IAP2 USA Online Courses

Global Certificate in P2 Courses

IAP2 Certificate in Public Participation – We are very excited to be launching the next evolution of training that builds on our foundational best practices. Our flagship Foundations training program has been updated and now consists of three core courses. Visit our training calendar to register for updated course offerings.

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 approximately 30 hours of effective training in public participation and engagement.

Fundamentals of Public Participation (Prerequisite to other courses)

Who: For all practitoners

This course:

  • Explores IAP2’s best practices and underlying frameworks to create meaningful participation and reflect on one’s own existing practice
  • Centers diversity, equity and inclusion in the practice of engagement
  • Allows participant’s to apply this knowledge to their own public participation practice

Designing Public Participation

Who: For practitioners who are leading the planning and implementation of public participation processes

This course:

  • Helps practitioners design an engagement process and plan for a real-world scenario

Applying Methods

Who: For practitioners who are part of a team implementing a public participation process and are looking for the practical skills to be effective in designing and applying methods.

This course:

  • Provides opportunities to practice and evaluate methods
  • Demonstrates ways to blend methods into hybrid techniques
  • Shares techniques to craft questions to draw out meaningful input
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As a key leader in the public participation sector IAP2 USA provides skills-based learning to people and organizations on what they need to know and do, so that they can successfully develop, deliver, and lead authentic engagement processes.

"I wanted to tell you that I’m getting great feedback from everyone and it’s truly been a life changing experience for some, which I knew it would be. I can’t thank you enough for your help this past week and I look forward to two more trainings for the rest of my Public Outreach & Engagement Peer Group. We have about 45 people all being trained with IAP2. Just think what a difference that will make in our Agency moving forward!"

Deanna J. Desedas, Public Outreach & Engagement Manager
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency

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  • County of San Diego, Global Certificate in P2 Cohort #3, 2025

    • July 24, 2025
    • September 11, 2025
    • 5 sessions
    • City of San Diego
    Register

    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 #3, training dates (in-person): 

    • July 24: Fundamentals
    • August 13: Designing/leading
    • August 20: Designing/Leading
    • Sept 4: Methods
    • Sept 11: 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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  • Fundamentals of Public Participation - Hosted by IAP2 USA

    • August 13, 2025
    • August 14, 2025
    • 2 sessions
    • Online with Trainer Kimberly Horndeski
    • 11
    Register

     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

     — 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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  • Applying Methods for Public Participation - Hosted by IAP2 USA

    • August 19, 2025
    • August 22, 2025
    • 4 sessions
    • Online with Trainer Penny Mabie
    • 3
    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

       — 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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    • IAP2 Fundamentals in Public Participation - Hosted by Cassie Hemphill

      • August 26, 2025
      • 10:00 AM
      • August 27, 2025
      • 3:00 PM
      • 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 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: August 26 - 27,  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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    • Facilitating Groups - Hosted by IAP2 USA

      • August 26, 2025
      • August 27, 2025
      • 2 sessions
      • Online with Cathy Smith
      • 16
      Register

      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


         — Cancellation and Substitution policy —

        Trainer: Cathy Smith 

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      • Designing & Leading Public Participation - Hosted by IAP2 USA

        • September 02, 2025
        • September 05, 2025
        • 4 sessions
        • Online with Kimberly Horndeski
        • 15
        Register

        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


           — 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 Understanding People and Communities - Hosted by Cassie Hemphill

          • September 11, 2025
          • 10:00 AM
          • September 12, 2025
          • 3:00 PM
          • Online with Trainer Cassie Hemphill

          IAP2's Understanding People and Communities 

          **Fundamentals of Public Participation is the prerequisites for this course


          Discover and apply deep understanding and insights into the people and communities involved in P2/engagement processes, to make the processes more meaningful and effective. This Level 1 course provides an introduction to working with diversity, equity and inclusion in P2/engagement.



