IAP2 Certificate Program
In-Person Training – Vancouver Certificate in Public Participation
This five-day certificate program brings together the best public participation practices and engagement from around the world.
Our Training
Our training team meets you wherever you are in your learning journey. We take pride in creating dynamic learning environments, while skillfully sharing our engagement knowledge and expertise.
Whether you participate in an International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) training or register for one of Engage Delaney’s other unique engagement courses, you’re guaranteed to work with experienced, dedicated, and talented trainers. Our mission is to provide training that gets results – and gets you on the path to activating concepts, principles, and methodologies for authentic and effective engagement.
Complete Your Certificate in Public Participation with Flexibility and Choice
Build Your Own Bundle and Save $100
With Engage Delaney, you can bundle and register for the three core Certificate courses—Fundamentals of P2, Designing P2, and Applying Methods—and enjoy the flexibility to complete your Certificate training within a year. Plus, unlock these exclusive benefits:
10% off IAP2 elective courses
10% off Engage Delaney courses
One free hour of personalized 1-on-1 coaching
More Info
IAP2 Core Course
Fundamentals of P2 and Engagement
This is a prerequisite course for all IAP2 courses. The focus of this online course is on understanding and applying the practices of meaningful and effective P2 (public participation).
IAP2 Core Course
Designing P2 and Engagement
This online course introduces practitioners to the design and planning phases of the practice framework allowing them to develop effective P2 and engagement plans.
IAP2 Core Course
Applying Methods
This online course focuses on techniques for P2/engagement and how to implement them successfully. Participants looking to further their knowledge and skills for objective-driven engagements are eligible for this.
IAP2 Elective Course
Understanding Conflict in P2 / Engagement
This online course enables practitioners to explore conflict dynamics and the tools to anticipate, manage and/or mitigate situations of tension within their P2/engagement work.
IAP2 Elective Course
Understanding People and Communities
This online course introduces working with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in P2/engagement to make the processes meaningful and effective.
IAP2 Elective Course
Working with Conflict and High Emotion
The focus of this online course is on de-escalating and shifting conflict and high emotion to constructive participation, where forward momentum and resolution is possible. Participants will be able to explore tools, strategies, and ways of working to resolve polarized and emotional challenges.
IAP2 Organization-only Course
P2 for Senior Leaders
This course looks at P2/engagement from the perspective of those in leadership and decision-making roles enabling them to better contribute to improved results, credibility, and performance throughout the P2/engagement process.
IAP2 Organization-only Course
P2 and Engagement for Allied Professionals
This course is for professionals who provide support or oversight to P2/engagement processes to understand underpinning models and frameworks of public participation end engagement practices.
Engage Delaney Course
Building Community Relations
Build the trust, systems, and strategies needed to create strong, long-term relationships with communities.
Engage Delaney Course
Public Safety in Community Engagement
This new online course is for anyone who has been tasked with planning for in-person engagement, be it an open house, townhall or other open public meetings.
Engage Delaney Course
Facilitating Engagement
This online course supports the activation of engagement plans, for both in-person and virtual engagement settings. Practitioners will understand the importance of separating process from content; facilitation practices to use during high-emotion engagements; and ways of bringing objective-based facilitation into practice.
Engage Delaney Course
Evaluating Engagement
This online course supports project managers, program leads, and those working in quality improvement to develop meaningful measures for engagement and a practical evaluation framework that demonstrates how engagement supports better decisions.
Engage Delaney Course
Designing Engagement Surveys
This online course explores the conceptual underpinnings of how to design and develop questions for effective information collection, when and how to use this powerful technique and when not to.
Engage Delaney Organization-only Course
Promise of Engagement
This is an organization-only course. It seeks to build awareness and knowledge for effective engagement and will be of most benefit to emerging engagement professionals.
Engage Delaney Course
Communicating for Engagement
This course walks participants through the key steps to develop a communications plan and offers them an understanding of how it supports engagement promotion, recruiting and reporting.