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SUMMARY:Northwest Power and Conservation Council Meeting (September 2026)
DESCRIPTION:Agenda\, meeting time\, and other materials will be posted at the NPCC website the week before the meeting here: Council Meeting | Northwest Power and Conservation Council
URL:https://pnamp.org/event/northwest-power-and-conservation-council-meeting-september-2026/
LOCATION:Portland\, Oregon
CATEGORIES:Non-PNAMP Event
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SUMMARY:Return of the Kings Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Be There When The Salmon Return\nSaturday\, September 12\n11:30 am – 3 pm\n1649 Olga Rd.\, Eastsound\, WA 98245\nJoin Long Live the Kings for a free\, all-ages\, come-and-go community celebration as Chinook return to Glenwood Springs to spawn. \nTour the hatchery and fish ladder\, watch a live fish dissection\, plus enjoy the beer garden\, food\, live music\, and local vendors.\nFun for the whole family!
URL:https://pnamp.org/event/return-of-the-kings/
CATEGORIES:Non-PNAMP Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260915T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260916T170000
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SUMMARY:WA Salmon Recovery Funding Board (September 2026)
DESCRIPTION:Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office \nMeeting information: Meetings – RCO \nOnline Zoom Registration Phone Option: 669-900-6833 – Meeting ID: 860 1999 6276 Physical Location: Room 172\, Natural Resources Building\, 1111 Washington Street\, SE\, Olympia\, WA 98501.
URL:https://pnamp.org/event/wa-salmon-recovery-funding-board-september-2026/
LOCATION:Olympia\, WA
CATEGORIES:Non-PNAMP Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260915T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260915T120000
DTSTAMP:20260727T183557Z
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SUMMARY:RRNW Fall 2026 Short Course: Virtual Facilitation Skills for River Restoration Professionals
DESCRIPTION:River Restoration Northwest presents Virtual Facilitation Skills for River Restoration Professionals\n\n\nCourse Description: Fall 2026 Short Course: Virtual Facilitation Skills for River Restoration Professionals – River Restoration NW\n\nMost professionals who convene groups and lead meetings do so as part of their job without formal training in facilitation. They manage agendas\, keep time\, and move through items. The result is often meetings that consume significant organizational resources while running the risk of not producing valuable insights\, clear decisions\, or high participant engagement. \nThis training in virtual facilitation\, led by Maggie Chumbley of Lead Groups Better Inc.\, draws on more than a decade of professional facilitation experience in government\, conservation\, and environmental contexts to offer participants a clear and practical framework for leading groups well in virtual environments. \nThe emphasis of this course is on what works\, and why. Participants will leave with a set of skills and tools they can apply immediately\, grounded in an understanding of how groups actually think and make decisions together. \nInstructor: Maggie Chumbley – Founder\, Lead Groups Better\, Inc.\nDates: Tuesdays & Thursdays September 15\, 17\, 22\, 24\, 2026 (10am–Noon PT)\nLocation: Zoom\nPricing: $600\n \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCourse objective and anticipated skill transfer\n\nParticipants will leave this course with practical skills they can use right away. By the end\, they will be able to design agendas that generate real engagement rather than just organize time; choose and use facilitation tools that fit the situation; read group dynamics as they unfold and adjust on the fly; and run at least five Liberating Structures in a virtual setting. River restoration professionals work in complex\, multi-stakeholder environments — this course is designed with that context in mind. \n\n\n\nMaterial to be covered\n\nA virtual meeting is not an in-person meeting conducted on camera. It is a different medium\, with different rules\, different constraints on attention\, and different opportunities for group engagement. Facilitators who treat it as a lesser version of an in-person experience will consistently underperform what the medium makes possible. \nVirtual environments offer capabilities that in-person settings do