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• Digital Discovery Workshop 3: Enhancing Digital Accessibility - Sight, Sound, and More

  • When
    February 22, 2023
  •  
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Online

  Register

  Are you curious about the number and variety of digital tools appearing on the market for public participation? The popular Digital Discovery Workshop Series returns by popular demand

  This six-part series of workshops is your opportunity to discover digital tools and the many ways they can apply to public engagement.

  When:

  February 22, 2023

  2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern
  

  1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Central

  12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Mountain

  11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Pacific

  Enhancing Digital Accessibility - Sight, Sound and More
  

  Improving digital usability for people with disabilities is critical for inclusion, and provides a better user experience for everyone. Learn what it looks like to apply an accessibility-first mindset in digital P2. Participants will leave with actionable tips to make accessibility improvements right away.

  There are three more Digital Discovery Workshops in the series after this one.

  Mar. 29 - Measuring and Managing Social Media for Public Participation

  Apr. 26 - Beyond Zoom and Teams - Interactive Video Meeting Tools

  May 31 - Facebook for Public Participation

  
  

  About your presenter:

  Susanna Haas Lyons, M.A., is a public engagement specialist who develops strategy and provides training for better conversations between the public and decision makers. She has about 20-years international leadership experience in designing, facilitating, managing and evaluating complex civic engagement efforts. 

  Susanna is an instructor with the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) as well as a post-secondary instructor for Simon Fraser University’s Dialogue and Civic Engagement certificate program and the Justice Institute of BC’s Center for Leadership. Her courses cover topics such as deliberative dialogue, digital engagement, evaluation, large scale engagement and more. 

  For more information, visit susannahaaslyons.com or follow her on Twitter at @zannalyons

   Workshop #1 - Making Simple and Engaging Videos (November 30, 2022)

  In the age of YouTube, Livestreams, and Tik Tok, video content is king. This session will introduce simple-to-use tools to help you make impactful videos. Hear from engagement practitioners on how you can use video to introduce a public participation project, provide accessible background information, build interest and awareness, and report back on what you’ve accomplished.

  

  Workshop #2 - Collaborating During Hybrid P2 Events (January 25, 2023)
  

  Beyond the audio and video set-up for hybrid events, how do we effectively collaborate among in-person and online participants? This workshop will let you explore tools that capture ideas, preferences, and support collaboration during hybrid events. Hear lessons learned from practitioners who are hosting hybrid public participation.

  

  Workshop #3 - Enhancing Digital Accessibility: Sight, Sound and More (February 22, 2023)

  Improving digital usability for people with disabilities is critical for inclusion, and provides a better user experience for everyone. Learn what it looks like to apply an accessibility-first mindset in digital P2. Participants will leave with actionable tips to make accessibility improvements right away.

  

  Workshop #4 - Measuring and Managing Social Media for P2 (March 29, 2023)

  Is social media improving your public participation efforts? Learn how other engagement practitioners are measuring how social media impacts who’s involved, what input is being shared, and where public participation is happening. You'll also hear about tools to help manage roles and responses when using social media for P2.

  Workshop #5 - Beyond Zoom and Teams: Interactive Video Meeting Tools (April 23, 2023)
  

  "Zoom fatigue" is real. Fortunately, there are video meeting tools expressly built to address technology overload and low energy among participants. In the last of our Digital Discovery Workshops for this season, here's a chance to experience virtual meeting environments designed for interaction, and explore how they differ from the generalist platforms that so many of us use.

  

  Workshop #6 - Facebook for Public Participation (May 31, 2023)
  

  With interactive posts, live streaming, advertising, videos, and more - Facebook has a lot of potential to support public participation, but it is hard to do it well. Learn from power users about how to get your engagement content seen by your desired participants. Hear about innovative approaches and learn how to measure your impact.

  
  

  
  

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• IAP2's Designing Public Participation

  • Start
    February 27, 2023
  •  
    (EST)
  • End
    March 02, 2023
  •  
    (EST)
  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Online
  • Spaces left
    15

  Register

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

  Four 4-hour sessions

  Feb 27, 28, Mar 1 & 2, 2023

  1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern

  12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Central

  11:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m. Mountain

  10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Pacific

  Designing 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

  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

  THIS COURSE
  

  #2 Designing Public Participation (4 - 4 hour sessions CM I 16 CM) 
  

  February 27, 28, March 1 & 2, 2023       1 PM – 5 PM ET

  Members $550 -- Regular $650 

  Last day to Register February 24, 2023

  PLEASE NOTE: IAP2 USA members must be logged in to receive the member rate. International IAP2 members can contact info@iap2usa.org for a code to register. 