          COURSE OBJECTIVES:

          • Identify and apply an approach for understanding people and communities for P2/engagement processes
          • Reflect on factors of cultural competence and cultural humility, and assess your practice and approach against the factors to identify areas of strength and growth
          • Apply a variety of analysis and mapping tools to understand diversity and map values
          • Identify ways to increase access and center equity by reducing barriers to participation
          • Reflect on how to build rapport, trust and relationships with people and communities, and apply and assess approaches in a P2/engagement scenario
          • Assess and apply knowledge to planning and implementation of meaningful and effective P2/engagement across the Practice Framework

            Professional Certification/Credits


            _____________________________________________________________________

            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: September 11 - 12,  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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          1. Fundamentals of Public Participation - Hosted by IAP2 USA

            • September 11, 2025
            • September 12, 2025
            • 2 sessions
            • Online with Trainer Michelle Gutt
            • 16
            Register

             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

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          2. Applying Methods for Public Participation - Hosted by IAP2 USA

            • September 16, 2025
            • September 19, 2025
            • 4 sessions
            • Online with Trainer Kimberly Horndeski
            • 20
            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

               — 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 Designing and Leading Public Participation - Hosted by Cassie Hemphill

              • September 22, 2025
              • September 25, 2025
              • 4 sessions
              • 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 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: September 22-25, 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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            • IAP2 Understanding Conflict in Public Participation - Hosted by Kimberly Horndeski

              • September 25, 2025
              • 10:00 AM
              • September 26, 2025
              • 3:00 PM
              • Online with Trainer Kimberly Horndeski

              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

              ________________________________________________________________________________


              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: September 25 - 26, 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: 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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            • 2025 NAC Pre-conference Training | IAP2's Fundamentals of Public Participation

              • September 28, 2025
              • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
              • Grand Hyatt - 600 East Market St., San Antonio, TX 78205
              • 18
              Register


              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

              Fundamentals of Public Participation (One 8-hour session CM I 8 CM) 

                Format: In-person before the start of the Annual Conference in San Antonio, TX

                Plan for a full day with a morning start time by 9am PT.

                 — 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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              • 2025 NAC Pre-conference Training | IAP2's Facilitating Groups

                • September 28, 2025
                • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
                • Grand Hyatt - 600 East Market St., San Antonio, TX 78205
                • 21
                Register


                **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

                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. 

                Date and time: September 28, 2025, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM 

                Cost: Separate Pre-Conference Training registration required in addition to conference registration. 

                AICP/APA Member $300

                IAP2 USA Member - $275

                 International IAP2 Member $275

                 Non-Member - $325

                Student Member Registration $175

                 — Cancellation and Substitution policy —

                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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              • IAP2 Fundamentals in Public Participation - Hosted by Cassie Hemphill

                • October 07, 2025
                • 10:00 AM
                • October 08, 2025
                • 3:00 PM
                • 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 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: October 7 - 8,  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

                • October 07, 2025
                • October 10, 2025
                • 4 sessions
                • Online with Penny Mabie
                • 19
                Register

                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


                   — 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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                • IAP2's Facilitating Groups - Hosted by Kimberly Horndeski

                  • October 08, 2025
                  • 10:00 AM
                  • October 09, 2025
                  • 3:00 PM
                  • Online with Trainer Kimberly Horndeski

                  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:  October 8 - 9,  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: 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 Applying Methods in Public Participation - Hosted by Cassie Hemphill

                  • October 14, 2025
                  • 10:00 AM
                  • October 17, 2025
                  • 3:00 PM
                  • 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

                  Cost: Members $550 -- Regular $650

                  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: October 14 - 17,  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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                • Working with Conflict + High Emotion - Hosted by IAP2 USA

                  • October 14, 2025
                  • 1:00 PM
                  • October 17, 2025
                  • 5:00 PM
                  • Online with Kimberly Horndeski + Penny Mabie
                  • 21
                  Register

                  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.

