Community Engagement Conversations
The MAPC Community Engagement Team thanks everyone who attended any of the Community Engagement Conversations between September 2024 through May 2025.
The once-a-month conversations focused on different community engagement topics to support the work within your own community and introduced you to the services MAPC offers when you work with the MAPC Community Engagement Team.
You can find recordings and presentation slides of the Community Engagement Conversations further down on this webpage.
Questions?
Javier Gutierrez
Director of Community Engagement
[email protected]
MAPC's Community Engagement Team
The Community Engagement Department supports municipalities in integrating residents' input into policy and planning projects. Our work is centered around engaging those who have not historically had a seat at the table in planning and policymaking throughout the MAPC region.
Our Purpose for these Conversations
- Gain a group understanding of community engagement principles, strategies, and frameworks,
- Create a space for attendees to share barriers they face around community engagement, and
- Introduce you to the MAPC Community Engagement Team and how they can support your work.
The Conversation Series has Come to an End.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for one or more of the Community Engagement Conversations. We hope that you found them helpful and supportive of your own community engagement work!
You can find recordings and presentation slides for the Community Engagement Conversations below.
Recordings from Past Conversations
Below you will find the recordings and presentation slides for each Community Engagement Conversation that has already taken place.
May 6, 2025
Facilitation Techniques
Attendees built an understanding of to facilitate digital and in-person meetings to help their participants be able to share their needs and challenges.
This session was not recorded. We apologize for any inconvenience.
April 17, 2025
Evaluating Community Engagement
Attendees built an understanding of tools to implement evaluation of equity in their community engagement.
March 20, 2025
Building/Engaging Community Groups
Participants learned about the best ways to involve key stakeholders in decision-making processes and how to manage expectations from residents while leading impactful public participation work.
Webinar recording presentation slides coming soon.
February 27, 2025
Designing Accessible Engagement
How to gain an understanding of tools you can use to make engagement accessible for people of different languages and for persons with disabilities.
January 16, 2025
Establishing Relationship Foundations
How to gain an understanding of how to build core foundational relationship with stakeholders, community members, partners, and others.
November 21, 2024
The Community Engagement Wheel
This session focused on the creation of a framework that can be used to approach any community engagement project.
October 17, 2024
Conducting a Stakeholder Analysis
This session focused on how to engage different voices when considering your strategic direction and plans.
September 19, 2024
Principles of Community Engagement
Participants were introduced to MAPC's approach to community engagement work.