![]() |
Resolving Conflict Through Leadership |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
VNRLI SESSION SCHEDULE Six three-day workshops are held in different locations around the state to focus on different environmental issues. The sessions use a mix of mini-lectures, experiential roleplays and exercises, stakeholder panel discussions about specific environmental "hot" topics and field trips to cover the following core curriculum elements. The agenda for each session changes from year to year, but here is an overview of locations and session highlights. Please see the information brochure or application form for specific dates. ***Sample VNRLI Schedule*** Session 1 (Central Virginia): September/October TOPICS: Personal conflict management styles and communication skills, the Enneagram personality type indicator, teambuilding, tobacco-public health dialogue and sustainable communities. Session 2 (Chesapeake Bay or Portsmouth): November TOPICS: Facilitation, reaching for "higher ground," Chesapeake Bay Agreement, fisheries management, environmental justice. Session 3 (Richmond or Alexandria): January TOPICS: Consensus building, "Six Thinking Hats," the General Assembly, urban forestry, land conservation and smart growth. Session 4 (Shenandoah Valley): March TOPICS: Interest-based negotiation, water quality, TMDLs, agriculture, Superfund issues. Session 5 (Southwest): April TOPICS: Public involvement, environmental justice, sustainable forestry, and coal mine reclamation. Session 6: (Charlottesville): May/June TOPICS: Designing and convening a process; ethics; special challenges and special processes.
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute phone: (434) 924-1970 |