What is Successful Outreach Strategies?
Successful Outreach Strategies (SOS) is an ongoing training opportunity for LGUs blending both online training with regional in-person co-learning and networking opportunities. Session content will be offered virtually throughout the year. To re-enforce learning, application, and networking, regional opportunities to meet in person will be held three times during the year to delve into the content a bit more, identify “real time/real work” opportunities for participants to apply the skills, and work with colleagues to design the application. Content focus will be informed with input from those participating in the training opportunities.
Why is Successful Outreach Strategies being offered?
LGU partners have asked for additional training to focus on developing the outreach skills necessary to their work to facilitate effective meetings and events, create “buy in” to programs to increase adoption and implementation, as well as the opportunity to create a network of colleagues who are also doing this work. Terms such as civic engagement, public participation and public engagement have been used to describe this “people side” of natural resources work. The Successful Outreach Strategies training opportunity will help to strengthen the skills needed to effectively reach out to and work with others.
Successful Outreach Strategies Goal:
The goal of BWSR’s Successful Outreach Strategies is to offer a convenient training opportunity for local government staff by providing online training for local government staff to increase knowledge and skill development in outreach and provide an opportunity for participatory workshops focusing on peer-to-peer co-learning, application, and networking.
Guiding Principles
- To be practical training for local government staff to support their natural resource work.
- To provide convenient access to relevant training.
- To enhance knowledge and skills in outreach efforts associated with natural resource work.
Regional Workshops: the purpose of the in-person workshops is to re-enforce learning and application by:
- providing additional time on content.
- identify “real time/real work” opportunities for participants to apply the skills.
- work with colleagues to design the application of the content.
- create a network of colleagues/cohort to support the continuation of application and be a resource.
Training Opportunities
Training opportunities will be listed on this webpage, via email to our LGU partners, and announced in Train Tracks.
Upcoming Trainings:
Successful Outreach Strategies: Workshops
The next series of in-person SOS workshops is being developed based on input from participants and scheduled for the first week of August.
All workshops are scheduled from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Dates & Locations:
- August 5th, Grand Rapids
- August 7th, Mankato
- August 8th, St. Cloud