Saskatchewan Public Participation Training Opportunity
Saskatchewan Public Participation Training Opportunity
Brought to you by the International Association of Public Participation Canada – Prairies Chapter
Designing as if Stakeholders Matter
Understanding and Embracing the Spectrum of Diversity
Presented by Anne Carroll, Carroll, Franck & Associates, Minnesota, USA
Saskatoon – June 1-2, 2015
Regina – June 3-4, 2015
Limited spots available (16 participants)
Practitioners are continually challenged to design robust and inclusive processes for increasingly diverse communities, but often don’t know how. This 1.5-day, highly participatory course helps practitioners understand the theory and practice of engagement design, increase their awareness of diversity through exercises and audio vignettes, work from cases and their own experiences to identify and analyze stakeholders, use design tools to practice authentic design, and learn how to evaluate processes to make real-time changes.
At the end of the professional development session, participants will:
- Be aware of the spectrum of diversity and understand what can happen when engagement doesn’t account for that dimensionality
- Recognize the value and critical importance of bringing multiple perspectives to complex issues
- Learn how to define clear objectives for increasing and deepening diversity within public engagement efforts
- Explore underrepresentation, how to recognize and explain it, and what to do to close gaps
- Develop ethical and effective approaches and techniques for supporting and engaging diverse participants
- Gain experience in stakeholder identification and appropriate engagement tools
- Understand how to evaluate and redesign during implementation
- Know how to carry forward into their work the learnings that emerge from this session
About the Trainer
AnneCarroll has been a consultant and trainer in strategic planning, public involvement, and communications since 1985. Her work in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors has focused on creating legitimate and meaningful opportunities for community engagement on major public issues, bringing diverse groups of people or ideas to consensus and moving them toward a common goal, and communicating complex technical information to nontechnical audiences. She is an elected member of the St. Paul Board of Education, and serves on several boards including the International Association for Public Participation USA and E-Democracy.org. See detailed information at
Saskatoon – June 1-2, 2015
Western Development Museum, McLeod Hall
Monday, June 1 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm (beverages and snacks provided)
Tuesday, June 2 - 8:00am - 5:00pm (breakfast, lunch, snacks and beverages provided)
Regina – June 3-4, 2015
Queensbury Convention Centre, Salon 2
Wednesday, June 3 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm (beverages and snacks provided)
Thursday, June 4 - 8:00am - 5:00pm (breakfast, lunch, snacks and beverages provided)
Limited spots available (16 participants)
1.5 day course
IAP2 Members - $350
Non-members - $400
Registration cancellations accepted until May 15, 2015. After that point, individual participants may be switched, if required, until 2 days before the event.