THIS FRIDAY, Join the Collaboration 101 Lunch & Learn Webinar and Earn 1.5 AICP Credits

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Invitation: Collaboration 101 Lunch & Learn – Earn 1.5 AICP Credits

Collaboration 101: Strategies for Identifying Barriers to Collaboration and Applying Strategic Solutions You’re invited to an interactive webinar session on collaborative planning and conflict resolution. Join APA for a well-designed, truly collaborative process that can save staff time, resources, and result in stronger, better-funded, and more broadly supported plans, strategies, and projects. Put another way: why write five plans when you could write one? Building collaborative processes takes creativity and a willingness to break out of silos to challenge bureaucratic processes and the way things are usually done. This session explores how planners and practitioners can identify barriers to collaboration and apply practical strategies to overcome them. Who should attend: Planners and professionals who work with multiple departments, agencies, organizations, or political entities. If your processes or plans could benefit from breaking down silos, finding common purpose, or identifying overlapping goals or projects, this session is for you. In this session, participants will learn to: Identify common characteristics of conflict Explain how these dynamics create barriers to collaboration Apply strategies to improve collaborative processes Webinar Details Dates: April 10 Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Duration: 90 minutes Credits: 1.5 AICP credits This 90-minute interactive session provides an introduction to key concepts and practical tools for improving collaboration and resolving conflict in planning processes. For those interested in a deeper dive, we invite you to join us May 12–14 in Boulder for our 3-day training: Facilitation, Engagement, and Collaboration in Environmental Conflicts, worth 17 AICP credits. About the Instructors Laura Hickey, Program Manager at CDR Associates, is a facilitator and engagement practitioner dedicated to inclusive community processes and sustainable outcomes. She has supported collaborative efforts in multijurisdictional planning related to public lands management, water resource allocation, and multimodal transportation corridors. Laura excels at bringing diverse stakeholders together to navigate complex issues, using engagement strategies that emphasize relationship-building, community interests, and transparent evaluation methods to support durable solutions.    Jean Gatza, Senior Associate at CDR Associates, is a planner and facilitator with extensive experience navigating conflict, engaging community and organizational partners, and designing decision-making processes across a range of land use and policy topics. As an experienced trainer, she focuses on helping participants gain practical insights and skills to improve public projects and programs. Jean is passionate about designing processes that cultivate kindness, understanding, and trust while encouraging creativity and forward-looking solutions. We hope you’ll join us for this engaging and practical session on strengthening collaboration in planning and public decision-making Register here! Add to your calendar

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