Woods Institute - Leadership Training

'Academic scientists and engineers often lack the leadership and communication skills to interact with and provide decision-makers the knowledge they need to address sustainability challenges. Through the Woods Institute, we are launching several new leadership and training programs that will be tremendous learning opportunities for our faculty and students, as well as for others around the world.'--Pamela Matson, Chester Naramore Dean of the School of Earth Sciences and Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor in Environmental Studies and Professor and Senior Fellow at IIS and Aldo Leopold Leadership Program Fellow.

Finding practical solutions to environmental challenges requires leaders in research, business, and public policy who can effectively communicate and collaborate. The Woods Institute is providing researchers with leadership and communications skills and creating opportunities for decision-makers to learn about cutting-edge research through the following programs:

Leopold Leadership Program: Each year up to 20 academic environmental scientists from across North America are selected to receive intensive experiential training, expert consultation, and peer networking. Leopold Leadership Fellows hone skills to better communicate the science associated with complex environmental issues to the media, policy-makers, business leaders and other non-scientists. For more information, contact .

Woods Training Workshops for Stanford Faculty, Students, & Research Staff: Short workshops on campus provide training in media interactions, policy engagement, business management, and other topics for Stanford faculty, students, and research staff. For more information, contact .

Woods one-on-one coaching for Stanford environmental researchers: Woods Institute staff with expertise in science communication work with individual researchers and research groups to help them translate their work for audiences outside of academia and develop outreach plans for sharing their work with business, policy, and public audiences. For more information, contact .

First Nations Futures Institute: In partnership with the Kamehameha Schools of Hawai'i, and Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu in Aotearoa - New Zealand, the Woods Institute hosts annual leadership training for young, indigenous leaders. The training provides exposure to experts and cutting-edge environmental science at Stanford, as well as intense dialogue about the roles, opportunities, and obligations they, as First Nations leaders, have to affect change in their communities. For more information, contact .

Fisheries Leadership and Sustainability Forum: The Fisheries Leadership & Sustainability Forum helps members of the U.S. Regional Fisheries Management Councils increase their understanding of fisheries and ocean science, economics and policy. By convening workshops and providing ongoing support throughout the year, the Forum helps participants develop leadership and problem-solving skills and provides important opportunities to share management experiences across regions.

The Fisheries Leadership & Sustainability Forum is a partnership of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University, the Center for Ocean Solutions managed by the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University, and Environmental Defense Fund, Incorporated.

For more information, please visit: http://www.FisheriesForum.org

Leopold Fellows
with Woods Associate Director Debbie Drake Dunne, left, in Washington, D.C.