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- Category: SNA
- Published on Wednesday, 21 August 2013 12:44
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Are you studying engineering? natural resources? watershed science? agriculture? economics? or other scientific disciplines?
Or are you a professional? who'd like to understand how your management and design decisions affect different groups and types of people?
Wouldn't you like to learn formal concepts and techniques to better navigate the politics of water and natural resource management, gather resources and information more effectively, and build robust coalitions to better adapt to changing circumstances?
Attend! Social Network Analysis for Water and Resources Management Workshop to learn more.
Every attendee who completes the followup homework assignment will earn an impressive SNA Workshop Certificate of Completion and lifelong skills to enable them to increase personal and community trust for innovation and transformation.
NEW Workshop Addition! Social Media Tools for Networking discussion during refreshment break. Swap stories of how you've leveraged different social media tools to expand your personal network and / or improve your effectiveness for collaboration... Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, ResearchGate, Skype, Google Plus/Hangouts, Facebook, and more...
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Review what you already think you know about social networks and human - environment interactions (socio-ecological framework) to expand perspective
- Learn the structured, systematic approach to analyzing node-link structures (entity-relationships) - whether a food web, who-likes-who, or funding and resource flows from group-to-group for ecological restoration
- Explore how SNA can be applied to your particular research or resource problem to improve your effectiveness
Please visit each tab described below and get registered today! We'll also followup the course with ongoing discussion groups, as well as, follow-on workshops based on attendee feedback and eventually a semester course, so you can continue to build your SNA knowledge base and personal connections as time goes on.
Dates - Scheduled workshop dates, times, and locations. Registered users help schedule each workshop.
Agenda - Workshop outline (being refined during workshop development)
Register - Register for the next offering of the workshop. It's FREE!
Links - find links to the textbooks used in the course, as well as, online books, courses, software, and tools. Additional concepts discussed in the workshop are also referenced here, including: Adaptive Management, Resilience, Common Pool Resources, and Natural Resource applications of SNA concepts.
Discuss - share your research and help decide on the best data and time for the workshop to make sure you can attend. Please suggest additional discussion topics through the Contact Form.
Contact - Please contact the Workshop Facilitator / Website Administrator should you have any questions or problems with the website or workshop scheduling. We try our best to accommodate your needs to ensure your ongoing participation!
Materials - Available to registered workshop attendees only. Access lectures, definitions, software demos, expert speaker handouts, and more!