[watershedmanagers] Community Engagement Skill-building Series

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Community Engagement Skill-building Series

Virtual and In-person Interactive Workshops hosted by The Wells Reserve Coastal Training Program to sharpen your community engagement tools, running July - November
Financial support available, contact Annie, acox at wellsnerr.org<mailto:acox at wellsnerr.org>

Link to share with your partners: https://mailchi.mp/wellsnerr/skill-building


  *   Build a StoryMap with Sue Bickford, July 18, 2023, 11am-1:30pm, $30 Over Zoom. During this hands-on workshop, Sue Bickford will share many of the Story Map features and give you time to draft up your own StoryMap. Precourse work: 1 hour. Limited to 20 participants. Register Here for StoryMap<https://wellsreserve.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a1b85f5e3a6433d53b1f13938&id=c64303d42a&e=8659381582>
  *   Photovoice: Engaging Communities through Photos, Narratives, and Discussion with Jessica Brunacini, PhD,  August 10, 2023, 12-1:30pm, $20 Over Zoom. Jessica will reflect on her project in Wells, Maine, and share thoughts on ways community groups can apply the same methods to capture the interest of their audience. Precourse work: 30 minutes. Register Here for Photovoice<https://wellsreserve.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a1b85f5e3a6433d53b1f13938&id=32e29a240a&e=8659381582>
  *   Risk Communication with NOAA Office for Coastal Management,  September 13, 2023, 9am-4pm, $40 In-person training, Mather Auditorium, Wells Reserve. Many communities struggle with how to prepare for hazards. It can be difficult to talk about vulnerability to hazards, and it can be even more difficult to keep people engaged and motivated to take action. This training provides insights into how and why people respond to risk, and helps participants develop new skills to better connect with a variety of audiences. Understanding and connecting with an audience’s diverse values and concerns can lead to a higher level of community engagement and can help motivate action to reduce risk.  Register for Risk Communication<https://wellsreserve.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a1b85f5e3a6433d53b1f13938&id=05aac32e92&e=8659381582>
  *   Writing Effective Survey Questions with NOAA Office for Coastal Management, October 10, 2023, 9am-11am, $20 Over Zoom. Surveys are a popular community engagement tool to help people understand their stakeholders and quickly assess large populations. Unfortunately, because of their popularity, many people untrained in survey creation administer poorly designed surveys that yield questionable results. This workshop serves to provide best practices to write more effective survey questions. If your background is not in the social sciences but you nonetheless find yourself in the position of crafting surveys, this workshop is for you!  Register for Survey Questions<https://wellsreserve.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a1b85f5e3a6433d53b1f13938&id=50e90bcd70&e=8659381582>
  *   Crucial Conversations for Community Resilience with Chris Feurt, PhD, October 19, 2023, 10am-12am, $20, Over Zoom. A Crucial Conversation is a discussion between two or more people where the stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong. When conversations turn crucial, people tend to follow one of two ineffective paths: they either speak directly and abrasively to get the results they want but harm relationships, or they remain silent with the hope of preserving relationships only to sacrifice results. But there’s a better way. Crucial Conversations give people the skills to step into disagreement— rather than over or around it—and turn disagreement into dialogue for improved relationships and results. Typically a 2-day training, Chris Feurt will give a high-level overview of best practices for having a crucial conversation when working on community resilience. Precourse work: 15 minutes. Register for Crucial Conversations<https://wellsreserve.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a1b85f5e3a6433d53b1f13938&id=1e13b90d1d&e=8659381582>
  *   Virtual Facilitation Essentials with Kristen Grant, October 31, 2023, 1-3:30pm, $25, Over Zoom. Are you looking for ways to: engage your virtual group members? Design and manage the group’s virtual process? Handle multiple aspects of virtual technology? Adapt facilitation techniques and tools for virtual environments?  Register for Virtual Facilitation<https://wellsreserve.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a1b85f5e3a6433d53b1f13938&id=fbd2acf197&e=8659381582>
  *   save the date: Interview Skill Building for Community Impact with Jessica Reilly-Moman, PhD, November 8, 2023, 2 hour event, $25, Over Zoom  Join the waitlist for Interview Skills<mailto:acox at wellsnerr.org?subject=waitlist%3A%20interview%20skills&body=Sign%20Me%20Up!>


​Annie Cox

Coordinator, Coastal Training Program
pronouns: she/her
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
342 Laudholm Farm Rd, Wells, ME 04090

P:(207) 646-1555 x157

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