not. Every participant has an internet connection and a keyboard. Ideas can be collected simultaneously and anonymously. Responses can be gathered from an entire group in the time it would take one person to speak. Structured written exchanges can surface thinking that would never emerge in live open discussion. These are not workarounds\, but tools with genuine advantages\, and many virtual meetings never use them. \nAt the same time\, virtual environments place particular demands on attention that in-person settings do not. Managing that attention\, designing sessions that work with it rather than against it\, and keeping participants genuinely present and engaged requires a distinct skill set that we will explore. \n\nFoundational facilitation skills for virtual environments – Core competencies for leading virtual sessions effectively\, from routine team meetings to complex\, multi-stakeholder processes.\nPurpose\, clarity\, and agenda design – Methods for clarifying session objectives and designing agendas that support genuine group engagement rather than simply organizing time.\nFacilitator awareness and attunement – Skills for reading group dynamics in real time\, including what to attend to\, how to adjust in the moment\, and how to create conditions for productive thinking.\nHigh-leverage facilitation tools (Liberating Structures) –  Five to six practical structures that change how groups engage\, distributing voice and attention in ways that conventional meeting formats do not. Each technique is demonstrated and practiced during the training.\nAdaptive facilitation for complex systems – Frameworks for working with groups navigating uncertainty\, conflict\, or situations where the path forward is not yet clear. Draws on systems thinking and complexity-informed facilitation practice.\nManaging group dynamics – Practical skills for navigating the situations that most often derail meetings\, including dominant voices\, disengagement\, conflict\, and difficult conversations.\n\n\n\n\nCourse Outline\n\nSession 1 – Sept 15: The Virtual Meeting as a Distinct Medium\nWhat makes virtual facilitation different\, and how to use the medium’s unique advantages rather than work around them. \nSession 2 – Sept 17: Design and Clarity\nHow to clarify purpose\, build agendas that produce real outcomes\, and match structure to context. \nSession 3 – Sept 22: Attention\, Dynamics\, and Difficult Moments\nSkills for keeping participants present and engaged\, and for navigating the situations that most often derail meetings. \nSession 4 – Sept 24: Complexity\, Application\, and Practice\nFacilitation in uncertain and contested situations\, plus hands-on application to the sessions you are actually planning. \n\n\n\nZoom Course Logistics\n\nFour sessions\, two hours each\, delivered via Zoom. Sessions are spaced to allow participants to apply learning between meetings. \nFour hours of office hours are included for individual coaching and meeting design support. Participants are encouraged to bring real sessions they are planning to office hours. Design support is available for any meeting or facilitated process\, not only those related to training content. \n\n\n\nTarget audience and recommended prerequisites\n\nTarget Audience: River restoration professionals including public agencies\, non-governmental organizations\, designers\, and funders. \nRecommended Prereqs: None \n\n\n\nRecommended pre-short-course reading and/or websites\n\n\nhttps://www.liberatingstructures.com/\nLiberating Structures App: https://liberatingstructures.app/en/\n\n\n\n\nParticipant Technology Requirements\n\nLaptops required? Yes \nSoftware to be loaded prior to class: Zoom – https://www.zoom.com
URL:https://pnamp.org/event/virtual-facilitation-skills-for-river-restoration-professionals/2026-09-15/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Non-PNAMP Event
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SUMMARY:RRNW Fall 2026 Short Course: Virtual Facilitation Skills for River Restoration Professionals
