Training for Organisations
Learn together. Build strength. Make change happen
Our purpose
Equipping participants with skills and understanding
Leading change effectively in environments marked by complexity, uncertainty, and diverse perspectives
Key learning outcomes
Understand principles and best practices of multi-stakeholder participation
Gain facilitation skills and learn how to design effective participation processes
Explore the benefits and challenges of stakeholder involvement
Course content
Importance of stakeholder dialogue and conflict management
When and how to use different forms of stakeholder involvement
Designing effective processes and avoiding common pitfalls
Facilitation skills
Role of the facilitator
Workshop and process design
Practical facilitation techniques
Why it matters
Stakeholder participation
Stakeholder participation ensures support and legitimacy for plans and policies
Ensuring best practice
Best practice means stakeholders genuinely influence outcomes, not just being informed or consulted
Increasing engagement
Poor engagement can lead to conflict, delays, and legal challenges
In-person delivery, online delivery or self paced platform?
| Course | Focus | Length | In-person delivery | Online delivery | Self-paced platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Practice Stakeholder Engagement & Participation | Build the confidence, skills and ethical approach needed to facilitate meaningful stakeholder engagement & participation. Learn how to navigate challenging conversations, build trust and turn dialogue into positive action. | 1, 2, or 3 day versions | ✓Yes | ✓Yes | ✓Yes |
| Constructive Conversations (One-to-one negotiation) | Develop the skills and confidence to hold constructive one-to-one conversations using principled negotiation with farmers, fishermen, foresters, river managers and other natural resource users. | 1 day | ✓Yes | ✓Yes | |
| Inclusive Engagement | Learn how to make your engagement more inclusive by genuinely sharing power with a greater diversity of people – and what this looks like in practice. | 1 day or 1.5 days | ✓Yes | ✓Yes | |
| Co-production | Understand how to work with others as equals – sharing power, responsibility and resources to plan, deliver and benefit from meaningful change. | 1 day | ✓Yes | ✓Yes | |
| Partnership Working & Governance |
Develop the skills, tools and approaches needed to build effective partnerships and collaborative governance with communities and stakeholders in land and seascape-scale projects. |
1 day | ✓Yes | ✓Yes | |
| Introduction to Stakeholder Participation – Why Bother? | Discover the evidence behind stakeholder participation and why it leads to better decisions, stronger relationships and more effective outcomes. Ideal for managers and decision-makers who are unsure whether stakeholder participation is worth the investment. | 0.5 day or 1 day | ✓Yes | ✓Yes | |
| Best Practice, Evidence-based, Participatory Policy Making | Explore how other forms of evidence, participation and co-creation can strengthen policy development. Includes understanding the policy process to applying participatory approaches in practice. | 4 or 5 days | ✓Yes | ||
| Writing for All | Learn how to write clearly and accessibly for a wide range of audiences, helping you communicate complex ideas with communities, stakeholders and fellow professionals. | 1 day | ✓Yes | ||
| Effective Online Engagement & Meetings | Learn how to design and run engaging and effective online meetings and workshops. | 0.5 day | ✓Yes | ||
| Systems Thinking | Explore how participatory systems thinking can help you understand complexity, strengthen collaboration and develop more effective responses to real-world challenges. | (in development) |
But don’t just take our word for it
I liked the mix of facilitated
discussions, taught bits, the provision
of a workbook
So much new material
was presented, coherently,
& that it ended with
participants contributing
to thinking about
how to build on the
learning
The flow of the
material was good,
the use of
case studies, & the
blended mix between
slides & interactive
discussions
was very good
I appreciated
the references to research
that the trainer had
recently read to bring
their content
to present day
The environmental focus was
helpful & beneficial
given our work
Interested in learning more about our training courses?
Book a call with a member of our team to hear about how we can help you create impactful dialogue and drive the positive change you want to see.