Professional Development Institute

We serve the fields of planning and public policy by:

Improving the quality of professional practice.We work toward this goal by:

* Offering continuing education programs that serve an unmet need or address gaps in professional development in planning and public policy. Such initiatives include Bloustein Online Continuing Education Program and the leadership and management programs offered by The Leading Institute.
* Providing technical assistance to Bloustein centers or institutes and external organizations that want to improve the quality of their professional development offerings.
* Conducting research and providing knowledge that addresses issues of continuing education in planning and public policy.
* Challenging the Planning Education Industry to reflect on and improve its approaches to continuing education.

Making high quality continuing education accessible to a wide variety of professionals.We work toward this goal by:

* Employing efficient and effective management practices to offer reasonable fees to participants of our training programs.
* Providing high quality continuing education at affordable prices.
* Providing technical assistance in resource management to continuing education providers, so they can serve more participants while working to improve the quality of their programming.


Developing the capacity of ethical professionals to become leaders or be more effective leaders in their fields, communities and organization We work towards this goal by:

* Offering leadership programs, such as Leading from the Middle, that provide more than training - they help professionals become more creative and productive.
* Providing advice and ideas for leadership and professional development through PDI News and other publications.
* Focusing on the critical competencies facing our leaders in the 21st century - emotional intelligence, cost-effective collaboration, and cultural competency.

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We serve the fields of planning and public policy by:

Improving the quality of professional practice.We work toward this goal by:

* Offering continuing education programs that serve an unmet need or address gaps in professional development in planning and public policy. Such initiatives include Bloustein Online Continuing Education Program and the leadership and management programs offered by The Leading Institute.
* Providing technical assistance to Bloustein centers or institutes... (read more)