“I have had numerous opportunities to use various aspects of your program, with amazing results… All confirm your observations and theories. There have been so many of these small type epiphanies, sometimes my head starts to swim… I feel so strongly that you are on the right track.”
- Brian Amundson, Director of Public Works, Eau Claire, WI
We have trained thousands of professionals who deal with the public in a multitude of ways (at federal, state, local levels, as well as for those in the private-sector who have an interface with the public such as utility companies, hospitals, insurance agencies, lobbyists, and pharmaceutical companies, etc).
If you would like to contact professionals (within or outside of your area of expertise), who are familiar with our training as references just let us know!
US Fish & Wildlife Service in:
US Environmental Protection Agency in several of its regions:
NOAA / Olympic Coast Sanctuary
US Department of Energy* including:
Federal Highway Administration*
Office of Surface Mining, Washington, D.C.
Federal Aviation Administration, in Anchorage, AK*
US Bureau of Reclamation*
US Bureau of Land Management*
Northern Forest Lands Council* constituted by the states of:
Defense Health Resources Study Center, Monterey, CA*
US Forest Service in:
US Army Corps of Engineers
Alaska Dept of Fish & Game*
Alaska Dept of Transportation & Public Facilities*
Alaska Dept of Environmental Conservation
Alaska Dept of Natural Resources*
California Air Resources Board*
California Dept of Transportation*
Colorado Dept of Natural Resources*
Colorado Division of Wildlife*
Colorado Land Board*
Delaware State Fish & Game*
Hawaii Dept of Health (Planning)*
Kansas Dept of Wildlife & Recreation*
Montana Dept of Fish, Wildlife & Parks*
Office of the Governor, Helena, MT*
New York Dept of Environmental Conservation*
Pennsylvania Dept of Community Affairs*
Ohio Dept of Natural Resources*
Oregon Dept of Forestry*
California Dept of Health, Toxics Division*
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency*
North Dakota Game and Fish Dept*
South Dakota Dept of Fish & Game*
Iowa Management Training System*
Michigan Dept of Natural Resources*
Minnesota Dept of Natural Resources*
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency*
Minnesota Dept of Transportation*
Missouri Dept of Transportation*
Missouri Dept of Natural Resources
Pennsylvania Game Commission*
Iowa Dept of Transportation*
Vermont Dept of Wildlife*
Washington Dept of Natural Resources, Olympia, WA*
Washington Dept of Community Development, Olympia, WA*
Washington Dept of Transportation*
Wisconsin Dept of Transportation*
Wisconsin Dept of Natural Resources*
Wyoming Dept of Game & Fish*
Wyoming Dept of Environmental Quality; Solid Waste Division*
Arrowhead Regional Development Commission, Duluth, MN*
Central Contra Costa Country Sanitation District*
La Plata County, CO*
Larimer County, CO*
Jefferson County, WA*
Maryland National Capitol Park & Planning Commission*
Monterey County, CA
Montgomery County, MD, Environmental Division
Fairfax County, MD, Planning & Zoning*
Charles County, MD, Planning & Zoning
City of Rockville, MD*
South Florida Water Management District
Seattle Water Department
Tacoma Public Utilities, Water Division*
City of Los Angeles, CA Planning Dept*
City of Glendale, AZ*
City of New York, NY including:
City of Phoenix, AZ*
City of Albuquerque, NM*
City of Janesville,WI*
City of Palo Alto, CA*
City of Fort Collins, CO*
Town of Gunnison, CO*
City of Grand Junction, CO*
City of Colorado Springs, CO*
City of Aurora, CA*
City of Portland, OR*
City of Olympia, WA*
City of Westminster, CO*
City of Boulder, CO*
Town of Lexington, MA*
Pennsylvania Power & Light*
The Salt River Project, Phoenix, AZ*
Municipal League of California, Sacramento, CA*
Ann Arundel County, Annapolis, MD*
Des Moines Water Dept, Des Moines, IA
Denver Water Department, Denver, CO*
Community Hospital, Fort Collins, CO*
DuPage County Waste Management, IL*
City of Missoula, MT*
City of Lynnwood, WA
ARIX; Greeley, CO*
BDM Federal
BNFL; Idaho Falls, ID*
Brown & Caldwell; Denver, CO* and Sacramento, CA*
Mary Ann Chambers; Fort Collins, CO*
Consulting Engineers of Wisconsin*
Dames & Moore
Deloitte, Haskins & Sells; Toronto, Canada*
EG&H Idaho; Idaho Falls, ID*
Emmons Resources; Lake Elmo, MN*
Enviro Issues; Seattle, WA*
- Paul Epstein; New York, NY*
Fluor Engineers; Irvine, CA*
Ghostwriters Communications; Poultney, VT*
Andrew Keir Consultants; Entobicoke, Ontario, Canada*
Kezziah/Watkins; Colorado Springs, CO*
Martin Marietta; Oak Ridge, TN*
Montgomery Watson; CO and AK*
RUST/Geotech; Grand Junction, CO*
SEH; Madison, WI* and Minneapolis, MN*
Sensible Environmental Solutions; Grand Junction, CO*
Urban Alternatives; Novato, CA*
Viatek Oy Engineers; Helsinki, Finland*
Willard Gould & Associates; Cleveland, OH*
Winston Associates; Boulder, CO*
Wizard Communications; Syracuse, NY*
Writing Company; St. Louis, MI*
Albany, NY are School Districs; BOCES*
California Special Training Institute; San Luis Obispo, CA*
University of Alaska; Fairbanks, AK*
University of California; Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM
University of Colorado; Denver, CO*
University of Minnesota; St. Paul, MN*
Washington State University; Pullman, WA*
Wildlife Management Institute; Washington, D.C.*
Systematic Development of Informed Consent (SDIC)
Kansas City, MO: April 6 - 8, 2010
Golden, CO: May 25 - 27, 2010
Citizen Participation-by-Objectives (CPO)
Monterey, CA: (Feb) *Postponed*
Golden, CO: June 22 - 24, 2010
Seattle, WA: Late Fall 2010
Albany/Schenectady, NY: October 2010
Leadership Bootcamp
Soon to be Available as an Online Module
Monthly Brownbag Sessions
Why Others Can Play Dirty but You Can’t
Preventing Paralysis-by-Analysis
Dilemma of Principles #30, 56, 15
Transforming “Us vs. Them” Syndrome
Why and When to do Public Hand-Wringing
Why Implementations Geniuses are Respected, Not Maligned or Unappreciated
Using the Bleiker Life Preserver as a Quick-and-Dirty Consent Building Tactic
How to Maximize Input and Minimize Pseudo-Input
The Tactic of Fishbowl Planning
Understanding Higher Values versus Object-Related Values