APA-CMS
Planners Toolkit Survey

What planning skills, tools, or programs are you interested in?

APA-CMS would like to provide skills-based workshops as part of our Planners Toolkit Series. GIS has been highlighted as a key topic our membership would like to brush up on, but other topics have also been highlighted at various CMS events. Please complete this survey to identify what GIS skills you would like to hone and help us gauge interest in instruction-based workshops for 2017 and beyond. Thanks for your input!

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* 1. What topics would be of most interest to you in an instructor-led intermediate GIS workshop (in a hands-on, computer lab setting)? What skills or data sets would you like to become more familiar with? Please select up to 5 topics.

Making Maps - Map design, map elements, inserting tables

Creating Feature Classes & Features - Creating & Editing Feature Classes and Features, Geodatabase, Georeferencing maps, Spatial Join

Network Analyst - Create network dataset, Best route, Closest facility, Service area, Walkability analysis

Introduction to Spatial Analyst - Raster basics, Density & Interpolation, Manual Site Selection model

Model Builder - Introduction to MB, Automated Site Selection model, With iterators

ArcGIS Online - Making webmaps, Online map design

Spatial Statistics - Descriptive statistics, Descriptive spatial statistics, Clustering

Other (please specify)

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* 2. If you haven't used GIS lately, you may need a refresher. Would you be interested in attending a general "Introduction to GIS" workshop to make sure you are up to speed before taking an intermediate level workshop?

YES

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* 3. APA-CMS would like to provide skills-based workshops (in addition to GIS) as part of our Planners Toolkit Series. What skills, tools, or programs are you interested in building up via instruction-based workshops? (Select up to 5)

Public Speaking - Engagement and Presentation Skills

Grant Writing

Hand Drawing and Visualization

Graphic Design

Adobe Creative Suite

SketchUp

Fiscal Modeling and Analysis

Social Media & Digital Engagement

Programming using Python

Advanced Excel Skills

Other (please specify)

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* 4. We are always interested in collaborating with other professional organizations. Are there any groups or networks to whom we should reach out?

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Group 2:

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* 1. What topics would be of most interest to you in an instructor-led intermediate GIS workshop (in a hands-on, computer lab setting)? What skills or data sets would you like to become more familiar with? Please select up to 5 topics.

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* 2. If you haven't used GIS lately, you may need a refresher. Would you be interested in attending a general "Introduction to GIS" workshop to make sure you are up to speed before taking an intermediate level workshop?

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* 3. APA-CMS would like to provide skills-based workshops (in addition to GIS) as part of our Planners Toolkit Series. What skills, tools, or programs are you interested in building up via instruction-based workshops? (Select up to 5)

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* 4. We are always interested in collaborating with other professional organizations. Are there any groups or networks to whom we should reach out?

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Thank you from APA-CMS!