DESCRIPTION:River Restoration Northwest presents Virtual Facilitation Skills for River Restoration Professionals\n\n\nCourse Description: Fall 2026 Short Course: Virtual Facilitation Skills for River Restoration Professionals – River Restoration NW\n\nMost professionals who convene groups and lead meetings do so as part of their job without formal training in facilitation. They manage agendas\, keep time\, and move through items. The result is often meetings that consume significant organizational resources while running the risk of not producing valuable insights\, clear decisions\, or high participant engagement. \nThis training in virtual facilitation\, led by Maggie Chumbley of Lead Groups Better Inc.\, draws on more than a decade of professional facilitation experience in government\, conservation\, and environmental contexts to offer participants a clear and practical framework for leading groups well in virtual environments. \nThe emphasis of this course is on what works\, and why. Participants will leave with a set of skills and tools they can apply immediately\, grounded in an understanding of how groups actually think and make decisions together. \nInstructor: Maggie Chumbley – Founder\, Lead Groups Better\, Inc.\nDates: Tuesdays & Thursdays September 15\, 17\, 22\, 24\, 2026 (10am–Noon PT)\nLocation: Zoom\nPricing: $600\n \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCourse objective and anticipated skill transfer\n\nParticipants will leave this course with practical skills they can use right away. By the end\, they will be able to design agendas that generate real engagement rather than just organize time; choose and use facilitation tools that fit the situation; read group dynamics as they unfold and adjust on the fly; and run at least five Liberating Structures in a virtual setting. River restoration professionals work in complex\, multi-stakeholder environments — this course is designed with that context in mind. \n\n\n\nMaterial to be covered\n\nA virtual meeting is not an in-person meeting conducted on camera. It is a different medium\, with different rules\, different constraints on attention\, and different opportunities for group engagement. Facilitators who treat it as a lesser version of an in-person experience will consistently underperform what the medium makes possible. \nVirtual environments offer capabilities that in-person settings do not. Every participant has an internet connection and a keyboard. Ideas can be collected simultaneously and anonymously. Responses can be gathered from an entire group in the time it would take one person to speak. Structured written exchanges can surface thinking that would never emerge in live open discussion. These are not workarounds\, but tools with genuine advantages\, and many virtual meetings never use them. \nAt the same time\, virtual environments place particular demands on attention that in-person settings do not. Managing that attention\, designing sessions that work with it rather than against it\, and keeping participants genuinely present and engaged requires a distinct skill set that we will explore. \n\nFoundational facilitation skills for virtual environments – Core competencies for leading virtual sessions effectively\, from routine team meetings to complex\, multi-stakeholder processes.\nPurpose\, clarity\, and agenda design – Methods for clarifying session objectives and designing agendas that support genuine group engagement rather than simply organizing time.\nFacilitator awareness and attunement – Skills for reading group dynamics in real time\, including what to attend to\, how to adjust in the moment\, and how to create conditions for productive thinking.\nHigh-leverage facilitation tools (Liberating Structures) –  Five to six practical structures that change how groups engage\, distributing voice and attention in ways that conventional meeting formats do not. Each technique is demonstrated and practiced during the training.\nAdaptive facilitation for complex systems – Frameworks for working with groups navigating uncertainty\, conflict\, or situations where the path forward is not yet clear. Draws on systems thinking and complexity-informed facilitation practice.\nManaging group dynamics – Practical skills for navigating the situations that most often derail meetings\, including dominant voices\, disengagement\, conflict\, and difficult conversations.