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General Sessions
Wednesday, November 11
Watch the website for updates on Wednesday's opening general session speaker.
Thursday, November 12
Watch the website for updates on Thursday's general session speaker.
Friday, November 13
Watch the website for updates on Friday's general session speaker.
Saturday, November 14
Saturday Morning General Session Speaker:
Ed Begley, Jr.
Author, actor and environmental activist
 Ed Begley, Jr., actor, author, long-time environmental activist and host of “Living with Ed” on HGTV, will address attendees of the 2009 Congress of Cities and Exposition on sustainability during the Saturday, November 14, morning general session.
For more than 37 years, Begley has practiced living the green life and speaks eloquently of its benefits to individuals and communities.
Explains Begley on a video from the website http://livingwithed.net, even those skeptical of the role of human activity in climate change will find benefits from green action. At a minimum, people will see the benefits of cleaning up the air in heavily populated cities, putting money in their own pocket thanks to the long-term financial benefits of green actions and lessening dependence on foreign oil.
If people’s actions can impact the environment to the negative, they can also impact to the positive, says Begley.
Turning up at Hollywood events on his bicycle, Ed has been considered an environmental leader in the Hollywood community for many years. He has served as chairman of the Environmental Media Association, and the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. He still serves on those boards, as well as the Thoreau Institute, the Earth Communications Office, Tree People and Friends of the Earth, among many others.
His work in the environmental community has earned him a number of awards from some of the most prestigious environmental groups in the nation, including the California League of Conservation Voters, the Natural Resources Defense Council, The Coalition for Clean Air, Heal the Bay and the Santa Monica Baykeeper.
He currently lives near Los Angeles in a self-sufficient home powered by solar energy. His experience living the green life has been translated into a book, Living Like Ed: A Guide to the Eco-Friendly Life and a reality television series for HGTV entitled “Living With Ed,” now in its second season.
Saturday Delegate Luncheon Speaker:
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Pulitzer Prize Winning Author and Historian
 Influential political author and historian, Doris Kearns Goodwin, will address 2009 Congress of Cities attendees on the subject of leadership in times of crisis during the closing general session on November 14.
Goodwin’s books provide insight and historical perspective on politicians past that are being studied by today’s political leaders.
Her most recent work, a monumental history of Abraham Lincoln entitled Team of
Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, published in October 2005, joined the
best-seller lists on its first week in publication, and soon reached #1 on the New York Times Best-Seller List. Team of Rivals won the 2006 Lincoln Prize for an outstanding work about the president and/or the Civil War, the inaugural New York Historical Society Book Prize, the Richard Nelson Current award and the New York State Archives History Makers Award. Steven Spielberg is developing a feature film about the book, set to star Liam Neeson as Lincoln and Sally Field as Mary.
Goodwin has authored books on political leaders for more than 40 years. In 1976, she authored Lyndon Johnson & The American Dream, which became a New York Times best-seller. Goodwin has served as an assistant to Lyndon Johnson during his last year in the White House and later assisted him in writing his memoirs.
She followed up in 1987 with the political biography, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, which stayed on the New York Times Best-Seller List for five months. In 1990, it was made into a six-hour ABC miniseries. Her next book, No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The American Home Front During World War II, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in April 1995.
Goodwin appears regularly on network television programs and was
an on-air consultant for PBS documentaries on Lyndon B. Johnson, the Kennedy Family, and Franklin Roosevelt.
Register now to take advantage of the early, early bird rate (valid thru June 19) for the 2009 Congress of Cities to be held November 10-14 in San Antonio, Texas.
Leadership Training Institute Seminars
LTI Registration Opens June 11! Register at https://reg.jspargo.com/coc09/. For instructions on how to register for LTI Seminars if you have already registered for the Congress of Cities, see instructions below. For full seminar descriptions click here.
FULL-DAY SEMINARS
TUESDAY, November 10, 2009
L01: Local Action for Sustainable Economic Renewal
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Registration Fee: $180
Competency: Competent Practitioner
Instructor: Gwendolyn Hallsmith, Director, Planning and Community Development, Montpelier, Vermont
MORNING SEMINARS
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
L02: Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures: Building Community in Today’s Economy
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Registration Fee: $120
Competency: Collaborator
Instructors: Marlene A. Pontrelli, Attorney, Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander, P.A., Phoenix, Arizona
Barb Carter, former Council Member, Tempe, Arizona
L03: Understanding and Effectively Using the New Media
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Registration Fee: $120
Competency: Communicator
Instructor: Lindsay Strand, President, Lindsay Strand Associates, Minnetonka, Minnesota
L04: The Policymaker’s Role in Creating Healthy Communities: What’s Health Got to Do with It?