   — Cancellation and Substitution policy —
  

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

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  PREREQUISITE COURSE
  

  #1 Fundamentals of Public Participation (2 - 4 hour sessions CM I 8 CM) 
  

  February 16 & 17, 2023        1 PM – 5 PM ET
  

  Members $275 --  Regular $325
  

  Last day to Register: February 14, 2023, 2023

  REgister for Fundamentals

  FINAL COURSE
  

  #3 Applying Methods for Public Participation (4 - 4 hour sessions CM I 16 CM) 
  

  March 13, 15, 16 & 17, 2023         1 PM – 5 PM ET
  

  Members $550 -- Regular $650 

  Last day to Register: March 10, 2023
  

  REgister for Applying Methods

  Certificate Program - All Three Modules (10 - 4 hour Sessions) 

        Regular $1,625  Members $1,375 

  
  

  Trainer:

  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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• Online 2 Day Course: Participation Across Differences

  • Start
    March 06, 2023
  •  
    (EST)
  • End
    March 07, 2023
  •  
    (EST)
  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Online
  • Spaces left
    18

  Register

  Two 3-hour sessions

  March 6 & 7, 2023

  12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Eastern

  11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central

  10:00 p.m. -1:00 p.m. Mountain

  9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pacific

  Description:

  Facilitating effective engagement and teamwork across social and individual differences is becoming a more important part of many leadership roles.  Diverse spaces and teams are critical to the ongoing work of reaching equity and inclusion.  They also present a unique set of interaction challenges that can result in misunderstandings and mistrust that can linger and damage teams if not managed well.  In this workshop Connected Realities will share simple and effective planning tools and facilitation techniques that will help you to:

  • Understand how social identities and interpersonal dynamics impact meetings and can lead to inequitable participation. 
  • Discover how our individual social identities impact how we facilitate.
  • Create an inclusive meeting environment for all, including how to avoid creating barriers to participation.
  • Create space for participants to hear and understand each other across their differences and perspectives, and move toward achieving desired team outcomes. 

  Cost: $265 member, $355 non-member, $175 student member

  *PLEASE NOTE: Members must be logged in to iap2usa.org to receive the member rate.

  *International IAP2 members require a code to register. Contact info@iap2usa.org for it.

   — Cancellation and Substitution policy —
  

  Trainers: 

  Connected Realities 

  
  

  Joy Lujan

  

  Joy is the founder of Connected Realities, LLC. Before dedicating herself full-time to collaboration consulting in 2016, Joy had 17 years of experience as a community planner, facilitator, mediator, and trainer while working for the National Park Service. Her passion for authentic public engagement underscores her deep commitment to community dialogue and public processes where people hear each other, understand each other, and find ways to work together effectively. Her experience working within all levels of city, county, state, and federal government agencies as well as community groups and nonprofit organizations, has resulted in success in reaching group consensus on contentious projects. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Design from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Colorado, Denver. Her primary focus is to help individuals and groups translate individual power into collective action through effective collaboration.

  Le'alani S. Boykin, AICP
  

  

  Le`alani (Kanaka `Ōiwi) is a community planner and collaboration specialist fascinated with people processes and human potential. She empowers stakeholders and promotes useful input for community planning & design projects and community resource programs through careful process design and facilitation. Since 2008, she has provided meeting facilitation, participatory planning, capacity building, strategic planning, and training services to local, regional, and federal governments, nonprofits, and community-based organizations.  She uses empathy, mindfulness, and visualizations to help groups with diverse learning styles to work together toward a common goal.  Le`alani holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Design and a Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Colorado.  She is a certified planner of the American Institute of Certified Planners and a Senior Fellow of the Environmental Leadership Program.

