The course presents a basic model for collaboration and leads students through a thorough process of how to plan and implement a collaboration process. The course uses a highly interactive format with small group activities to reinforce the learning topics. This course has been adapted and delivered by The Perspectives Group for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Topics include:

• What is collaboration?
• Designing a collaborative process
• Collaborative skills: communications, conflict management, consensus-building
• Collaborative behaviors
• Situation assessments
• Convening collaborative groups
• Designing consensus-building processes
• Planning and Implementation