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External Relations for Planners

This course teaches customer service concepts, skills, and strategies to reflect well on planning organizations, and also make planners more effective in their work.

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Course Info

  • Duration 9 video lessons (58 Mins)
  • Published Published
    2017
  • 4.34
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    1.
    Introduction
    Chapter Duration 1 min
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    2.
    Why Customer Service?
    Chapter Duration 3 mins
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    3.
    Customer Service for Planners
    Chapter Duration 8 mins
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    4.
    Working With Difficult Situations
    Chapter Duration 6 mins
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    5.
    Representing Your Organization
    Chapter Duration 14 mins
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    6.
    Relating to Boards
    Chapter Duration 8 mins
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    Balancing Freedom of Information with Confidentiality
    Chapter Duration 8 mins
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    Closing Thoughts
    Chapter Duration 2 mins
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    9.
    Frequently Asked Questions
    Chapter Duration 5 mins

Course Description

More than ever, public service is focusing on customer service. In this course, we will discuss how to work with applicants, residents, and other stakeholders to provide services. Planning often means giving people bad news—not recommending their project for approval or telling them a development next to their home meets zoning standards. Learning to give both good and bad news with respect and tact is a skill planners should learn.

This course teaches customer service concepts, skills, and strategies to reflect well on planning organizations, and also make planners more effective in their work.

Learn these skills

  • Career Development
  • Civic Engagement
  • Communications & Media
  • Ethics

AICP CM

This course is approved for 1 AICP CM credit

CNU-A

This course is approved for 1 CNU-A credit.

SACPLAN CPD

This course is approved for 1 SACPLAN CPD point. 

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Jeff Levine

Jeff Levine

Jeff is the Planning and Urban Development Director for Portland, ME.

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