\n\n\n\n\nCourse Outline\n\nSession 1 – Sept 15: The Virtual Meeting as a Distinct Medium\nWhat makes virtual facilitation different\, and how to use the medium’s unique advantages rather than work around them. \nSession 2 – Sept 17: Design and Clarity\nHow to clarify purpose\, build agendas that produce real outcomes\, and match structure to context. \nSession 3 – Sept 22: Attention\, Dynamics\, and Difficult Moments\nSkills for keeping participants present and engaged\, and for navigating the situations that most often derail meetings. \nSession 4 – Sept 24: Complexity\, Application\, and Practice\nFacilitation in uncertain and contested situations\, plus hands-on application to the sessions you are actually planning. \n\n\n\nZoom Course Logistics\n\nFour sessions\, two hours each\, delivered via Zoom. Sessions are spaced to allow participants to apply learning between meetings. \nFour hours of office hours are included for individual coaching and meeting design support. Participants are encouraged to bring real sessions they are planning to office hours. Design support is available for any meeting or facilitated process\, not only those related to training content. \n\n\n\nTarget audience and recommended prerequisites\n\nTarget Audience: River restoration professionals including public agencies\, non-governmental organizations\, designers\, and funders. \nRecommended Prereqs: None \n\n\n\nRecommended pre-short-course reading and/or websites\n\n\nhttps://www.liberatingstructures.com/\nLiberating Structures App: https://liberatingstructures.app/en/\n\n\n\n\nParticipant Technology Requirements\n\nLaptops required? Yes \nSoftware to be loaded prior to class: Zoom – https://www.zoom.com
URL:https://pnamp.org/event/virtual-facilitation-skills-for-river-restoration-professionals/2026-09-17/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Non-PNAMP Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260921T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260923T170000
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SUMMARY:2026 ALASKA GEOSUMMIT
DESCRIPTION:2026 ALASKA GEOSUMMIT\n\nWhen: September 21–23\, 2026\nWhere: Alyeska Resort — Girdwood\, Alaska \nThe 2026 Alaska GeoSummit will be held at Alyeska Resort in Girdwood\, Alaska\, one of the state’s iconic destinations\, located just 40 miles south of Anchorage and surrounded by the Chugach Mountains\, glaciers\, and coastal rainforest. This year\, the GeoSummit moves to Alyeska Resort to provide a more immersive setting that reflects Alaska’s scale\, complexity\, and opportunity as a proving ground for next-generation geospatial technologies. \nThis year’s venue is deliberately smaller in scale and richer in character\, designed to foster focused exchange\, spontaneous collaboration\, and meaningful connection among attendees. \nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\nFull refunds are available for cancellations made more than 60 days before the event. Ticket transfers anytime prior to the event. \n\n\n\n\nPlease note: Your confirmation email contains a direct link to book your hotel room at Alyeska Resort at the discounted rate of $229/night. If you don’t receive the email or can’t find the link\, please contact Sue at akgeosummit@gmail.com. \nVisit the 2026 Alaska GeoSummit website for more information. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNavigating the Paradigm Shift in Geospatial\n\nAI and autonomous systems are rapidly transforming how we understand\, interact with\, and make decisions about the world. At the core of these advances are location-based technologies and geospatial data\, which provide the critical context that makes these systems actionable. Earth observation\, cloud-native infrastructure\, Geo/AI\, and emerging agentic systems are converging at an unprecedented pace. \nThe 2026 Alaska GeoSummit focuses on what this convergence means in practice—organizational readiness\, workforce implications\, and how these technologies reshape decision-making across sectors. \nThe technology is here\, and innovation is accelerating. Yet many organizations remain caught between recognizing the need to adopt and lacking the operational\, technical\, or governance readiness to do so. This conference is designed to close that gap—moving beyond awareness to actionable pathways for implementation. \nJoin us for keynotes from global technology leaders—Dr. Nadine Alameh (founder of LunateAI and former CEO of the Open Geospatial Consortium) and Dr. Amy Rose (CTO of the Overture Maps Foundation)—alongside Alaska explorer and wilderness safety expert Luc Mehl\, who will frame how he uses geospatial technologies to enables safe adventuring and discovery in remote Alaska. Conference sessions and strategic discussions will move past talking about innovation to tackling real readiness gaps.
