{"id":371,"date":"2012-02-14T14:18:51","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T19:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/urbanparks\/?page_id=371"},"modified":"2026-06-12T08:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:24:35","slug":"workshops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/urbanparks\/home\/programs-and-assistance\/workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The 2027 &#8211; 2028 workshop schedule will be posted in mid-July. <a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/urbanparks\/home\/about\/listserv\/\">Sign up for our ListServ<\/a> to get more information when the schedule is posted.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Workshops are extended educational opportunities which provide both education on the topic as well as time to design projects to be completed in your community or department. The following workshops are designed to guide practitioners, volunteers, park or trail boards, friends groups, and community leaders. Additional workshops and programs are considered quarterly upon <a href=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/urbanparks\/program-information-request\">request<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Workshop Descriptions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Dream to Green: Best Practices in Modern Day Park Planning<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn how to compile or update a Community Park System or Site Plan. We will review common components of plans, identify what is most meaningful for your organization, and provide time to brainstorm how to begin implementing a planning process for your park system or specific sites within your community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strengthening Your Prospects: Grant Writing 101 for Parks, Trails, and Open Spaces<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attendees will learn basic grant writing concepts, including how to look for grants, best practices in writing grants, and key terms such as logic models, milestones, etc. We\u2019ll practice writing common grant proposal sections and review best practices for support materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grant Writing 201 (Dallas only)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enhancing Park Safety with CPTED Principles<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attendees will learn Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) basic principles, evaluate a site, review CPTED in park plans and policies, and devise feasible, local action steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Integrating CPTED into Plans and Policies (Dallas only)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Building from Ground up: Creating your Park Maintenance Plan<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This course is designed to motivate you to start or update a maintenance\/operations plan. We\u2019ll review the value of maintenance plans, discuss key components of plans, identify what is meaningful for your organization, provide time to assess and review various maintenance plans, and allow you time to brainstorm how to get started on a plan for your organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following workshops and programs are considered quarterly upon <a href=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/urbanparks\/program-information-request\">request<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Community Engagement<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The introductory workshop aims to help practitioners, volunteers, and community leaders learn the basic principles of community engagement. During the session, instructors will highlight various types of processes. The session will also highlight the engagement continuum which develop higher level involvement with local partners and advocates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Youth Engagement<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This session covers the basics of working with youth and engaging them in park planning, upkeep, and development. Various youth programs will be highlighted. Attendees will have time to develop ideas to apply in their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Developing and Assessing Your Engagement Continuum in Parks and Recreation Summit<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Modern day park systems are strengthened by their social systems. Engagement is more than just talking with and listening to people. It involves everything from communication to co-production. This summit reviews the literature and case studies on engagement, community systems, and co-production. Attendees will learn how to assess and develop their engagement continuum to support their park and recreation outreach, equity, and outcomes. This summit will provide a space for attendees to discuss issues and trends, share and deliberate ideas with peers and experts, and develop action plans for their local efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Asset-based Approaches to Community Development in Parks and Recreation Summit<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asset-based approaches helps leaders identify, build, and empower local communities based on their strengths and resources. This approach guides local advocates to focus less on the \u201cneeds\u201d culture that has often lead to deficiency-laden planning processes, dependency on external resources, and feeling broken. The program helps leaders learn and identify processes to focus on identifying community resources and strengths, how it can work together, and what it can accomplish by working together via co-production. This program is designed for communities of all sizes with all levels of resources. This summit will provide a space for attendees to discuss issues and trends, share and deliberate ideas with peers and experts, and develop action plans for their local efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Social &amp; Behavioral Marketing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn the fundamentals of social and behavioral marketing and how to have purpose with your messaging and communication.&nbsp;Social Marketing (SM) focuses on supporting the behavioral change of willing and interested individuals.&nbsp; The short-term goal is to impact a person though their daily habits while in the big picture, enhancing the long-term health of communities.&nbsp; The workshop will cover case study examples such as increasing park knowledge and use, gaining support for programs using native plantings, or getting people not to litter!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>As seen at NRPA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wayfinding and Social Cognition Summit &#8211; More than signs helping you find your way! <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This session will cover the key concepts of wayfinding and nudge theory. Attendees will learn how people organize and understand their environments, how we use these concepts to connect people, both visually and physically, to parks and trails, and how to get started in applying these concepts in their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activating Environments<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This initiative provides practitioners and community leaders with an overview of successful programs and concepts to activate spaces. It reviews the basics of placemaking, pop up play, open streets, playability, and usability. The instructors will highlight key steps used to plan and implement a programs, as well as share highlights on how outcomes and impacts are measured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Playability<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Review best practices and outcomes for Pop up Play, Painted Places, Open Streets, and Mobile Play programs. The workshop guides local groups through site or community evaluation techniques and related action planning steps to incorporate play into the daily fabric of their organization or community .<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2027 &#8211; 2028 workshop schedule will be posted in mid-July. Sign up for our ListServ to get more information when the schedule is posted. 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