You're invited: Partnership Essentials Training

May 3, 2024

Camper in one-person tent still wrapped in sleeping bag. Sitting up and drinking coffee. Dog lying down beside them. — Partnerships can help built capacity throughout the agency, like in West Sedona Recreation Area, Coconino National Forest, where National Forest Foundation and others partnered with the agency to improve recreation sites. Photo by Q Martin, courtesy of National Forest Foundation.

WASHINGTON, DC — The National Partnership Office invites you to its fourth annual Partnership Essentials Training from June 3-6.

This four-day virtual training is open to all—whether you have prior experience with partnership work or are brand new—and is designed to build foundational partnership skills and capacity across Forest Service employees agency-wide.

The 2024 Partnership Essentials Training will include panel discussions, case studies, and networking time focused on high-priority topics like evaluating partnerships, reaching new and underserved partners, and the importance of mutual benefit. Additional topics will include grants and agreements instruments, conservation finance and workforce development partnerships.

Please join if you are in the broader partnership community and interested in adding to your partnership toolbox, knowledge and network. We welcome you to share this training series broadly.

What: Partnership Essentials Training 2024 (virtual, agency-wide)

When: June 3-6, 12:00-5:00 p.m. EDT

Where: Teams meeting

Want an invite? Email NPO P3 Support, sm.fs.NPOP3Support@usda.gov