Career development courses will help you advance your planning career through interpersonal and management skills crucial to successful planning work. You'll learn how to collaborate with a team, how to engage in effective public outreach, how to care for your own wellbeing and become more resilient, and how to develop other useful skills that will boost your confidence and help you reach your career goals.
All Career Development Courses
Public Speaking, Communication, and Influence for Planners
Instructor: Corrin Wendell
Planners regularly present complex information to decision-makers, community members and project teams, yet many early-career planners receive little training in how to communicate ideas clearly, persuasively and confidently. This course helps planners strengthen their professional voice by developing skills in storytelling, public speaking and persuasive communication.
The First Five Years: A Practical Land Use Toolbox for New Planners
Instructor: Corrin Wendell
This practical course offers an essential "land use toolbox" for early-career planners working in both the public and private sectors that outlines how core planning processes, from permits and development reviews to public meetings and everyday counter interactions, actually work in practice.