401: Collaboration Skills for Environmental Professionals Why take this training? To work more effectively and efficiently, federal agencies and others recognize the need to develop collaboration competencies at all levels. This training facilitates staff in acquiring advanced skills in collaboration; multi-party negotiation; conflict prevention, management and resolution; meeting facilitation; and alternative dispute resolution. What will you...

201: Effective Tribal Consultation Why take this training? Essential to government-to-government (G-to-G) consultation between Federal agencies and Federally recognized tribes is a grounding in the rights and responsibilities of sovereigns, as well as the acceptable trust-based protocol for interaction. Executive Memoranda and Executive Orders shape the general parameters of G-to-G consultation directing federal agencies to consult with federa...

201: Effective Tribal Consultation Why take this training? Essential to government-to-government (G-to-G) consultation between Federal agencies and Federally recognized tribes is a grounding in the rights and responsibilities of sovereigns, as well as the acceptable trust-based protocol for interaction. Executive Memoranda and Executive Orders shape the general parameters of G-to-G consultation directing federal agencies to consult with federa...

401: Collaboration Skills for Environmental Professionals Why take this training? To work more effectively and efficiently, federal agencies and others recognize the need to develop collaboration competencies at all levels. This training facilitates staff in acquiring advanced skills in collaboration; multi-party negotiation; conflict prevention, management and resolution; meeting facilitation; and alternative dispute resolution. What will you...

410: Advanced Multi-Party Negotiation of Environmental Disputes Why take this training? Effective multi-party negotiation & conflict management require the ability to enter into, build, and foster collaborative relationships among people involved in a dispute; a process that takes time to cultivate and maintain. Building relationships is essential to building trust. Trust is essential to successful group efforts and underlies effective joi...

301: Facilitation Fundamentals Why take this training? Many agencies now recognize the need to develop in-house facilitators to deal with many of their collaborative projects and environmental disputes. Becoming an effective facilitator requires experience with environmental conflict situations, skill in organizing, and artful management of group dynamics. This course is ideal for those responsible for planning projects, convening meetings, an...

110: Negotiating Environmental Solutions Why take this training? People often enter negotiations armed with emotionally-charged positions defining what they want. This posturing of parties creates an adversarial relationship that is hard to move past. Interest-based negotiation teaches the skills needed to identify underlying interests, and to develop a protocol that enables all parties to get their needs met simultaneously. Interest-based neg...