Workshops and Retreats

Yellow Wood Associates present exciting and interactive workshops, presentations and keynotes at conferences and meetings. We also can organize and design engaging retreats. Yellow Wood has experience in online course development as well. Our workshops and retreats are objectives-based, highly interactive, geared to a variety of learning styles, and fun! We have presented workshops in a variety of areas, including agriulture, economic development, forestry, and community capacity building.

Our experience includes:

1. Retreats

2. Presentations/Keynotes

3. Workshops

4. Course development

Retreats

National Community Forestry Center, Northern Forest Region. The National Community Forestry Center, Northern Forest Region’s Advisory Council not only met through monthly conference calls, but also had annual or biannual retreats, at which members discussed the workings of the National Community Forestry Center, Northern Forest Region. For more information, visit the National Community Forestry Center, Northern Forest Region website at www.ncfcnfr.net.

Presentations/Keynotes

Northern Forest Alliance Annual Meeting. November 2003. Shanna Ratner spoke as a panelist on the subject of economic forces shaping the Northern Forest Region and the region’s place in an increasingly global economy.

"Thanks for being a part of the day one doings. People very much appreciated your perspective/comments. "

- George Gay, Executive Director, Northern Forest Alliance

Click here for a list of selected presentations.

Workshops

Participatory Research Workshop. November 2003. Yellow Wood, as the National Community Forestry Center, Northern Forest Region, presented a workshop at Middlebury College to faculty, students, staff and community members. This highly interactive four-hour workshop explored the value of a participatory research approach to community problem solving.

Online course development

Online Planning. April - June 2001. Yellow Wood prepared a short lesson on Planning for Economic Development for Vermont municipal officials and used as part of the Lincoln Land Institute’s Online Planning Series, sponsored by The Orton Institute. The lesson plan included information on defining terms, deciding what people really want for their communities, understanding existing conditions, measuring progress, and applying innovative approaches. Contact Joanna Whitcomb, Burnt Rock Inc., 23 Fuller House/Main Street, PO Box 172, Waitsfield, VT 05676, (802) 496-9909.