Skill Definition

Identify stakeholders from interested individuals, agencies, and organizations to inform an outreach strategy and engage stakeholders in a transparent, authentic, and meaningful way

Entry Level Performance

  • Demonstrate understanding of the stakeholder outreach strategy, and assist with stakeholder engagement processes with supervision.

Full Performance Level

  • Authentically engage with stakeholders, using a variety of inclusive strategies
  • Communicate with stakeholders on how their input informs the planning and design
  • Conduct public education on the project and its processes as necessary to further the stakeholder outreach process

Expert Level Performance

  • Create exemplary processes for transparent, authentic, and meaningful stakeholder engagement that effectively collects input and data
  • Model inclusivity and reduce barriers for engagement through strategies that embody JEDI Principles (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion)
  • Integrate stakeholder data into the trail planning process and communicate with stakeholders about how their input informed the process, decision and outcomes.

Resources for Stakeholder Engagement:

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Documents and Media for Stakeholder Engagement

Youth Engagement
Youth Engagement

A key component to a successful youth volunteer program is knowing that youth require a different approach than adult groups when it comes to keeping them motivated, safe and productive. This guide provides tools and strategies for meaningful youth…

Community Outreach
Community Outreach

There are many opportunities to get the word out to your community about your programs and projects – and many ways to ensure you are sharing valuable information and stories about where your programs and projects are taking place, what the…


Trail Skills Training Library

Recorded Trainings for Stakeholder Engagement

Facilitation Training for Collaboration and Consensus
Facilitation Training for Collaboration and Consensus

Learn and practice skills and strategies for helping groups work collaboratively, consensus-building processes, and consensus decision-making. This course is a deep dive that examines the details of the Consensus That Works and Making Meetings Work…


Further Education

Training Programs for Stakeholder Engagement

Trail Sustainability Institute
Trail Sustainability Institute

The Trail Sustainability Institute (TSI) is NWTA’s internal training classes for everything related to trail building. We want to make sure our trail builders are knowledgeable in not only how to build/maintain fun trails, but ensure those trails…

IMBA Trail Solutions Advanced Trail Building School
IMBA Trail Solutions Advanced Trail Building School

Partner with IMBA Trail Solutions and create with confidence. By deploying a complete range of skills–including visioning, detailed design, professional construction, and training for stewardship–our comprehensive approach saves resources.

Trails Certificate
Trails Certificate

Gain insight into best practices related to the design, construction and maintenance of trails. Learn about and apply techniques that can enhance, rehabilitate and protect trails and greenways. Participants will also learn about trail…

Sustainable Trails Development
Sustainable Trails Development

The Sustainable Trails curriculum welcomes students from various fields who are interested in trails development, programming and management, as well as design.

PCTA Trail Skills Course
PCTA Trail Skills Course

Because wildfires, wind storms, floods, gravity, and vegetation growth are constant threats to the PCT, the annual maintenance and reconstruction of the trail is a never-ending and monumental undertaking. Such work, historically carried out by…

Advancing Trails Webinar Series
Advancing Trails Webinar Series

American Trails brings agencies, trail builders, planners, architects, advocates, and volunteers the latest in state-of-the-art information on all aspects of trails and greenways. Our webinars focus on a variety of trail topics, usually applicable…

Training Calendar

Upcoming Trainings for Stakeholder Engagement

Custom Trainings

There are 55 trainers on TrailSkills
with Stakeholder Engagement experience

Hire Workers

There are 200 workers on TrailSkills
with Stakeholder Engagement experience

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American Trails Professional TrailBuilders Association Partnership for the National Trails System Northern Vermont University Northwest Arkansas Community College Eppley Institute Corps Network