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Registration Fee: $120
Competency: Catalyst
Instructor: Linda Shak, Program Manager, Prevention Institute, Oakland, California
L05: Managing Your Time as a Municipal Leader
9:00 am – 12:00 Noon
Registration Fee: $120
Competency: Cornerstone
Instructor: David Peter Stroh, Principal, Bridgeway Partners, Brookline, Massachusetts
AFTERNOON SEMINARS
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
L06: Sustainability 101: Going Green and the Local Elected Officials Role
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Registration Fee: $120
Competency: Competent Practitioner
Instructor: Sara Pesek, Director, Environmental Finance Center at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
L07: Media Messaging: Building the Right Media Message
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Registration Fee: $120
Competency: Communicator
Instructor: Lindsay Strand, President, Lindsay Strand Associates, Minnetonka, MN
L08: City Leaders Who Make a Difference
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Registration Fee: $120
Competency: Catalyst
Instructor: James H. Svara, Professor, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University
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L09: Staying Sane and Finding Your Game: Handling Conflicts in the Public Eye
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Registration Fee: $120
Competency: Collaborator
Instructor: Eric S. Trogdon, Mediator, Trainer and Author, STEPS Canada, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
L10 – Public Sector Leadership: Stewards of the Common Good
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Registration Fee: $120
Competency: Cornerstone
Instructor: Bill Grace, Grace and Associates, Bellevue, Washington
FULL-DAY SEMINARS
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
L11 – A Foundation of Success: Build a Better Understanding of Yourself and Others
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Registration Fee: $180
Competency: Cornerstone
Instructor: Joshua A. Sky, President, The Sky’s the Limit Consulting, Inc., Estero, Florida
L12 – Effective Councils and Boards: Avoiding the Board Trap
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Registration Fee: $180
Competency: Collaborator / Competent Practitioner
Instructor: Dr. Eddie Holloway, President, Holloway and Associates, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
MORNING SEMINARS
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
L13 – Building Public Trust through Performance Leadership
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Registration Fee: $120
Competency: Cornerstone
Instructor: Kevin Baum, Founder and Principal, InCentergy, Austin,Texas
L14 – Leadership in Changing Communities: The Impact of Paradigms upon Perceptions
9:00 am – 12:00 Noon
Registration Fee: $120
Competency: Collaborator
Instructor: Claude Hurst, President, C.H. Hurst Associates, Inc., Miramar, Florida
L15: Advocating for Your City: The Art of Persuasion
9:00 am – 12:00 Noon
Registration Fee: $120
Competency: Communicator
Instructor: John Daly, Ph.D., Professor, College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
L16 – Local Government Finance: Guarding the Public Checkbook
9:00 am – 12:00 Noon
Registration Fee: $140
Competency: Competent Practitioner
Instructor: Len Wood, President, The Training Shoppe, Rancho Palos Verdes, California
AFTERNOON SEMINARS
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
L17 –How to Inject Innovation into Local Government
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Registration Fee: $120
Competency: Catalyst
Instructor: Patrick Ibarra, Co-Founder & Partner, The Mejorando Group, Glendale, Arizona
L18 – Leading with the Brain in Mind
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Registration Fee: $120
Competency: Cornerstone
Instructor: Harold Suire, CEO, ERI Services, Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana
L19 – The Communicator: Using Likeability and Storytelling to Connect with Constituents
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Registration Fee: $120
Competency: Communicator
Instructor: Bill Graham, Professional Speaker and Trainer, Graham Corporate Communications, Montclair, New Jersey
L20 – Collaborative Ventures: Building a Vibrant Future in Your Community
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Registration Fee: $120
Competency: Collaborator
Instructor: Katherine Aguilar Perez, Executive Director, Urban Land Institute, Los Angeles District Council, Los Angeles, California
L21: Leadership Luncheon
12:00 noon – 1:30 pm
Registration Fee: $40
Moderator: Gene Schulter, Chair, Leadership Training Council, Alderman, Chicago, Illinois
How Do I Register for LTI Seminars?
I am already Registered for the Conference. - Update your registration
Step 1 - Log on to the registration site using the link below.
Step 2 - Scroll to bottom of the page.
Step 3 - Click on "Make Changes to Your Current Registration" to make an addition to add seminars.
Step 4 - Enter your email address in the field provided and your registration confirmation code.
Step 5 - Scroll down to "LTI Seminars" and click the "Add/Modify LTI Seminars" link to make your selections.
Click here to register: https://reg.jspargo.com/coc09/
I have NOT Registered for the Conference - follow the instructions below to register for the conference first, then sign up for LTI seminars.
Step 1 - Log on to the registration site using the link below.
Step 2 - Register for the Congress of Cities Conference.
Step 3 - Obtain a confirmation code. * You will always need your email address and confirmation code to access your registration profile.*
Step 4 - Scroll down to "LTI Seminars" and click the "Add/Modify LTI Seminars" link and make your seminar selections.
Click here to register https://reg.jspargo.com/coc09/
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