URISA Connect
"The webinars really are uniquely fantastic!" Jay Clark, City of Shoreline, WA (URISA Connect attendee)
URISA Connects is the online component of URISA’s educational offerings. Webinars that connect you to the cutting edge in technology and management lessons for the GIS industry are at your fingertips.
URISA Connects webinars offer the attendee the opportunity to:
- Connect to learn about GIS best practices from trusted experts.
- Connect to see the latest technical and management advancements.
- Connect to ask questions, share ideas, and collaborate on today’s big issues.
Are you trying to find ways to increase your industry knowledge and learn new skills in between professional conferences? URISA Connect is an effective way to develop your professional skills and even work towards GISCI Certification Education Hours. URISA Webinars count towards the EDU-2 section of the application.
Calendar of workshops
Public Participation GIS: Using GIS to Support Community Decision Making
Monday, July 29, 2013
Time: 12:00 Noon EDT/11:00 AM CDT/10:00 AM MDT/9:00 AM PDT
Public Participation GIS: Using GIS to Support Community Decision Making is a 90 minute webinar that gives attendees an opportunity to explore the use of GIS in community decision making. This webinar will focus on the process of entering into engagements, the utilization of GIS techniques and software that can be adapted for use in community settings. Examples of both government and community-led projects that encourage citizen participation and engagement will be shown.
This webinar is an excellent overview of PPGIS and the methodologies that are utilized to implement Community Decision Making with GIS. It is also an excellent overview for the 8 hour Public Participation GIS: Using GIS to Support Community Decision Making workshop.
Instructors:
Judy Colby-George, Principal, Spatial Alternatives, Yarmouth, ME: Judy Colby-George has over eighteen years experience on a wide variety of GIS projects. She works with a number of clients on projects ranging from needs assessment to data conversion to customized programming designed to meet specific needs. She specializes in using GIS for planning, public participation, and environmental applications.
Laxmi Ramasubramanian, PhD, AICP – Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY): Laxmi Ramasubramanian is a planner with over 10 years experience in the design and implementation of participatory action research projects in the USA and abroad. She is currently the President of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science.
Fee: URISA Members $20 / Non-Members $35
Sponsorship
Benefits of sponsorship of a URISA Connects webinar include direct marketing of your webinar to the entire URISA Membership and beyond. As well, URISA will promote your workshops online, in the URISA Digest (seen by how many people?) and in other online publications. As an added benefit, your webinar will be hosted by URISA, for future viewing for 12 months following the webinar.
Working directly with you and your team, URISA staff will ensure a professionally presented online experience.
Understanding that marketing is a valuable component to your business, and that the costs of marketing is ever increasing, the need to get your message to as many people with the best return on investment, the URISA Connects sponsored webinar series will help to attain these goals.
If you are intested in hosting a sponsored workshop please contact Keri Brennan, GISP, Education Manager at kbrennan@urisa.org
