Dr. Hans Bleiker This is Me

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1. 1. Institute for Participatory Management & Planning

   www.consentbuilding.com/whowea - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/1/2008   Last Visited: 6/1/2008

   Dr. Hans Bleiker, Lead Instructor
   
   Hans has a Ph.D. in Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a B.A. in Architecture degree from the University of Cincinnati.
   
   Once he had his doctorate, Hans worked as the Planning Director for the City of Lynn, Massachusetts (population 100,000), as Project Manager for MIT's Transportation Systems Division, and as Director of the Planning Department for a large Environmental Engineering Consulting firm, ARIX, that works in the entire Rocky Mountain region.
   
   Hans began his last "real job" as a tenured professor at the University of Wyoming in 1975, where he was recruited to create - and then administer - its Graduate Program in Community and Regional Planning.For twelve years he served as Director of that program.
   
   It was at the University that Hans first began teaching his unique approach to Citizen Participation, in a series of courses: Leadership, Professional Ethics, Citizen Participation by Objectives, and Dealing with Domestic Terrorists and Extremists, etc. In 1987, he devoted his full-time attention to developing and teaching these leadership and consent-building skills to public-sector professionals nation-wide.
   
   The Bleikers' Consent-Building methodology to Public Involvement actually began in the mid-1960s while Hans was doing Public-Sector Decision-Making research as part of his Doctoral Thesis.His thesis focused on a practical management strategy that would allow public agencies to be both responsible to their mission and responsive to their diverse publics. i.e.How to be responsive to the conflicting demands of the various publics without compromising the agency's mission.As part of his thesis, Hans did case studies on four of the most complex transportation problems in the US.
   
   Since retiring from the University, Hans and Annemarie have worked solely on teaching their methodology to tens of thousands of students around the country, and at times internationally.
   ...
   In his research, Hans had discovered that if a legitimate public agency proposes a reasonably well-thought out solution to a legitimate problem, the typical scenario of "all hell breaking loose" (i.e. political decision-making gridlock) actually is avoidable -- provided the professionals work diligently and systematically to develop consent on their technical work.
   
   The combined effort and backgrounds of both Annemarie and Hans has led to the development of their powerful approach to systematically discover the common ground between people of different values -- which enables communities, agencies, organizations, consultants, etc. to get their work accomplished rather than become victims of controversy or "politics."
   
   Over the course of nearly four decades, Hans and Annemarie have worked, and continue to work, at helping people with public-sector missions (hired professionals, as well as elected and appointed officials) be consistently effective at accomplishing their mission.
   ...
   In addition to the developing online courseware, Jennifer continues to produce training materials (CDs and DVDs) on Citizen Participation Techniques and Meta-Techniques as taught by Hans and Annemarie.
   ...
   Give them a call for a more detailed description of the training session(s) that you are interested in, for additional dates, for a fee schedule, for references of public officials who are using the Bleikers' methods, etc . . . Hans, Annemarie and Jennifer can help you become more effective, . . . better at accomplishing your mission, . . . They have done the research; they have developed several tools that can help you do just that!
   ...
   Please send Hans & Annemarie Bleiker your questions or comments to: ipmp@aol.com.

2. 2. IG - News Archive

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   Published on: 9/17/2004   Last Visited: 12/30/2005

   03/22/2004 - By Hans Bleiker, Founder of The Institute For Participatory Management and Planning

3. 3. Institute for Participatory Management & Planning

   www.ipmp-bleiker.com/whoweare. - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/1/2008   Last Visited: 6/1/2008

   Dr. Hans Bleiker, Lead Instructor
   
   Hans has a Ph.D. in Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a B.A. in Architecture degree from the University of Cincinnati.
   
   Once he had his doctorate, Hans worked as the Planning Director for the City of Lynn, Massachusetts (population 100,000), as Project Manager for MIT's Transportation Systems Division, and as Director of the Planning Department for a large Environmental Engineering Consulting firm, ARIX, that works in the entire Rocky Mountain region.
   
   Hans began his last "real job" as a tenured professor at the University of Wyoming in 1975, where he was recruited to create - and then administer - its Graduate Program in Community and Regional Planning.For twelve years he served as Director of that program.
   
   It was at the University that Hans first began teaching his unique approach to Citizen Participation, in a series of courses: Leadership, Professional Ethics, Citizen Participation by Objectives, and Dealing with Domestic Terrorists and Extremists, etc. In 1987, he devoted his full-time attention to developing and teaching these leadership and consent-building skills to public-sector professionals nation-wide.
   
   The Bleikers' Consent-Building methodology to Public Involvement actually began in the mid-1960s while Hans was doing Public-Sector Decision-Making research as part of his Doctoral Thesis.His thesis focused on a practical management strategy that would allow public agencies to be both responsible to their mission and responsive to their diverse publics. i.e.How to be responsive to the conflicting demands of the various publics without compromising the agency's mission.As part of his thesis, Hans did case studies on four of the most complex transportation problems in the US.
   
   Since retiring from the University, Hans and Annemarie have worked solely on teaching their methodology to tens of thousands of students around the country, and at times internationally.
   ...
   In his research, Hans had discovered that if a legitimate public agency proposes a reasonably well-thought out solution to a legitimate problem, the typical scenario of "all hell breaking loose" (i.e. political decision-making gridlock) actually is avoidable -- provided the professionals work diligently and systematically to develop consent on their technical work.
   
   The combined effort and backgrounds of both Annemarie and Hans has led to the development of their powerful approach to systematically discover the common ground between people of different values -- which enables communities, agencies, organizations, consultants, etc. to get their work accomplished rather than become victims of controversy or "politics."
   
   Over the course of nearly four decades, Hans and Annemarie have worked, and continue to work, at helping people with public-sector missions (hired professionals, as well as elected and appointed officials) be consistently effective at accomplishing their mission.
   ...
   In addition to the developing online courseware, Jennifer continues to produce training materials (CDs and DVDs) on Citizen Participation Techniques and Meta-Techniques as taught by Hans and Annemarie.
   ...
   Give them a call for a more detailed description of the training session(s) that you are interested in, for additional dates, for a fee schedule, for references of public officials who are using the Bleikers' methods, etc . . . Hans, Annemarie and Jennifer can help you become more effective, . . . better at accomplishing your mission, . . . They have done the research; they have developed several tools that can help you do just that!
   ...
   Please send Hans & Annemarie Bleiker your questions or comments to: ipmp@aol.com.