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Oct
1
Mon
2018
Community Engagement Professional Mixer @ 6B Lounge
Oct 1 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Title Card: Community Engagement Professional Mixer. Monday, Oct 1. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. 6B Lounge, 6 Beacon Street, Boston

Join us for a night of appetizers, drinks and conversation with cross-sector professionals that are working to create buy-in, trust, and inclusion with an array of audiences. Connect with other practitioners working in industries such as community development, urban planning, design, nonprofit, public relations, conflict resolution, public health, education, social work, communications and media, local government, law and more. This event will allow you to build your network, learn new strategies, and enjoy a fun night out.

Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-engagement-professional-mixer-tickets-50089084801

What is community engagement?

The process of utilizing relationships and different strategies to involve people to participate in decision-making and collaboration in a community.

Thank you to our event partners:

Institute for Non-profit Practice

The Mel King Institute

The Mediation Group

Apr
24
Wed
2019
Ignite Engagement @ Scholars
Apr 24 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Connect with civic engagement professionals and changemakers focused on inclusion and access in Metro Boston.

Free with RSVP! You must RSVP here: https://mapc.ma/IgniteEngagement

Complimentary light appetizers, cash bar.

Sponsored by:
Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Howard Stein Hudson, and The Move MIT

Oct
8
Tue
2019
MARPA-DLS – Statewide Conference for Municipal Officials and Staff @ College of the Holy Cross Hogan Campus Center
Oct 8 @ 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito and members from all the Massachusetts Regional Planning Agencies (MARPA) welcome you to join them at the 2019 Annual Statewide Conference for Municipal Officials and Staff, co-hosted by the Division of Local Services. The event titled “21st Century Municipalities – Challenges & Opportunities” will be hosted at Holy Cross College on Tuesday, October 8, 2019.
Attendees will hear from Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito in the morning, as well as a panel discussing the clear economic benefits of communities adapting to the fast-paced changes prevalent in modern municipal management.
We will then break into sessions focused on Community Compact Best Practice areas so you can learn from your colleagues around the Commonwealth.
At the conference you will learn about a range of key subject areas facing communities in the 21st Century, including:
  • Climate Resiliency
  • New Challenges of Running A Municipality
  • Intergenerational Opportunities: Becoming an Age Friendly Community
  • Cybersecurity
  • Regionalization of Services

The attendance fee is $20. Pay via Paypal, credit card, cash, or check. Register here: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07egjmqq6k10d0c333&oseq=&c=&ch=