- Date: November 13, 2013 - November 16, 2013
- Location: Washington State Convention Center - Seattle, WA
- Category: Annual Conference
Schedule
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
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9:00 amL03: Making Shifts Happen: From Political Drama to Finding Common Ground (Show details)
Phillip Boyle - University of Georgia
Credits: (2) Course Level: 101 *Please Note: As of November 2013, we are no longer assigning competency levels to our seminars.
Public leaders are often conflicted about what it means to find common ground. On
one hand the public wants problems solved and progress made, and on another hand, many citizens want leaders to stick to their guns and never give in. In this critical time in history, with massive challenges looming everywhere we look, public leaders must be highly self-aware of their leadership traits that may stand in the way of forging common ground. This seminar is not for the faint of heart. You will be challenged to tell the truth about your personality traits, attitude or opinions that may stand in the way of creating common ground. This is not about fixing the other guy, or blaming circumstances on why common ground has not, or cannot, be achieved. This seminar is about taking the time to listen to what others have learned about how they let go of the need to be right, dominate, win or prevail at all costs. You will go home with a new sense of courage and willingness to develop your leadership qualities in a way that emphasizes your capacity to see in new ways, listen to others with an open heart and cultivate a genuine desire to work together.
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9:00 amL04: Dilemmas and Decisions: Practical Ethics for Public Life (Show details)
Daniel Wallace - City of New York City
Fatima Shama - City of New York City
Credits: (2) Course Level: 101 *Please Note: As of November 2013, we are no longer assigning competency levels to our seminars.
In the context of government, ethics is often seen as something which is lacking in public officials and therefore must be imposed on them, usually in the form of laws and codes. Such measures may promote compliance, but they do not promote ethical excellence. In this seminar, participants will explore the everyday meaning of values, virtue, character, morality, and obligation in their personal, professional, and public lives. Using cases, interactive exercises, and small group problem solving, participants will explore shared values, sources of moral authority, ethical obligations, use common principles of ethical reasoning to resolve dilemmas, apply these principles to administrative and policy decisions, and identify the strengths and weaknesses of different types of ethical reasoning. We'll also look at the moral dimensions and ethical virtues of leadership that help public leaders keep government focused on the public good.
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9:00 amL02: Managing the Municipal Message (Show details)
Rick Dancer - Mountaintop Insight Consulting
Stacey McLaughlin - Mountaintop Insight Consulting
Credits: (2) Course Level: 101 *Please Note: As of November 2013, we are no longer assigning competency levels to our seminars.
You have a story to tell. Understanding how to tell that story is important. With portable video and the Internet, cities and local officials now have the thrilling opportunity to better manage and create their message. Communicating with the public is so much more than posting agendas or City Council minutes on the city’s webpage. You-Tube, Twitter, and Facebook all offer unique and stimulating new opportunities for building community. Through and interactive and experiential process you will gain skill in storytelling and enhance your ability to effectively communicate through the various forms of media. Polish interview skills, learn the value and pitfalls of blogging, and shoot a real time video event to post back home. Optimize your use of unlimited and direct lines of communication leading to those deeper citizen connections every city hopes for. -
9:00amL01: Leadership for Inclusion: Training Mayors and Elected Official How to Take the Lead in Building Communities Where Everyone Belongs, Eliminate Institutional Racism and Promote Racial Equity (Show details)
Cherie Brown - National Coalition Building Institute
Deborah Terry-Hays - National Coalition Building Institute
Credits: (4) Course Level: 101 *Please Note: As of November 2013, we are no longer assigning competency levels to our seminars.
The morning session will focus on incremental, participatory activities that teach Mayors and elected officials a concrete set of skill practices in Welcoming Diversity. Learn hands on tools for interrupting bigoted comments and behaviors. Practice specific tools for becoming effective allies for all groups in the community. Learn a structured methodology for dealing constructively with entrenched community conflicts, enabling disputing parties to move toward cooperation. Learn how to listen to all sides in a divisive controversial issue and then reframe the issue in a way that builds bridges. Learn how you can build a leadership resource team for your community that institutionalizes these skill practices in every sector of the community. In the afternoon, participants will engage in an interactive session that focuses on the differences between individual, institutional and structural racism, learn a Racial Equity Tool for addressing institutional and structural racism, practice new skills for developing and implementing strategies to achieve racial equity, and increase ability to effectively communicate about race and racial equity.
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1:30 pmL08: Breaking Down the Silos Between Economic Development and Smart Regional Planning (Show details)Credits: (2) Course Level: 101 *Please Note: As of November 2013, we are no longer assigning competency levels to our seminars.
Based on Good Jobs First's extensive research on how economic development incentives are too often "siloed" away from transportation/land use planning/community development, and also based on the positive examples established in the Dayton and Denver metro areas, where cooperative codes and programs actively encourage localities to cooperate (instead of competing in narrow, zero-sum ways), this session will equip attendees with the tools they need to argue for a cooperative system in their own metro area. -
1:30 pmL06: Seize the "Movement": Making the Local Food Movement Work for your Community (Show details)
Andy Huckaba - City of Lenexa
Credits: (2) Course Level: 101 *Please Note: As of November 2013, we are no longer assigning competency levels to our seminars.
