Formal Agreements
Listen to this video as a podcast. Learn where to find the authority for your Agency to do work proposed by a partnership. Citing the Agency’s authority is one element of all partnership agreements. Consider your Agency’s process and practice for developing a partnership agreement and identify who should be on your agreement team. Consider […]
Political Savvy
Professionals build and foster networks to gather information and insights beyond their own thinking or that of their organization. They take the temperature of a community and share their understanding with decision-makers. Working internally or externally, the practice of this networking skill is referred to as political savvy. Explore the characteristics of a politically savvy professional. Review […]
Persuasion
Listen to this video as a podcast. Explore the communications tools used to persuade an individual or group of individuals to change their attitude or behavior. Learn more about techniques to establish credibility, frame common ground, provide evidence and connect emotionally. Consider the importance of creating an emotional and intellectual connection with your audience and […]
Principled Negotiation
Principled Negotiation Listen to this video as a podcast. Discover how to prepare, participate and debrief from a negotiation. Explore the circumstances, behavior and outcomes of five negotiating styles. Improve your understanding of how to conduct an interest-based or principled negotiation. Consider the benefits of this negotiation technique to community collaboration and partnership management. […]
What is the FASS-ination? An Appreciative Inquiry Approach
Kayla Blades, BLM Grants Management Specialist Idaho State Office Idaho
Negotiation Skills for Natural Resource Professionals: Building a Foundation
This online course will help build knowledge and skills required to engage in negotiation processes with a diverse set of stakeholders. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: Identify and characterize a natural resource negotiation and compare natural resource negotiation with other types of negotiation. Identify and characterize the different mechanisms available […]
Fostering Public-Private Partnerships in Conservation
Part One: Introduction to 21 Partnership Success Factors and Historic Buildings as Capital Projects Part Two: Infrastructure and Utility Service Providers Capital Projects Part Three: Land and Easement Acquisitions as Capital Projects Part Four: Trust for the National Mall Volunteer and Corporate Partnerships Presenter: Paul Batlan, Financial Analyst, Conservation Partnerships Office of Financial Management, U.S. Department […]
Business Plan
Consider the uses of a business plan to guide day to day and long-term decision making. Discover how a business plan might support strategic conversations with funders and partner organizations. Learn more about the twelve questions funders ask that can be answered by a business plan. Discussion Questions: What are the benefits of the development […]
Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) National Network
CESU Background What if federal agencies who manage natural and cultural resources could tap into a network of scientists, who represent a full spectrum of natural, social, educational and cultural disciplines, to find information in a timely manner that informs management decisions? What if the universities, state and local agencies, nonprofits and businesses had access […]
Water Quality and Fisheries – Working with Tribes
Nina Hemphill, BLM Aquatic Habitat Management Program Lead California State Office