URL:https://pnamp.org/event/2026-alaska-geosummit/
CATEGORIES:Non-PNAMP Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260922T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260922T120000
DTSTAMP:20260727T183557Z
CREATED:20260727T182354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260727T183557Z
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SUMMARY:RRNW Fall 2026 Short Course: Virtual Facilitation Skills for River Restoration Professionals
DESCRIPTION:River Restoration Northwest presents Virtual Facilitation Skills for River Restoration Professionals\n\n\nCourse Description: Fall 2026 Short Course: Virtual Facilitation Skills for River Restoration Professionals – River Restoration NW\n\nMost professionals who convene groups and lead meetings do so as part of their job without formal training in facilitation. They manage agendas\, keep time\, and move through items. The result is often meetings that consume significant organizational resources while running the risk of not producing valuable insights\, clear decisions\, or high participant engagement. \nThis training in virtual facilitation\, led by Maggie Chumbley of Lead Groups Better Inc.\, draws on more than a decade of professional facilitation experience in government\, conservation\, and environmental contexts to offer participants a clear and practical framework for leading groups well in virtual environments. \nThe emphasis of this course is on what works\, and why. Participants will leave with a set of skills and tools they can apply immediately\, grounded in an understanding of how groups actually think and make decisions together. \nInstructor: Maggie Chumbley – Founder\, Lead Groups Better\, Inc.\nDates: Tuesdays & Thursdays September 15\, 17\, 22\, 24\, 2026 (10am–Noon PT)\nLocation: Zoom\nPricing: $600\n \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCourse objective and anticipated skill transfer\n\nParticipants will leave this course with practical skills they can use right away. By the end\, they will be able to design agendas that generate real engagement rather than just organize time; choose and use facilitation tools that fit the situation; read group dynamics as they unfold and adjust on the fly; and run at least five Liberating Structures in a virtual setting. River restoration professionals work in complex\, multi-stakeholder environments — this course is designed with that context in mind. \n\n\n\nMaterial to be covered\n\nA virtual meeting is not an in-person meeting conducted on camera. It is a different medium\, with different rules\, different constraints on attention\, and different opportunities for group engagement. Facilitators who treat it as a lesser version of an in-person experience will consistently underperform what the medium makes possible. \nVirtual environments offer capabilities that in-person settings do not. Every participant has an internet connection and a keyboard. Ideas can be collected simultaneously and anonymously. Responses can be gathered from an entire group in the time it would take one person to speak. Structured written exchanges can surface thinking that would never emerge in live open discussion. These are not workarounds\, but tools with genuine advantages\, and many virtual meetings never use them. \nAt the same time\, virtual environments place particular demands on attention that in-person settings do not. Managing that attention\, designing sessions that work with it rather than against it\, and keeping participants genuinely present and engaged requires a distinct skill set that we will explore. \n\nFoundational facilitation skills for virtual environments – Core competencies for leading virtual sessions effectively\, from routine team meetings to complex\, multi-stakeholder processes.\nPurpose\, clarity\, and agenda design – Methods for clarifying session objectives and designing agendas that support genuine group engagement rather than simply organizing time.\nFacilitator awareness and attunement – Skills for reading group dynamics in real time\, including what to attend to\, how to adjust in the moment\, and how to create conditions for productive thinking.\nHigh-leverage facilitation tools (Liberating Structures) –  Five to six practical structures that change how groups engage\, distributing voice and attention in ways that conventional meeting formats do not. Each technique is demonstrated and practiced during the training.\nAdaptive facilitation for complex systems – Frameworks for working with groups navigating uncertainty\, conflict\, or situations where the path forward is not yet clear. Draws on systems thinking and complexity-informed facilitation practice.\nManaging group dynamics – Practical skills for navigating the situations that most often derail meetings\, including dominant voices\, disengagement\, conflict\, and difficult conversations.