Registration Eligibility
ASLA online learning opportunities are open to all. ASLA members may purchase this presentation at a reduced rate. This is a 2023 conference session.
Start Date
11/07/2025
End Date
11/06/2027
Description
Equitable community engagement is essential for landscape projects, but what happens when passionate but misinformed community members try to derail the community engagement process by asserting their influence? See how planners for Zilker Park in Austin and FDR Park in Philadelphia are handling the challenge of building consensus in the age of contentious social media.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Development Trends
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.0
Learning Outcomes
Learn how designers and planners are working to strike a balance among often competing visions for the future of parks.; Learn how municipalities and non-profits are allocating scarce resources to counter online misinformation.; Understand tactics that designers and planners are using to build consensus among differing factions of the communities they serve.; Learn how to effectively manage communications to ensure that voices that are being drowned out by the vocal minority still have a seat at the table.
Instructors
Charles Neer, ASLA; Allison Schapker, LEED AP; Claire E. Hempel, ASLA, AICP, LEED Green Associate
Course Codes
Provider
American Society of Landscape Architects