🧠 Join us for Masterminds: Wednesday, May 21st, 2025, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MDT
Join our Masterminds session: a collaborative, real-time problem-solving space where participants take turns sharing challenges and crowdsourcing solutions. Whether you’re new to engagement or a seasoned pro, this is a place to learn with and from your peers. Registration is free!
📅 Wednesday, May 21st, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MDT
💬 Facilitated by Kelly Hickler, AICP, IAP2
🔗 Register here
📌 First half theme:
Making Engagement Meaningful (and Visible) in Planning
Community engagement is too often undervalued, underfunded, or treated as a checkbox in planning processes. Many of us feel pressure to justify engagement work internally, or face barriers when trying to integrate meaningful engagement into agency priorities, budgets, or timelines.
We’ll spend the first half of the session exploring how to:
✅ Advocate for engagement within departments or agencies
✅ Overcome limited support or funding
✅ Move beyond surface-level input
✅ Communicate the value of engagement to decision-makers
📌 Second half:
Open floor! Bring any community engagement challenge you'd like to unpack with the group.
Bring a challenge. Get fresh ideas. Leave with new energy (and a few “aha” moments).
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