STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE

                www.bcccc.net/stakeholder

                 April 18-20, 2007 “¢ Savannah, GA

CHESTNUT HILL, MA – Are you looking for new ways to engage stakeholders to resolve complex issues? Do you want to convene broad-based networks to create more sustainable communities? Would you like to improve your skills in productive multi-stakeholder conversations and dialogue? Learn how to enhance your strategic abilities and skills in stakeholder engagement and master different approaches to managing stakeholder relations.

• Understand the business case for co-creative stakeholder engagement
  
• Know how to build and use social capital
  
• Produce a stakeholder network map to focus engagement activities
  
• Prepare a stakeholder engagement plan
  
• Develop new engagement strategies to minimize unproductive conflict
  
• Use systems thinking to help identify interconnected issues and potential solutions
  
• Know when to use dialogue, debate and discussion
  
• Learn the fundamentals of stakeholder dialogue

For more information, go to www.bcccc.net/stakeholder

The Center also offers courses at company sites on request, and can customize its offerings to address companies’ specific challenges and needs.

For more information, call The Center at 617.552.4545, or go to The Center’s web site at www.bcccc.net.

The Center’s executive education offerings cover planning, strategy, program development, implementation, communications, evaluation, leadership development and competency building, leading to a Certificate awarded by the Boston College Carroll School of Management.

About the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship

The Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship engages with companies to redefine business success as creating measurable gains for business and society. Our vision is that business will use its assets to help assure economic prosperity and a just and sustainable world. The Center achieves results through the power of research, education and member engagement. The Center offers publications including a newsletter, research reports, and white papers; executive education, including a Certificate program; events that include an annual conference, roundtables and regional meetings; and a corporate membership program. For more information visit The Center’s web site at www.bcccc.net.