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• IAP2's Applying Methods for Public Participation

  • Start
    March 13, 2023
  •  
    (EDT)
  • End
    March 17, 2023
  •  
    (EDT)
  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Online
  • Spaces left
    15

  Register

  ***Fundamentals of Public Participation Designing Public Participation are prerequisites for this course***

  Four 4-hour sessions

  March 13, 15, 16 & 17, 2023
  1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern
  12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Central
  11:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m. Mountain
  

  10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Pacific

  
  

  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 16 CM

  THIS COURSE
  

  #3 Applying Methods for Public Participation (4 - 4 hour sessions CM I 16 CM) 
  

  March 13, 15, 16 & 17, 2023       1 PM – 5 PM ET
  

  Members $550 -- Regular $650 

  Last day to Register March 10, 2023

  PLEASE NOTE: IAP2 USA members must be logged in to receive the member rate. International IAP2 members can contact info@iap2usa.org for a code to register. 

   — Cancellation and Substitution policy —
  

  **You must first complete both Fundamentals of P2 and then Designing P2 before this course**

  ________________________________________________________________________

  PREREQUISITE COURSES
  

  #1 Fundamentals of Public Participation (2 - 4 hour sessions CM I 8 CM) 
  

  February 16 & 17, 2023       1 PM – 5 PM ET
  

  Members $275 --  Regular $325
  

  Last day to Register February 14, 2023

  REgister for Fundamentals

  #2 Designing Public Participation (4 - 4 hour sessions CM I 16 CM) 
  

  February 27, 28, March 1 & 2       1 PM – 5 PM ET

  Members $550 -- Regular $650 

  REgister for Designing P2

  Certificate Program - All Three Modules (10 - 4 hour Sessions) 

        Regular $1,625  Members $1,375 

  
  

  Trainer:

  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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• Digital Discovery Workshop 4: Measuring and Managing Social Media for Public Participation

  • When
    March 29, 2023
  •  
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Online

  Register

  Are you curious about the number and variety of digital tools appearing on the market for public participation? The popular Digital Discovery Workshop Series returns by popular demand

  This six-part series of workshops is your opportunity to discover digital tools and the many ways they can apply to public engagement.

  Measuring and Managing Social Media for Public Participation
  

  When:

  March 29, 2023

  2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern
  

  1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Central

  12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Mountain

  11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Pacific

  Is social media improving your public participation efforts? Learn how other engagement practitioners are measuring how social media impacts who’s involved, what input is being shared, and where public participation is happening. You'll also hear about tools to help manage roles and responses when using social media for P2.

  Bundle & Save

  There are two more Digital Discovery Workshops in the series after this one.

  Apr. 26 - Beyond Zoom and Teams - Interactive Video Meeting Tools

  May 31 - Facebook for Public Participation

  
  

  About your presenter:

  Susanna Haas Lyons, M.A., is a public engagement specialist who develops strategy and provides training for better conversations between the public and decision makers. She has about 20-years international leadership experience in designing, facilitating, managing and evaluating complex civic engagement efforts. 

  Susanna is an instructor with the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) as well as a post-secondary instructor for Simon Fraser University’s Dialogue and Civic Engagement certificate program and the Justice Institute of BC’s Center for Leadership. Her courses cover topics such as deliberative dialogue, digital engagement, evaluation, large scale engagement and more. 

  For more information, visit susannahaaslyons.com or follow her on Twitter at @zannalyons

   Workshop #1 - Making Simple and Engaging Videos (November 30, 2022)

  In the age of YouTube, Livestreams, and Tik Tok, video content is king. This session will introduce simple-to-use tools to help you make impactful videos. Hear from engagement practitioners on how you can use video to introduce a public participation project, provide accessible background information, build interest and awareness, and report back on what you’ve accomplished.

  

  Workshop #2 - Collaborating During Hybrid P2 Events (January 25, 2023)
  

  Beyond the audio and video set-up for hybrid events, how do we effectively collaborate among in-person and online participants? This workshop will let you explore tools that capture ideas, preferences, and support collaboration during hybrid events. Hear lessons learned from practitioners who are hosting hybrid public participation.

  

  Workshop #3 - Enhancing Digital Accessibility: Sight, Sound and More (February 22, 2023)

  Improving digital usability for people with disabilities is critical for inclusion, and provides a better user experience for everyone. Learn what it looks like to apply an accessibility-first mindset in digital P2. Participants will leave with actionable tips to make accessibility improvements right away.

