This course is part of the Leading Sustainable Community Transformation Specialization

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Leading Sustainable Community Transformation SpecializationUniversity of Colorado Boulder

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Being a successful professional requires creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial thinking, and to continually have a problem-solving mindset. As a systems thinker, you are expected to engage complex problems from multiple perspectives and different angles, viewing them holistically. This course exposes the student to a variety of tools used to engage stakeholders, collect data, and more deeply understand the community. This course will have three modules. Techniques for Data Collection will reinforce the importance of built trust and rapport with your client and stakeholders, which in turn creates buy in. Students will then learn how to enter a community, conduct rapid assessments to provide a snapshot of the community or organization, and maintain ethical conduct throughout. System Mapping & Analysis will focus on mapping systems and stakeholders, two different techniques that are useful to visualize systems and identify and evaluate a network of stakeholders. Finally, in Conducting Interviews & Surveys, students will learn different techniques to collect information. From focus group interview to one-on-one interviews, to surveys, systems thinkers need a mix of approaches in their toolbox to identify assess needs and assets, engage stakeholders, and collect information throughout all phases of project implementation.

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Course 2 of 3 in the

Leading Sustainable Community Transformation Specialization

Beginner Level

Approx. 9 hours to complete

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What you will learn

Learn to use a variety of tools used to engage stakeholders, collect data, and more deeply understand communities.
Learn how to enter a community, map systems and conduct rapid assessments to provide a snapshot of the community or organization.
Learn how to maintain ethical conduct throughout a community transformation initiative.

Skills you will gain

Survey Design
Outreach and engagement
Rapid assessment
System Mapping
Systems Thinking

Flexible deadlines

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Course 2 of 3 in the

Leading Sustainable Community Transformation Specialization

Beginner Level

Approx. 9 hours to complete

English

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Joel Hartter

Associate Professor and Faculty Director MENV

Masters of the Environment

11,063 Learners

3 Courses

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University of Colorado Boulder

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

3 hours to complete

Introduction to Strategies for Effective Engagement

3 hours to complete

14 videos (Total 107 min), 4 readings, 3 quizzes

14 videos

Introduction to Strategies for Effective Engagement2mIntroduction to Techniques for Data Collection2mBuilding Trust and Rapport5mBuilding Trust and Rapport: Part 213mRapid Assessment Basics: Part 19mRapid Assessment Basics: Part 28mRapid Assessments and Basics: Part 36mRapid Assessment Basics: Part 410mParticipant Observation9mCommunity Introduction9mCommunity Meeting7mBuilding a Local Network8mEthics, Confidentiality, Anonymity, Trust7mEthics, Confidentiality, Anonymity, Trust: Part 25m

4 readings

Sage Methods: Participatory Rapid Appraisal20mRapid Appraisal Methods30mSpradley: Participant Observation10mWilliams and Stewart: Sense of Place1m

3 practice exercises

Reviewing Trust and Rapport5mReviewing Rapid Assessment Basics5mTechniques for Data Collection Module Quiz20m

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Systems Mapping and Analysis

2 hours to complete

12 videos (Total 70 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes

12 videos

Systems Mapping and Analysis Introduction40sSystems Thinking: Fundamental Concepts5mSystems Mapping5mSystems Mapping: Getting Started6mSystems Mapping: Making the Map10mSystems Mapping: Making the Map 2.08mStakeholder Mapping: Introduction6mStakeholder Mapping: Identifying the Stakeholders6mStakeholder Mapping: Analyzing5mStakeholder Mapping: Mapping5mStakeholder Mapping: Mapping5mStakeholder Mapping: Prioritizing3m

1 reading

Student Guide to Mapping a System15m

2 practice exercises

Review of Stakeholder Mapping10mEnd of Systems Mapping and Analysis Quiz20m

Week3

Week 3

4 hours to complete

System Mapping

4 hours to complete

19 videos (Total 120 min), 3 readings, 3 quizzes

19 videos

Conducting Interviews and Surveys1mIntroduction to Interviews: Part 110mIntroduction to Interviews: Part 213mInterview Tips9mFocus Groups8mIntroduction to Surveys3mIntercept Surveys4mPersonal Surveys6mSampling for Surveys8mSampling for Surveys: Part 211mSampling for Surveys: Part 34mSurvey Questions: Part 1 Open Questions5mSurvey Questions: Part 22mSurvey Questions: Part 31mSurvey Questions: Part 44mSurvey Design Tips4mDeveloping Trust & Rapport Case Study6mUganada Case Study6mStrategies for Effective Engagement: Final Assignment5m

3 readings

Strategies for Effective Engagement Case Studies15mSystem Map Template for Final Assignment10mFurther Reading15m

2 practice exercises

Reviewing Survey Questions10mEnd of Conducting Interviews and Surveys Quiz15m

About the Leading Sustainable Community Transformation Specialization

The ability to engage stakeholders is an increasingly important competency that requires tact, strategy, collaboration, and high quality communication skills. Solving complex problems effectively, appropriately, and in a timely manner requires a major shift in mindset, moving away from siloed, discipline-specific methods.The three courses in this specialization are designed to provide a foundation for approaching complex problems, engaging with stakeholders, and providing tools to collect and analyze data to solve community transformation challenges holistically.

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