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Creating the perfect scene for a public meeting about your energy project isn’t as difficult as it may seem. It’s important to provide stakeholders with enough information, time, and access to experts. A public meeting may be primarily to inform the public, involve the public, or consult the public. The first step is to identify the purpose of your public meeting, then implement a well-thought out agenda and identify effective roles for organizers and participants.
However, when planning for and executing a public meeting for a contentious project, such as getting infrastructure approved, permitted and built, it’s important to also have a plan in place for disapproving visitors, media coverage, and other challenges. This web conference will give you the tools needed to keep your meeting from turning into their soap box.
This web conference will address key issues such as finding the right venue, the appropriate window of availability, and assembling the perfect mix of experts, along with how to effectively set up information booths and implement a fruitful and well managed town-hall style discussion.
Who Should Attend - Utility employees with regulatory, public communications and local affairs responsibilities
- Utility professionals tasked with siting for new facilities
- Transmission and distribution planners and right-of-way managers
- Renewable project developers
- Project managers
- Regulators and regulatory staff
- Power consumer representatives and community groups
- NGO representatives
Learning Outcomes Attendees to this web conference will:
- Identify the appropriate purpose for a public meeting
- Examine how to develop and use an agenda
- Recognize the importance of various types of public notice
- Identify the roles for all stakeholders
- Discuss key location and logistical considerations
- Examine strategies to address opposition
Requirements for Successful Completion of Program Participants must be logged in to the web conference for its entirety to receive continuing education credit. Instructional Methods Web based PowerPoint presentation and on-line interactive question/answer session. Continuing Education Credits: EUCI is authorized by IACET to offer up to 0.1 CEUs for this program.
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