SpeakOut Training in San Diego in September!
We’re honoured to be selected to present our first training since the publication of the book at a major international conference. Wendy is delighted to be returning to IAP2, as she has spoken and undertaken successful training programs at several international IAP2 conferences and is the recipient of two IAP2 awards.
The two-day training will be held as part of the pre-conference offerings of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) annual conference in San Diego, California, on Saturday and Sunday, September 19th and 20th.
For details about this innovative training opportunity, please visit:
Both Wendy and Wiwik will facilitate this course, working as a team.
What it’s About?
This practical, hands-on course introduces the SpeakOut community engagement model, providing participants with the knowledge and skills to select, design, conduct and evaluate SpeakOut processes for different target populations. Participants will learn to locate a project within a conceptual community engagement framework and select appropriate SpeakOut designs, displays and exercises.
Aims of the Course
This course aims to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to select, design, conduct and evaluate SpeakOut processes which:
• Involve direct contact with community members
• Aim to be creative as well as representative
• Involve a wide cross-section of a community and
• Are effective.
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Compatibility with the Themes of the IAP2 Conference
Our SpeakOut training aligns closely with the IAP2 Conference themes.
1. Sustainable decision-making processes:
The great value of the SpeakOut process is that it can be modified to accommodate different community contexts and realities, including budget constraints.
It can accommodate a great deal of volunteers and community participation in all stages of the process. This contributes to the sustainability of the model.
2. Sustainable decisions:
This model, because of its inherent transparency and the opportunity for deep community engagement in all stages, including analysis of results, encourages proponents and organisers to be more accountable in their processes, leading to decisions that may be more stable and flexible than those arrived at with more formal processes.
3. Sustainable outcomes:
One of the important qualities of a sustainable project or process is wide agreement about the foundational principles and value of that process or project.
This can only occur when there has been full discussion of all aspects of it.
The SpeakOut, particularly because of its open and collaborative quality, encourages people to develop both clarity and depth about topics of community concern that can lead to better decision-making along the track, as community capacity has been strengthened.
The Program
The two-day program is designed for practitioners with all levels of experience. For the draft program for the two days, please click here:
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Learning Objectives
To download the learning objectives, please click here: speakout_2009_iap2-pre-conference_learning-outcomes
Details and registration fees
The details and fees for the training are as follows:
Date: Saturday, September 19 – Sunday, September 20 (8:30-4:30 pm)
Cost: Early bird registration ends: August 14, 2009
IAP2 Member Early Bird: $650.00 USD Member: $700.00 USD
Non IAP2 Member Early Bird: $750.00 USD Non Member: $800.00 USD
Please contact us!
We’d love to have you join us. We have the new SpeakOut book to share and many exciting case studies and SpeakOut innovations to discuss. For more information, please contact either of us:
Dr Wendy Sarkissian FPIA
+ 61 402 966 284
Wiwik Bunjamin-Mau, MURP
bunjamin@hawaii.edu
+ 1 808 728 9129
