How the Creative Placemaking Certificate can help you get more grants and contracts

We're doing something in the Creative Placemaking Master Practitioner Certificate that you rarely see in a continuing education program -- teaching business development and client relations skills.

In addition to the six deep learning courses that explore creative placemaking, we will hold 10 videoconference sessions on skills that will help you be more successful with decisionmakers, clients and funders.

Why?  Because we're working to build a new field and community.  And we know that one of the best ways to do that is to help our colleagues be in stronger positions to influence decisionmakers and communities.

And we know how to do that.  Our instructors have had a great deal of success in their fields, and have been selected for this program because they practice the kind of ethical strategic communications promoted in the "Leading from the Middle" model of leadership. (Leading from the Middle skills are good business development and client relations skills.)

Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP, who will lead the client/business development sessions, has raised more than $1 million in grants and contracts from a wide variety of sources, developed continuing education programs that have served more than 1,500 people around the world, helped to create the national Latinos and Planning Division, and became one of the few people without a PhD to hold a full-time faculty position at the prestigious Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy of Rutgers University. When he was a private sector planning consultant, he beat several more heavily favored competitors for large contracts.

We understand that for the Creative Placemaking program to meet your personal goals and mission, it should  help you in your work and career.  We offer that opportunity.

The Creative Placemaking Master Practitioner Certificate Program begins in March.  Learn more or register.