2012 IAP2 International Core Values Awards Announced
This just in via email from IAP2:
It’s time once again to flex your professional muscles for the entire world to see!
The Call for Submissions is now open for the 2012 IAP2 International Core Values Awards.
For the 2012 Core Values Awards, there are three categories for submissions:
- The Project of the Year award recognizes excellence in the tools, techniques and efforts in public participation within a finite framework.
- The Organization of the Year award recognizes the application of the core values in all aspects of an organization and how they are embedded into decision-making that features public participation.
- Research Award. Research is critically important to IAP2 and its members if we are to understand and overcome challenges in everyday public participation and build upon P2 theory and practice.The Research Award acknowldges important contributions to the body of public participation knowledge.
Submissions will be accepted until June 30th 2012. Entries must be received by email (in either Adobe PDF or MS Word formats) to Moira Deslandes, moira@iap2.org by midnight local time Adelaide, South Australia. Winners will be notified in August.
The following tools and information are available on www.iap2.org to assist in developing your submission:
Review past winners in the State of the Practice Reports
2012 IAP2 Core Values Awards Style Guide (PDF)
How to Write an Award Entry (PDF)
Entry Fees – $100 USD (click here to pay online)As always, we are happy to accept entries of the same project in multiple award categories. We do require you to make separate submissions for each category you wish to enter, and that each entry clearly addresses the requirements of the category as outlined in the style guide.
To learn more about these changes and other entry details, please download the 2012 IAP2 Core Values Awards Style Guide.
Information Sessions
Webinars are scheduled for the beginning of June to review the requirements with anyone interested in submitting for an Award. There are two sessions offered:Session #1: Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 10 AM Atlantic Daylight Time (13:00 UTC/GMT)
Session #2: Thursday, June 7, 2012, 11:30 AM Australia Central Standard Time (02:00 UTC/GMT)
Click here to link to the World Clock to convert the webinar time to your local time zone.Please register your intention to participate in Webinar #1 or #2 by sending an email to training@iap2.org. You will then receive the Webinar Invitation with login details.
The awards will be announced at the 2012 North American IAP2 Conference, and recipients will be able to select an event for them to be acknowledged by their peers.
E-Democracy.org Online Event: Inclusive Social Media Evaluation Report
For anyone interested in online civic engagement or the opportunities and challenges of engaging underrepresented communities in rich “civic life” conversations online:
Please join E-Democracy.org tomorrow, Wednesday, May 16 for a thoughtful international conversation about a recently released evaluation of E-Democracy.org’s intentional engagement efforts in two neighborhoods in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA with high percentages of people who are new immigrants, of color, and low income.
For details about the report and teleconference, see this post by E-Democracy executive director Steven Clift: Groundbreaking Analysis – Inclusive Social Media Project – 60 Page Participatory Evaluation
Space is limited
Join this call led by E-Democracy.org for a in-depth two-way exchange on the lessons from E-Democracy’s Inclusive Social Media effort to support online neighborhood participation in lower income, highly diverse, high immigrant neighborhoods:
Wednesday, May 16
at 9:30 am US Central time (15:30 UK)
Details and RSVP: http://inclusivesocialmedia.eventbrite.com
- This online event is free. Donations to support further outreach are appreciated.
- “Tune in” details will be e-mailed to participants.
- A brief overview of the evaluation report (PDF) by lead author Anne Carroll will be followed by an extended opportunity for questions and discussion.
The 2010-2011 Inclusive Social Media effort received funding from the Ford Foundation. The participatory evaluation is extremely in-depth and filled with new lessons and knowledge useful to any online engagement initiative seeking to raise all voices not just those who already show up.
For 2012-2014, E-Democracy announced Knight Foundation funding for a major expansion in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA with the Inclusive Community Engagement Online initiative that seeks 10,000 participants reflecting the great diversity of the city.
Get the most out of your membership and Join a committee
Cascade Chapter Join us for a local event Wednesday May 23 4-5:30
Hello IAP2 members and friends,
Please join us for another “PI Network” professional development and networking event sponsored by Cascade Chapter of International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) USA. PI Networks are FREE to IAP2 USA members and students. Non-members, please pay $10 at the door in cash or by a check payable to Cascade Chapter of IAP2.
Beaverton Community Vision
IAP2 Cascade Chapter 2011 Public Involvement Project of the Year – Best Planning Project
Presented by Holly Thompson
Wednesday, May 23
4 to 5:30 PM
Harper Houf Peterson Righellis Inc.
205 SE Spokane Street, 2nd Floor in Portland
Free parking on site.
The Beaverton Community Vision is the most extensive public engagement process ever undertaken by the City of Beaverton. The city focused on community engagement at the grassroots level, completely transforming how citizens engage with City Hall and expanding opportunities to interact with one another. The city ended up reaching over 5,000 residents, facilitating meetings in six languages, and garnering regional and national recognition. As a direct result of the visioning effort, the city launched a new Civic Plan for Beaverton, passed two successful ballot measures related to Urban Renewal, and partnered with downtown business owners to launch Beaverton’s first downtown association in more than 20 years. Come learn about this effort and how the City is continuing to engage an energized and involved citizenry through its planning efforts. Holly Thompson is the City of Beaverton’s program manager for Economic and Capital Development.
Please RSVP to Stefanie Slyman at stefanies@hhpr.com by May 21. Join us afterward for complimentary beverages and snacks, networking and fun at the Buffalo Gap, 6835 SW Macadam Ave.
May Practitioner Call: New Date, Call for Topics
Due to scheduling conflicts, we are moving our May practitioner call by one week to Monday, May 14 at 11am (same time as usual).
Our monthly practitioner calls invite you to share and learn with your fellow practitioners and colleagues.
Attendees are encouraged to RSVP via the online forum in our member section and share any topics or questions beforehand, if possible.
Look forward to talking to you then!
Innovation Project Stage 2: Contributions of Learning Materials
Call for voluntary contributions to the Innovation Project
The renewal of the Certificate Program is now at a very intense and exciting phase: your input and energy are needed in order for the revision to be a reflection of the vast knowledge within the IAP2 community.
The ways you choose to contribute to the project may include:
- Offering materials you have that you think will contribute to the revision of the certificate program, i.e. suggestions for learning activities from your own experiences, conference papers that you recently gathered, articles that you found interesting, etc.
- Offering videos that you have seen (on YouTube or elsewhere) or that you produced or your organization produced, or case studies you have developed or found
- Whatever you think will contribute to improving the public participation learning experience
As the Certificate program has not been renewed for many years, we are aware that some interesting new materials have been developed to respond to the changes and developments in practice. We welcome those materials and will acknowledge all contributions in the new training materials.
If you would like more in-depth information on what content of the current Certificate program will be renewed you will find it in Annex 1; you will find a proposed content framework that indicates which scale of revision the contents are subjected to.
Please feel free to suggest or indicate materials that apply to different sectors, or various countries.
Click below for more information:
IAP2 North America 2012 Conference: Program Submission Survey Deadline Extended Through May 1
This just in via the IAP2 Canada Facebook group:
Conference program submission survey deadline has been extended – remember to vote
We have heard that some members have not had a chance to vote yet for their program choices for the iap2 North America 2012 Conference so we have extended the deadline to midnight on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Please take this opportunity to vote by clicking on the link: http://letstalkiap2.com/conference-submission-survey
Help us create a conference for you to remember.
More than 50 session proposals have been submitted from Canada, the US and elsewhere abroad. Have a look and make sure to pick your favorites before voting ends next week. Thanks!
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