Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Leading Sustainable Community Change from the University of Colorado Boulder

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת בהובלת שינוי קהילתי בר קיימא של אוניברסיטת קולורדו בולדר

Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Survey design
  • project management
  • Customer interaction
  • Systems thinking
  • Participation and arrival

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Project Manager
  • Community Development Consultant
  • Data Analyst
  • Inter-organizational collaboration specialist
  • Problem-solving workshop facilitator
  • Partnerships Manager
  • Community Change Researcher
  • Change Process Manager
  • Systems Thinking Expert
  • Community Programs Manager

Internship – a three-part course series

The ability to dilute partners is an increasingly essential skill that requires tact, strategy, collaboration, and high-level communication skills. Solving complex problems effectively, appropriately, and at the right time requires a significant shift in mindset, moving away from methods based on isolated disciplines.

The three courses in this training

  • Designed to provide a basis for a complex problem-solving approach.
  • Engagement with partners.
  • Providing tools for collecting and analyzing data.
  • Goal: To address the challenges of community change in a comprehensive manner.

Hands-on Learning Project

  • Learners will have the opportunity to write a research proposal using systems thinking principles.
  • Describe and illustrate the system and its components related to the specific project focus.
  • Apply principles of systems thinking and project management.
  • Recruit partners to identify and assess the needs of the community.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Developing systems thinking

Course 1

  • 9 hours
  • 4.3 (148 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn
  • Build the basic knowledge required to develop systems thinking.
  • Develop the ability to apply systems thinking.
  • Learn how to understand communities and develop local interest.
Skills you will acquire
  • Category: Project Management
  • Category: Customer Interaction
  • Category: Systems Thinking

Strategies for effective engagement

Course 2

  • 9 hours
  • 4.4 (45 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn
  • Learn to use a variety of tools for stakeholder engagement, gathering information, and understanding communities more deeply.
  • Know how to enter the community, map systems, and conduct rapid assessments to provide a picture of the community or organization.
  • Learn how to maintain ethical conduct during a community change initiative.
Skills you will acquire
  • Category: Survey Design
  • Category: Quick Assessment
  • Category: Arrival and Engagement
  • Category: Systems Mapping
  • Category: Systems Thinking

Changing communities

Course 3

  • 9 hours
  • 4.5 (47 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn
  • Develop an understanding of the fundamentals of leadership in change in communities and organizations.
  • Apply project management techniques to help stakeholders define their needs and assets to promote effective engagement.
  • Apply methods to understand community and organizational needs using a systems-based approach to problem solving.
Skills you will acquire
  • Category: Needs Assessment
  • Category: Asset Mapping
  • Category: Systems Thinking

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