  

  Workshop #4 - Measuring and Managing Social Media for P2 (March 29, 2023)

  Is social media improving your public participation efforts? Learn how other engagement practitioners are measuring how social media impacts who’s involved, what input is being shared, and where public participation is happening. You'll also hear about tools to help manage roles and responses when using social media for P2.

  Workshop #5 - Beyond Zoom and Teams: Interactive Video Meeting Tools (April 23, 2023)
  

  "Zoom fatigue" is real. Fortunately, there are video meeting tools expressly built to address technology overload and low energy among participants. In the last of our Digital Discovery Workshops for this season, here's a chance to experience virtual meeting environments designed for interaction, and explore how they differ from the generalist platforms that so many of us use.

  

  Workshop #6 - Facebook for Public Participation (May 31, 2023)
  

  With interactive posts, live streaming, advertising, videos, and more - Facebook has a lot of potential to support public participation, but it is hard to do it well. Learn from power users about how to get your engagement content seen by your desired participants. Hear about innovative approaches and learn how to measure your impact.

  
  

  
  

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• Digital Discovery Workshop 5: Beyond Zoom and Teams - Interactive Video Meeting Tools

  • When
    April 26, 2023
  •  
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Online

  Register

  Are you curious about the number and variety of digital tools appearing on the market for public participation? The popular Digital Discovery Workshop Series returns by popular demand

  This six-part series of workshops is your opportunity to discover digital tools and the many ways they can apply to public engagement.

  Beyond Zoom and Teams - Interactive Video Meeting Tools
  

  When:

  April 26, 2023

  2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern
  

  1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Central

  12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Mountain

  11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Pacific

  "Zoom fatigue" is real. Fortunately, there are video meeting tools expressly built to address technology overload and low energy among participants. In the last of our Digital Discovery Workshops for this season, here's a chance to experience virtual meeting environments designed for interaction, and explore how they differ from the generalist platforms that so many of us use.

  Bundle & Save

  Our final Digital Discovery Workshop in the series will be next month. 

  May 31 - Facebook for Public Participation

  
  

  About your presenter:

  Susanna Haas Lyons, M.A., is a public engagement specialist who develops strategy and provides training for better conversations between the public and decision makers. She has about 20-years international leadership experience in designing, facilitating, managing and evaluating complex civic engagement efforts. 

  Susanna is an instructor with the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) as well as a post-secondary instructor for Simon Fraser University’s Dialogue and Civic Engagement certificate program and the Justice Institute of BC’s Center for Leadership. Her courses cover topics such as deliberative dialogue, digital engagement, evaluation, large scale engagement and more. 

  For more information, visit susannahaaslyons.com or follow her on Twitter at @zannalyons

  
  

   Workshop #1 - Making Simple and Engaging Videos (November 30, 2022)

  In the age of YouTube, Livestreams, and Tik Tok, video content is king. This session will introduce simple-to-use tools to help you make impactful videos. Hear from engagement practitioners on how you can use video to introduce a public participation project, provide accessible background information, build interest and awareness, and report back on what you’ve accomplished.

  

  Workshop #2 - Collaborating During Hybrid P2 Events (January 25, 2023)
  

  Beyond the audio and video set-up for hybrid events, how do we effectively collaborate among in-person and online participants? This workshop will let you explore tools that capture ideas, preferences, and support collaboration during hybrid events. Hear lessons learned from practitioners who are hosting hybrid public participation.

  

  Workshop #3 - Enhancing Digital Accessibility: Sight, Sound and More (February 22, 2023)

  Improving digital usability for people with disabilities is critical for inclusion, and provides a better user experience for everyone. Learn what it looks like to apply an accessibility-first mindset in digital P2. Participants will leave with actionable tips to make accessibility improvements right away.

  

  Workshop #4 - Measuring and Managing Social Media for P2 (March 29, 2023)

  Is social media improving your public participation efforts? Learn how other engagement practitioners are measuring how social media impacts who’s involved, what input is being shared, and where public participation is happening. You'll also hear about tools to help manage roles and responses when using social media for P2.

