Training

What is the Training?

”Working Together to Get Things Done” was a two-part training that built participant capacity to work with people who have different priorities, viewpoints, and knowledgein order to achieve resource management goals. This webpage features "Module 2"...click here for more information and registration for "Module 1."  Those registering for Module 2 were required to also register for the pre-requisite, Module 1.

The training provided opportunities for particpants to apply what they learned to issues that were applicable to their work. Participants came prepared to think about issues of concern to their teams, to ask and respond to questions, to work in teams, and to generate ideas—and generally enjoyed the process of learning—they emerged with skills, products, and ideas that will helped in ways directly relevant to their work.

Module 2 built capacity to initiate the Collaborative Learning process or improve an existing situation through a more collaborative approach. While this module was designed for people whose work required them to play a larger role in planning and implementing a collaborative project, all participants were welcome and benefited by participating. In this component, participants had the opportunity to …

• Build stakeholder teams for problem solving, policy analysis, adaptive management, and the generation or integration of science into the decision making process;
• Practice the phases of Collaborative Learning;
• Identify ways to incorporate elements of Collaborative Learning into your work;
• Work in small groups to evaluate an issue of interest to the group work and adapt the Collaborative Learning approach to improve that situation.