                   — 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.


                  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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                • Puget Sound Chapter Training with IAP2 USA

                  • October 20, 2025
                  • October 24, 2025
                  • 5 sessions
                  • Alki Room, 1501 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
                  • 18
                  Register

                  Puget Sound Chapter Global Learning Pathway Training with IAP2 USA 

                  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

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

                    • October 21, 2025
                    • October 30, 2025
                    • 4 sessions
                    • 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.

                    ________________________________________________________________________________


                    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: October 21, 23, 28, 30, 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: 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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                  • Fundamentals of Public Participation - Hosted by IAP2 USA

                    • October 21, 2025
                    • October 22, 2025
                    • 2 sessions
                    • Online with Trainer Justin Schneider
                    • 20
                    Register

                     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

                     — 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 Understanding Conflict in Public Participation - Hosted by Cassie Hemphill

                    • October 23, 2025
                    • 10:00 AM
                    • October 24, 2025
                    • 3:00 PM
                    • 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

                    ________________________________________________________________________________


                    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: October 23 - 24, 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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                  • Strategic Earth: discover the power of vulnerability in fostering trust and deeper connection with marginalized communities

                    • October 23, 2025
                    • 12:00 PM - 4:30 PM
                    • Online Via Zoom
                    • 21
                    Register

                    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 with marginalized communities. 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, collaboration, and equity 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 marginalized 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, and increasing equity in processes.
                    • 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 info@iap2usa.org. 

                     — Cancellation and Substitution policy —

                    Trainer:
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                  • Applying Methods for Public Participation - Hosted by IAP2 USA

                    • October 28, 2025
                    • 1:00 PM
                    • October 31, 2025
                    • 5:00 PM
                    • Online with Trainer Penny Mabie
                    • 20
                    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

                       — 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

                      • October 30, 2025
                      • December 18, 2025
                      • 5 sessions
                      • City of San Diego
                      Register

                      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

                      • November 04, 2025
                      • 10:00 AM
                      • November 05, 2025
                      • 3:00 PM
                      • 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 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

                      • November 04, 2025
                      • 12:00 PM - 4:30 PM
                      • Online Via Zoom
                      • 21
                      Register

                      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

                        • November 06, 2025
                        • November 07, 2025
                        • 2 sessions
                        • Online
                        • 20
                        Register

                        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


                           — Cancellation and Substitution policy —



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

                          • November 10, 2025
                          • November 19, 2025
                          • 4 sessions
                          • 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 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

                          • November 12, 2025
                          • November 13, 2025
                          • 2 sessions
                          • Online with Trainer Justin Schneider
                          • 21
                          Register

                           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

                           — 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 Working with Conflict and High Emotion - Hosted by Cassie Hemphill

                          • November 13, 2025
                          • November 21, 2025
                          • 4 sessions
                          • 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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                        • IAP2 Fundamentals in Public Participation - Hosted by Cassie Hemphill

                          • December 02, 2025
                          • 10:00 AM
                          • December 03, 2025
                          • 3:00 PM
                          • 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 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

                          • December 02, 2025
                          • December 05, 2025
                          • 4 sessions
                          • Online with Kimberly Horndeski
                          • 21
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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

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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's Facilitating Groups - Hosted by Cassie Hemphill

                            • December 09, 2025
                            • 10:00 AM
                            • December 10, 2025
                            • 3:00 PM
                            • 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

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

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                            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 

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                            This is an IAP2 core training course delivered externally by an IAP2 licensed trainer. MUST 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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                          • Applying Methods for Public Participation - Hosted by IAP2 USA

                            • December 09, 2025
                            • December 12, 2025
                            • 4 sessions
                            • Online with Trainer Justin Schneider
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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.

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                              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

                              • December 16, 2025
                              • 1:00 PM
                              • December 17, 2025
                              • 5:00 PM
                              • Online with Trainer Craddock Stropes
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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

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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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