Regina Lundgren, Consultant and Trainer

Training

“Thank you for your outstanding course presentation. We all gained so much from your lessons, activities, and role plays. Your course instruction was invaluable and we will want to see it repeated many more times!” Technical Program Director, Pacific Northwest International Chapter, Air and Waste Management Association

“Thank you for participating in the workshop with the visiting Russian officials. Your participation added greatly to their understanding of the complex regulatory and public environmental in which we are working.” Workshop Coordinators, Hanford Nuclear Site

“Your teaching brings clarity to risk situations. Excellent, informative, and easy to understand. Very practical and useful exercises.” Student feedback, Institute for Public Health Leadership, Florida

Based on over 20 years of experience in the nuclear industry, environmental sciences, public health, and regulatory arena, my workshops train scientists, engineers, health care leaders, communicators, and managers to communicate effectively about complex scientific issues such as environmental, safety, and health risks. This training is enhanced by

an in-depth understanding of science and technology
extensive training background
real-life examples
proven training techniques.

The modularized sessions are based on the book, Risk Communication: A Handbook for Communicating Environmental, Safety, and Health Risks, co-authored with Andrea McMakin. Example training topics include:

Evaluating different approaches
Understanding basic principles
Understanding your audience’s needs
Building on an organization’s strengths and minimizing weaknesses to effectively communicate risk
Determining appropriate communication mechanisms
Developing a risk communication plan
Working with the public
Evaluating risk communication efforts
Maximizing the value of risk communication methods, such as information materials, face-to-face communication, pictorial representations, public participation, Internet applications, and risk modeling.

Sessions can range from as little as 2 hours to as much as three days, depending on the needs of the organization. Students learn through a combination of lecture and practical, hands-on exercises.

Examples of clients include

professional societies such as the Air and Waste Management Association, Society for Technical Communication, and Society for Women Engineers
research organizations such as the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory
public agencies and institutes such as the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency and Florida Public Health Leadership Institute
government agencies such as the Washington State Department of Ecology and the U.S. Air Force
private companies.

Click here for an example agenda and please contact me at lundgren@owt.com if you'd like more information or want to schedule a training.