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Early Career Strategies for Successful Planning Practice

This course is for planners with a few years of practice under their belts and looking to become more effective in their careers and derive greater satisfaction from their work.

Richard Willson
Taught By Richard Willson
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Course Info

  • Duration 9 video lessons (60 Mins)
  • Published Published
    2018
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    1.
    Introduction
    Chapter Duration 3 mins
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    Bridging the Theory/Practice Gap
    Chapter Duration 4 mins
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    Understanding Practice From the Inside-Out
    Chapter Duration 11 mins
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    Principled Adaptability
    Chapter Duration 6 mins
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    Ethics and Moral Reasoning
    Chapter Duration 5 mins
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    Being Right
    Chapter Duration 10 mins
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    Avoiding Wrong
    Chapter Duration 7 mins
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    Navigating Managers, Organizations, and Teams
    Chapter Duration 7 mins
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    Putting the Pieces Together
    Chapter Duration 4 mins

Course Description

This course is for planners with a few years of practice under their belts and who are wondering how they can be more effective and derive greater satisfaction from their work. The course builds on a framework for understanding practice, encourages attendee reflection, and helps attendees understand the positions of others they will encounter in their career. Illustrated with cases from practice, the framework connects positions and choices back to the planner’s assessment of political and administrative context, adopted professional style, and personal commitments.

Learn these skills

  • Career Development
  • Ethics

AICP CM

This course is approved for 1 AICP CM credit. 

SACPLAN CPD

This course is approved for 1 SACPLAN CPD point. 

Meet Your Instructor

Richard Willson

Richard Willson

Richard Willson is a professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Dr. Willson's research addresses parking policy, climate change planning, land/use transportation relationships, travel demand management, and transit-oriented development.

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"Prof. Willson clearly shows how the messiness of planning is because there is rarely only one path or solution. I was surprised and the depth of the content while remaining very accessible to digest and think about. I think this is a good module for those changing career paths or wanting to refresh themselves on work environments."
- K. Meghan Wieters
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What I liked about this course was the underlying philosophy, guidance, related to the planning profession. I would recommend this course for someone new to (or who is exploring) planning.
- Darryl A.
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