17, 2025
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    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Online with Trainer Craddock Stropes
  • Spaces left
    21

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   Fundamentals of Public Participation

  The Fundamentals of Public Participation (P2) course is a prerequisite to other courses in the Global Learning Pathway that sets out the underpinning models and frameworks of engagement practice as defined by the IAP2 community.

  The focus of this course is on understanding and applying the practices of meaningful and effective P2 and what participants need to know to do this well. The training explores best practices, and how to design and apply this knowledge to your P2.

  Course objectives

  By the end of this course participants will be able to:

  • Define P2 and related terms and what makes it unique
  • Identify what makes P2 meaningful, and reflect on the benefits, risks and myths related to P2
  • Identify the role that values play in P2 work, and the leadership attributes that will serve them in practice 
  • Reflect on and apply ethical leadership actions and abilities to P2 situations
  • Apply the Profiles of P2 model to P2, and explore organization- and community-led engagement and how that impacts the engagement process
  • Reflect on and apply the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion, and explore the roles and impacts of power and influence
  • Apply the IAP2 Spectrum to P2 situations and practice
  • Explore the Practice Framework as a tool for effective planning and process, and assess the quality of the process

  Professional Certification/Credits
  

  • This course is required for IAP2 Professional Certification.
  • This course is eligible for APA - AICP Continuing Education Credit CM I 8 CM

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  Trainer:

  Craddock Stropes (she/her) is a facilitator, trainer and coach with more than 25 years of experience in the local government and non-profit sectors. Her work centers on connecting people with ideas to create inclusive, strategic and tangible solutions that make everyday lives better. She is chair of the IAP2 USA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee, a member of the American Public Works Association national DEI Committee and is active in the International Network of Asian Public Administrators. She has presented learning sessions on inclusion, public engagement and crisis communications for Connect, California Association for Public Information Officers, Public Relations Society of America, American Public Works Association and Transforming Local Government conferences. She is currently a senior management analyst for the City of Carlsbad.

  
  

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