\n\n\n\n\nCourse Outline\n\nSession 1 – Sept 15: The Virtual Meeting as a Distinct Medium\nWhat makes virtual facilitation different\, and how to use the medium’s unique advantages rather than work around them. \nSession 2 – Sept 17: Design and Clarity\nHow to clarify purpose\, build agendas that produce real outcomes\, and match structure to context. \nSession 3 – Sept 22: Attention\, Dynamics\, and Difficult Moments\nSkills for keeping participants present and engaged\, and for navigating the situations that most often derail meetings. \nSession 4 – Sept 24: Complexity\, Application\, and Practice\nFacilitation in uncertain and contested situations\, plus hands-on application to the sessions you are actually planning. \n\n\n\nZoom Course Logistics\n\nFour sessions\, two hours each\, delivered via Zoom. Sessions are spaced to allow participants to apply learning between meetings. \nFour hours of office hours are included for individual coaching and meeting design support. Participants are encouraged to bring real sessions they are planning to office hours. Design support is available for any meeting or facilitated process\, not only those related to training content. \n\n\n\nTarget audience and recommended prerequisites\n\nTarget Audience: River restoration professionals including public agencies\, non-governmental organizations\, designers\, and funders. \nRecommended Prereqs: None \n\n\n\nRecommended pre-short-course reading and/or websites\n\n\nhttps://www.liberatingstructures.com/\nLiberating Structures App: https://liberatingstructures.app/en/\n\n\n\n\nParticipant Technology Requirements\n\nLaptops required? Yes \nSoftware to be loaded prior to class: Zoom – https://www.zoom.com
URL:https://pnamp.org/event/virtual-facilitation-skills-for-river-restoration-professionals/2026-09-22/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Non-PNAMP Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T170000
DTSTAMP:20251224T171454Z
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SUMMARY:Washington Invasive Species Council Meeting (September 2026)
DESCRIPTION:Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office \nMeeting information: WISC – Washington Invasive Species Council \nOnline Zoom Registration\nPhone Option: 669-900-6833 – Meeting ID: 852 2889 9784
URL:https://pnamp.org/event/washington-invasive-species-council-meeting-september-2026/
CATEGORIES:Non-PNAMP Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T163000
DTSTAMP:20260728T153522Z
CREATED:20260728T153202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260728T153522Z
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SUMMARY:Puget Sound Partnership - Salmon Recovery Council Meeting (September 2026)
DESCRIPTION:Puget Sound Partnership – Salmon Recovery Council Meeting – visit for most up-to-date information: Puget Sound Partnership – Board Meetings and Agendas \nStart and end times depend on agenda needs\, but meetings generally begin at 9:30 a.m. and adjourn between 3 – 4:30 p.m. Select the meeting materials link to view the meeting agenda\, usually posted one week prior to the meeting. \nPlease note meeting dates\, times and/or locations are subject to change\, and this calendar will be updated accordingly. Every effort will be made to distribute agendas and meeting materials a week prior to meetings or conference calls. \nContact:\nAmber Raney\nBoards Program Coordinator\namber.raney@psp.wa.gov\n564.999.0527
URL:https://pnamp.org/event/puget-sound-partnership-salmon-recovery-council-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Non-PNAMP Event
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T120000
DTSTAMP:20260727T183557Z
CREATED:20260727T182354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260727T183557Z
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SUMMARY:RRNW Fall 2026 Short Course: Virtual Facilitation Skills for River Restoration Professionals
DESCRIPTION:River Restoration Northwest presents Virtual Facilitation Skills for River Restoration Professionals\n\n\nCourse Description: Fall 2026 Short Course: Virtual Facilitation Skills for River Restoration Professionals – River Restoration NW\n\nMost professionals who convene groups and lead meetings do so as part of their job without formal training in facilitation. They manage agendas\, keep time\, and move through items. The result is often meetings that consume significant organizational resources while running the risk of not producing valuable insights\, clear decisions\, or high participant engagement. \nThis training in virtual facilitation\, led by Maggie Chumbley of Lead Groups Better Inc.\, draws on more than a decade of professional facilitation experience in government\, conservation\, and environmental contexts to offer participants a clear and practical framework for leading groups well in virtual environments. \nThe emphasis of this course is on what works\, and why. Participants will leave with a set of skills and tools they can apply immediately\, grounded in an understanding of how groups actually think and make decisions together. \nInstructor: Maggie Chumbley – Founder\, Lead Groups Better\, Inc.