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Training courses Upcoming courses: Making Consultation Meaningful - 2008 27 Aug 2008 Glasgow Basic Consultation Processes 09 Sep 2008 London Making Consultation Meaningful (RoI) 10 Sep 2008 Dublin Evaluating Public Engagement - a TCI/Involve course 16 Sep 2008 Birmingham Making Consultation Meaningful - 2008 23 Sep 2008 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Effective Surveys & Questionnaires 23 Sep 2008 Bristol Effective Focus Groups (RoI) 24 Sep 2008 Dublin Effective Public Meetings 25 Sep 2008 London Effective Focus Groups 30 Sep 2008 London Making Consultation Meaningful - 2008 01 Oct 2008 Manchester Effective Focus Groups 02 Oct 2008 Cardiff Evaluating Public Engagement - a TCI/Involve course 08 Oct 2008 Belfast Consensus Building for Overview & Scrutiny Committees 08 Oct 2008 Birmingham Comprehensive Engagement Strategies (in association with IDeA) 09 Oct 2008 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Consultation Before & After 15 Oct 2008 London Effective Surveys & Questionnaires 21 Oct 2008 Birmingham Comprehensive Engagement Strategies (in association with IDeA) 23 Oct 2008 Birmingham Implementing the NHS duty (S.242) to involve & consult 28 Oct 2008 Birmingham Consultation Before & After 29 Oct 2008 York Effective Public Meetings 06 Nov 2008 Manchester Effective Surveys & Questionnaires 11 Nov 2008 Cardiff Basic Consultation Processes 13 Nov 2008 Manchester Effective Focus Groups 18 Nov 2008 York Effective Focus Groups 19 Nov 2008 Belfast Evaluating Public Engagement - a TCI/Involve course 25 Nov 2008 Manchester Responding to Consultations 27 Nov 2008 Manchester Effective Surveys & Questionnaires 03 Dec 2008 Belfast Effective Public Meetings 04 Dec 2008 Cardiff Effective Public Meetings 04 Dec 2008 Cardiff Effective Surveys & Questionnaires 09 Dec 2008 London Making Consultation Meaningful - 2008 10 Dec 2008 London Implementing the NHS duty (S.242) to involve & consult 10 Dec 2008 York Evaluating Public Engagement - a TCI/Involve course 21 Jan 2009 Cardiff		Events Upcoming events: Empowerment 2008 - CLG White Paper 04 Sep 2008 Manchester Practitioner Workshop - Effective Dialogues with Migrant Communities 09 Sep 2008 Brighton Breakfast Briefings: Effective Practice for Deliberative Engagement 10 Sep 2008 London Empowerment 2008 - CLG White Paper 10 Sep 2008 Birmingham Empowerment 2008 - CLG White Paper 16 Sep 2008 London Making LINks Work 17 Sep 2008 London Practitioner Workshop - Effective Dialogues with Migrant Communities 23 Sep 2008 Belfast Meaningful Consultation with the Older Generations - York 24 Sep 2008 York Practitioner Workshop - Effective Dialogues with Migrant Communities 02 Oct 2008 Manchester Public Engagement & Single Outcome Agreements 08 Oct 2008 Edinburgh Consultation in Health & Social Care 15 Oct 2008 Belfast Breakfast Briefings: Effective Evaulation - Lessons from Public Engagement Exercises 16 Oct 2008 London Panels 4 - The 4th Citizens & Community Panels Conference 22 Oct 2008 Birmingham Practitioner Workshop - Effective Dialogues with Migrant Communities 04 Nov 2008 Leicester Public Engagement & Planning 05 Nov 2008 London Best Practice Consultation with Faith Groups 12 Nov 2008 London Public Participation & the Media - a TCI / Involve event 26 Nov 2008 London Breakfast Briefings: Social Marketing & Public Engagement 02 Dec 2008 London Engaging the Hard-to-Reach 03 Dec 2008 London

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