  Workshop #5 - Beyond Zoom and Teams: Interactive Video Meeting Tools (April 23, 2023)
  

  "Zoom fatigue" is real. Fortunately, there are video meeting tools expressly built to address technology overload and low energy among participants. In the last of our Digital Discovery Workshops for this season, here's a chance to experience virtual meeting environments designed for interaction, and explore how they differ from the generalist platforms that so many of us use.

  

  Workshop #6 - Facebook for Public Participation (May 31, 2023)
  

  With interactive posts, live streaming, advertising, videos, and more - Facebook has a lot of potential to support public participation, but it is hard to do it well. Learn from power users about how to get your engagement content seen by your desired participants. Hear about innovative approaches and learn how to measure your impact.

  
  

  
  

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• Digital Discovery Workshop 6: Facebook for Public Participation

  • When
    May 31, 2023
  •  
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Online

  Register

  Are you curious about the number and variety of digital tools appearing on the market for public participation? The popular Digital Discovery Workshop Series returns by popular demand

  This six-part series of workshops is your opportunity to discover digital tools and the many ways they can apply to public engagement.

  When:

  May 31, 2023

  2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern
  

  1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Central

  12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Mountain

  11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Pacific

  The session offers a look at the way Facebook can be used in Public Participation. With interactive posts, live streaming, advertising, videos, and more - Facebook has a lot of potential to support public participation, but it is hard to do it well. Learn from power users about how to get your engagement content seen by your desired participants. Hear about innovative approaches and learn how to measure your impact. 

  
  

  About your presenter:

  Susanna Haas Lyons, M.A., is a public engagement specialist who develops strategy and provides training for better conversations between the public and decision makers. She has about 20-years international leadership experience in designing, facilitating, managing and evaluating complex civic engagement efforts. 

  Susanna is an instructor with the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) as well as a post-secondary instructor for Simon Fraser University’s Dialogue and Civic Engagement certificate program and the Justice Institute of BC’s Center for Leadership. Her courses cover topics such as deliberative dialogue, digital engagement, evaluation, large scale engagement and more. 

  For more information, visit susannahaaslyons.com or follow her on Twitter at @zannalyons

  Susanna Haas Lyons is back with another season of the highly popular Digital Discovery Series. This six-part series of workshops is your opportunity to discover digital tools and the many ways they can apply to public engagement.

  
  

   Workshop #1 - Making Simple and Engaging Videos (November 30, 2022)

  In the age of YouTube, Livestreams, and Tik Tok, video content is king. This session will introduce simple-to-use tools to help you make impactful videos. Hear from engagement practitioners on how you can use video to introduce a public participation project, provide accessible background information, build interest and awareness, and report back on what you’ve accomplished.

  

  Workshop #2 - Collaborating During Hybrid P2 Events (January 25, 2023)
  

  Beyond the audio and video set-up for hybrid events, how do we effectively collaborate among in-person and online participants? This workshop will let you explore tools that capture ideas, preferences, and support collaboration during hybrid events. Hear lessons learned from practitioners who are hosting hybrid public participation.

  

  Workshop #3 - Enhancing Digital Accessibility: Sight, Sound and More (February 22, 2023)

  Improving digital usability for people with disabilities is critical for inclusion, and provides a better user experience for everyone. Learn what it looks like to apply an accessibility-first mindset in digital P2. Participants will leave with actionable tips to make accessibility improvements right away.

  

  Workshop #4 - Measuring and Managing Social Media for P2 (March 29, 2023)

  Is social media improving your public participation efforts? Learn how other engagement practitioners are measuring how social media impacts who’s involved, what input is being shared, and where public participation is happening. You'll also hear about tools to help manage roles and responses when using social media for P2.

  Workshop #5 - Beyond Zoom and Teams: Interactive Video Meeting Tools (April 23, 2023)
  

  "Zoom fatigue" is real. Fortunately, there are video meeting tools expressly built to address technology overload and low energy among participants. In the last of our Digital Discovery Workshops for this season, here's a chance to experience virtual meeting environments designed for interaction, and explore how they differ from the generalist platforms that so many of us use.

  

  Workshop #6 - Facebook for Public Participation (May 31, 2023)
  

  With interactive posts, live streaming, advertising, videos, and more - Facebook has a lot of potential to support public participation, but it is hard to do it well. Learn from power users about how to get your engagement content seen by your desired participants. Hear about innovative approaches and learn how to measure your impact.

  
  

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