{"id":2246,"date":"2013-01-04T16:13:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T23:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/?p=2246"},"modified":"2013-01-04T16:13:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T23:13:00","slug":"kaety-hildenbrand-on-working-with-ocean-stakeholders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/2013\/01\/04\/kaety-hildenbrand-on-working-with-ocean-stakeholders\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaety Hildenbrand on working with ocean stakeholders"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kaety<\/a>Kaety Hildenbrand, our Sea Grant Extension marine fisheries specialist on the central Oregon coast, has a great guest article<\/a> on the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center. Among other things, she observes:<\/p>\n

“… I can name fishermen in each port that I have worked with on wave energy issues. But, that isn\u2019t what\u2019s important, not really. What\u2019s important is that I can tell you their wife\u2019s name, how many kids they have, the name of their dog, I can describe the inside of their vessels, tell you what kind of truck they drive, and what kind of drink they order at Starbucks. They could do the same for me. I didn\u2019t need to know any of this, I wasn\u2019t asked to find it out, and I didn\u2019t do it to gain something. It\u2019s part of building a true relationship with someone, its part of doing what\u2019s right, its part of what happens when you focus on building trust and not getting buy-in.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the whole article.<\/a><\/p>\n

For more about Oregon Sea Grant’s work in marine renewable energy and stakeholder engagement, see:<\/p>\n