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Learning Outcomes

  • Analyze the latest insights into key planning issues with an emphasis on international planning, transportation, and economic development.
  • Explore the range and diversity of current planning topics.
  • Observe and acquire the skills to make presentations in a concise and captivating way.

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Presentations include:

Best Practices in Community Engagement — Margaret Wallace Brown
Learn the best dos and don'ts for community engagement.

Five Tips for Communicating About Affordable Housing — Alexandra Miller
Local public opinion can make hard-to-fund affordable housing projects even harder to build. Learn communication techniques that build support and understanding.

Why Planners Need Editorial Calendars — Kim Lundgren
Learn the key steps to building an editorial calendar that leverages seasons, holidays, and local events to improve social media, email, and event engagement. Get a sample social-media planning calendar focused on climate and sustainability.

The Ultimate Cheat Sheet for Emerging Transportation Technologies — Rebecca Steckler
Mid-sized communities need new mobility technology policies too! Don’t be left behind; make sure you focus on the most important policies first by testing them through pilot projects.

Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy: Creating Impactful Community Engagement — Keri Stevens
An effective comprehensive development strategy depends on community engagement based on economic development and communities that develop and maintain resilience.

How Tacos and Tortas Improved my Engagement Game — Sarah Benton
Hear why and how to leverage QR-code technology to successfully reach diverse communities.

Planifiquemos, Knowledge to Better Engage Latino Communities — Jing Zhang
APA’s International Division and Latinos and Planning Division developed the Planifiquemos program to engage members of Latino communities in the United States and Latin America.

Top Sex Reasons to Spellcheck Your Pubic Documents — Megan Oliver
Planners are a raunchy bunch! At least, one might assume so, given how often words like "asses" and "sex" show up in our pubic — err, public—documents. Learn to think twice before hitting send!

Introducing: Your New Favorite Half-Hour High-Injury Network Hack — Tara Tolford-Marthaller
Implementing Vision Zero can be technically challenging and data-intensive. The Safer Streets Priority Finder is a free, open-source resource to quickly and easily analyze and understand risks on local roadways.