Each year, NH Listens hosts events throughout New Hampshire. These online and in person events range from engaging on statewide policy issues, supporting local community-led initiatives, and our own series of workshops for strengthening skills for bridge builders — facilitation, connection across differences, and sticking with tough conversations. We support a growing network of New Hampshire's skilled facilitators.
Facilitator Training
NH Listens offers basic and advanced Facilitator Training for tips and practice on key facilitator concepts for facilitating online and in person, including drawing people in, managing productive conversations, and strengthening your skills as a facilitator. Participants may qualify for a digital facilitation badge.
Local Lunch Box
NH Listens' Local Lunch Box is a 45-minute informative and interactive session aimed at sharing bite-sized tips and resources from our toolbox for community engagement and facilitation. Topics range from building community, hosting events, creating group agreements, and more! Participants may qualify for a digital facilitation badge.
Judge William W. Treat Fellowship
Established in memory of the late Judge William W. Treat, the Fellowship is designed to provide undergraduate students a platform for facilitating and engaging in conversations across differences. Students who complete the fellowship will earn a digital facilitation badge issued by UNH.
Campus Listeners
Controversy can be unsettling, especially during protests or demonstrations. Campus Listeners attend these events to engage in conversations and provide a space for people to express their views. Working alongside UNH Police and Peacekeepers, Campus Listeners are trained in advance and collaborate closely with NH Listens staff.
Sticking with Tough Conversations
This training series focuses on developing skills to manage and navigate conflict in various settings. Participants will learn how to facilitate challenging conversations, handle high emotions, and support groups through disagreements.
Updating NH's Climate Action Plan
NH Listens is working on behalf of the NH Department of Environmental Services to design and facilitate community engagement—an essential component of NH's Priority and Comprehensive Climate Action Plans (CCAP).
Upcoming Events
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October 1st, 202512:00pm - 12:45pm, Join NH Listens for a 45-minute informative and interactive session aimed at sharing bite-sized tips and resources from our toolbox for community engagement and facilitation.This session on Asking Good Questions will explore what it means to ask good questions as a facilitator and gain some practice reframing questions for more constructive dialogue.
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October 17th, 20259:30am - 3:00pm, New Hampshire Listens’ in-person Basic Facilitator Training provides a deeper dive into the basics of facilitating for public engagement. It is an interactive, introductory training for tips and practices on key facilitator concepts, including drawing people in, managing productive conversations, and strengthening your skills as a facilitator. We welcome everyone no matter how little or how much you know about facilitation. We love when there is a mix because it always mak...
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November 5th, 202512:00pm - 12:45pm, Join NH Listens for a 45-minute informative and interactive session aimed at sharing bite-sized tips and resources from our toolbox for community engagement and facilitation.The role of a facilitator in many spaces is to support the group in working with and moving through conflict, hold space for conflict resolution, and know when to intervene as a facilitator.
