Events & Training
GCA’s outreach training can expand your team’s communication and advocacy skills. Training participants walk away with a full array of persuasion and hostile audience management tools.
Visit the Communication Training page of our services section for more details on ways GCA’s customized training programs give your team the hands-on tools needed to anticipate political problems, avoid community controversy, promote pro-project attitudes and action, and turn your application into an approval, on time and on budget.
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Upcoming public events:
“Building Support for Density”
Urban Land Institute
Minneapolis, MN
October 21, 2009
“Successful Siting Strategies for Mental Health Services and Supportive Housing”
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Los Angeles, CA
June 1, 2009
“Winning Support for Supportive Housing”
Corporation of Supportive Housing
San Diego, CA
May 4, 2009
“Winning Support for Controversial Land Use Projects”
American Planning Association
Minneapolis, MN
April 25, 2009
“Building Support for Affordable Housing”
Rockefeller Foundation – Rebuilding New Orleans
New Orleans, CA
April 17, 2009
“Winning Political and Community Support for Your Project”
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Berkeley, CA
March 19, 2009
“Overcoming NIMBY Opposition and Speeding Your Entitlements”
National Association of Home Builders
Las Vegas, CA
January 22, 2009
“NIMBYism: Overcoming Development Resistance”
Lorman Educational Services
National Webinar
January 21, 2009
“Getting Controversial Projects Entitled”
ULI Real Estate School
San Francisco, CA
January 13, 2009
“Managing Successful Entitlements: Building Political and Community Support for Your Project”
Urban Land Institue
National Webinar
December 16, 2008