PCS Training, Technical Assistance and Speaking Engagements
- Building Communities From the Inside Out – An Introduction to Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) *
- Powerful People and Effective Programs – Putting ABCD into Action!
- Maximizing the Power of Volunteers and In Kind Services
- Getting – and Keeping – People Involved *
- How Popular Culture Sees Community *
- Making Meetings Work: How to Plan, Run and Debrief Effective Meetings *
- Creative Ways Local Governments Can Connect to Community
- Sustainability: How to Create a Plan for Sustainable Change *
- Presentation Skills: How to make sure your presentation is effective *
- Action Planning: How to develop a community based plan to create systemic change *
- Creating Change involves systems, policies and communities *
- Asset Based Community Development and Healthy Communities
We offer trainings that build a variety of skills essential to successful community engagement. All trainings are customized to the local context and desired outcomes, but also include standards and best practices that have worked well in many situations. We strive to create an environment where participants gain new information from the presenters, but also learn from their peers and discover knowledge and insights of their own that they can apply to their work.
This is a visual summary of a recent event to give you an idea of our training style.
Below is a sampling of trainings we offer:
Achieving meaningful engagement is rooted in listening and organizing – skills which can be taught and learned.
“On behalf of the San Mateo County Library’s Staff Development Day Committee, thank you for your awesome presentation in a truly successful day. Staff have said it’s the best staff development day they have had in years!”
~ San Mateo County Library Staff Development Day Committee
* These trainings are also available in a youth-friendly format for groups of young people ages 12-20.
Ron Dwyer-Voss
916.203.4051