\nDates: Tuesdays & Thursdays September 15\, 17\, 22\, 24\, 2026 (10am–Noon PT)\nLocation: Zoom\nPricing: $600\n \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCourse objective and anticipated skill transfer\n\nParticipants will leave this course with practical skills they can use right away. By the end\, they will be able to design agendas that generate real engagement rather than just organize time; choose and use facilitation tools that fit the situation; read group dynamics as they unfold and adjust on the fly; and run at least five Liberating Structures in a virtual setting. River restoration professionals work in complex\, multi-stakeholder environments — this course is designed with that context in mind. \n\n\n\nMaterial to be covered\n\nA virtual meeting is not an in-person meeting conducted on camera. It is a different medium\, with different rules\, different constraints on attention\, and different opportunities for group engagement. Facilitators who treat it as a lesser version of an in-person experience will consistently underperform what the medium makes possible. \nVirtual environments offer capabilities that in-person settings do not. Every participant has an internet connection and a keyboard. Ideas can be collected simultaneously and anonymously. Responses can be gathered from an entire group in the time it would take one person to speak. Structured written exchanges can surface thinking that would never emerge in live open discussion. These are not workarounds\, but tools with genuine advantages\, and many virtual meetings never use them. \nAt the same time\, virtual environments place particular demands on attention that in-person settings do not. Managing that attention\, designing sessions that work with it rather than against it\, and keeping participants genuinely present and engaged requires a distinct skill set that we will explore. \n\nFoundational facilitation skills for virtual environments – Core competencies for leading virtual sessions effectively\, from routine team meetings to complex\, multi-stakeholder processes.\nPurpose\, clarity\, and agenda design – Methods for clarifying session objectives and designing agendas that support genuine group engagement rather than simply organizing time.\nFacilitator awareness and attunement – Skills for reading group dynamics in real time\, including what to attend to\, how to adjust in the moment\, and how to create conditions for productive thinking.\nHigh-leverage facilitation tools (Liberating Structures) –  Five to six practical structures that change how groups engage\, distributing voice and attention in ways that conventional meeting formats do not. Each technique is demonstrated and practiced during the training.\nAdaptive facilitation for complex systems – Frameworks for working with groups navigating uncertainty\, conflict\, or situations where the path forward is not yet clear. Draws on systems thinking and complexity-informed facilitation practice.\nManaging group dynamics – Practical skills for navigating the situations that most often derail meetings\, including dominant voices\, disengagement\, conflict\, and difficult conversations.\n\n\n\n\nCourse Outline\n\nSession 1 – Sept 15: The Virtual Meeting as a Distinct Medium\nWhat makes virtual facilitation different\, and how to use the medium’s unique advantages rather than work around them. \nSession 2 – Sept 17: Design and Clarity\nHow to clarify purpose\, build agendas that produce real outcomes\, and match structure to context. \nSession 3 – Sept 22: Attention\, Dynamics\, and Difficult Moments\nSkills for keeping participants present and engaged\, and for navigating the situations that most often derail meetings. \nSession 4 – Sept 24: Complexity\, Application\, and Practice\nFacilitation in uncertain and contested situations\, plus hands-on application to the sessions you are actually planning. \n\n\n\nZoom Course Logistics\n\nFour sessions\, two hours each\, delivered via Zoom. Sessions are spaced to allow participants to apply learning between meetings. \nFour hours of office hours are included for individual coaching and meeting design support. Participants are encouraged to bring real sessions they are planning to office hours. Design support is available for any meeting or facilitated process\, not only those related to training content. \n\n\n\nTarget audience and recommended prerequisites\n\nTarget Audience: River restoration professionals including public agencies\, non-governmental organizations\, designers\, and funders. \nRecommended Prereqs: None \n\n\n\nRecommended pre-short-course reading and/or websites\n\n\nhttps://www.liberatingstructures.com/\nLiberating Structures App: https://liberatingstructures.app/en/\n\n\n\n\nParticipant Technology Requirements\n\nLaptops required? Yes \nSoftware to be loaded prior to class: Zoom – https://www.zoom.com
URL:https://pnamp.org/event/virtual-facilitation-skills-for-river-restoration-professionals/2026-09-24/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Non-PNAMP Event
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