Community Engagement for Planners

Community engagement is an essential and pivotal component of every urban planning project. “Community Engagement for Planners” teaches urban planners tools for creating a public engagement plan to meet the needs of diverse projects. When done well, community engagement can lead to dramatic improvements in final plans, more community support, and a cost-effective and smooth implementation. In this track, Dave Biggs teaches techniques, strategies, and tools available to planners to develop and implement successful community engagement. The track ends with an introduction to MetroQuest, including case studies and its most important features and capabilities. Each course in this track is approved for CNU-A and AICP CM credit.

Best Practices for Community Engagement

This course provides you with solid understanding of the benefits to community engagement, the psychology of public participants, an overview of the tools and tactics to choose from and advice on the creation of a public engagement plan to meet the needs of your projects.

70 Mins

AICP CM

CNU-A

SACPLAN CPD

Planning and Promoting Your Community Engagement Process

This course provides you with a step-by-step process for designing an effective public engagement process.

78 Mins

AICP CM

CNU-A

SACPLAN CPD

MetroQuest Public Involvement Software: In Practice and In Action

This course provides an introduction to working with MetroQuest, what it helps planners achieve, and some of its most important features and capabilities. The course also presents a series of case studies to demonstrate the results MetroQuest has achieved for a wide range of planning projects.

74 Mins

AICP CM

CNU-A