The local food movement is sweeping the country. One indicator is the explosive growth of farmers markets which are driven by a need to connect with others as well as to buy fresh, natural and local foods. But, with no clear definition, local (is it 50 miles or what?) has taken on larger meaning. It is no less than a movement to build local community in what many would agree is a bewildering world consisting of information proliferation and contradictory claims. So where does training for local officials enter the picture? The local food movement is about these things: health, access and affordability, environmental concerns, safety and indigenous economic development. All are part and parcel of great communities and the growing consciousness of the citizenry. It should also be mentioned that while this is a "trendy" topic, it is one of the few that actually delivers on all cylinders.This half day workshop will assist local communities in building a local food economy. This includes the challenges and opportunities for those cities which "seize the moment (movement?)" and build a truly local economy that enriches peoples' lives at the same time. This highly interactive workshop will (1) provide an overview of the local food movement; (2) provide examples of models that can work in their cities; and (3) the various "pieces and parts" that constitute the menu of building blocks.
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1:30 pmL05: Energizing Communities with Social Media (Show details)Credits: (2) Course Level: 101 *Please Note: As of November 2013, we are no longer assigning competency levels to our seminars.
Connect, energize, and invigorate your communities using social media. Learn the latest tools and trends to enhance your community network using social media. This session will focus on the future of strengthening the fabric of our communities by integrating social tools and social media enabled dialog. -
1:30 pmL07: Denver’s Peak Performance: Planning, Resources, and Continuous Improvement (Show details)
Sylvia L. Lovely - Sylvia Lovely & Associates
Credits: (2) Course Level: 101 *Please Note: As of November 2013, we are no longer assigning competency levels to our seminars.
The City of Denver started the Peak Performance Initiative as a way to build a culture of innovation throughout every city agency. The initiative utilizes the Lean methodology—a business process improvement framework focused on the elimination of waste and an improved customer (or citizen) experience. In this seminar, members of the Peak Performance team will provide an overview of the program, talk about successes and lessons learned, and teach several of the process improvement tools they currently offer through their Peak Academy courses. -
1:30 pmL09: Priority Based Budgeting Part I: Achieving Fiscal Health- Tools and Techniques for Diagnosis and Treatment (Show details)
Chris Fabian - Center for Priority Based Budgeting
Jon Johnson - Center for Priority Based Budgeting
Kathie Novak - Center for Priority Based Budgeting
Credits: (2) Course Level: 101 *Please Note: As of November 2013, we are no longer assigning competency levels to our seminars.
During this half-day training, you will hear about the five (5) basic principles of “Fiscal Health” and then learn how to use proven tools and techniques to help ease your organization’s fiscal stress for the short-term and improve its financial sustainability for the long-term. You will learn how to “self-assess” your own financial situation through a series of diagnostic questions that will validate where your organization is “healthy” and pin-point where your organization can improve. The workshop will also demonstrate the use of a simple, interactive diagnostic tool that can help any organization more effectively communicate its fiscal position to all interested stakeholders (including staff, elected officials, bargaining units, and ultimately, citizens) as well as serve as a monitoring tool to ensure that the organization remains the “picture of Fiscal Health”.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
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9:00 amL10: Priority Based Budgeting Part II: Looking at the Budget through a New Lens (Show details)Credits: (2) Course Level: 201 *Please Note: As of November 2013, we are no longer assigning competency levels to our seminars.
Local governments continue to face previously unknown financial and political pressures as they struggle to develop meaningful and fiscally prudent budgets. Revenues are at best stable (or even declining), while demand for services continues to increase. Citizens believe that government budgets are “fat” and that this is ample waste to “cut”. Civic leaders more often than not, focus on “across the board” cuts that spreads the pain equally – but also encourages mediocrity rather than excellence. Priority Based Budgeting is a unique and innovative approach being used by local governments across the Country to match available resources with community priorities, provide information to elected officials that lead to better informed decisions, meaningfully engage citizens in the budgeting process and, finally, escape the traditional routine of basing “new” budgets on revisions to the “old” budget. This holistic approach helps to provide elected officials and other decision-makers with a “new lens” through which to frame better-informed financial and budgeting decisions and helps ensure that a community is able to identify and preserve those programs and services that are most highly valued.
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9:00 amL11: Creating Immigrant-Friendly Cities and Communities: A Focus on Strategies, Policies, and Programs (Show details)
David Edinger - City of Denver, Peak Performance
Melissa Field - City of Denver, Peak Performance
Credits: (2) Course Level: 101 *Please Note: As of November 2013, we are no longer assigning competency levels to our seminars.
Cities and metro-areas around the country –where 95 percent of immigrants live- are thinking about and responding to immigration-related challenges and solutions. Recognizing that: cities and metro-areas are experiencing the greatest impacts of globalization and migration; in order to remain competitive, cities must attract and retain newcomers; immigrants, regardless of legal status, are residents of cities, and that residents must have equal access to services and resources in order to promote general welfare; and immigrants and immigrant integration benefit the civic, economic and cultural life of cities. This session will provide a framework for localities to consider by highlighting innovative strategies through policies and programs. Participants will also receive a toolkit of blueprints developed by the NYC Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs that can be employed by local governments to help foster economic growth and civic and cultural vibrancy by promoting the well-being and integration of immigrants in cities and communities. -
9:00 amL12: Authentic Youth Civic Engagement (Show details)Credits: (2) Course Level: 101 *Please Note: As of November 2013, we are no longer assigning competency levels to our seminars.
Across the country, municipal leaders are discovering one of their greatest assets: the youth of their city. Increasingly, youth are working with elected officials and other city leaders to tackle the important issues of local government. More and more young people are also discovering that their voices matter to their communities, and that they can make their communities better places to live. Authentic Youth Civic Engagement invites young people to participate in the democratic process through meaningful roles in public policy, planning and decision-making, which can lead to improved outcomes for youth and the community. AYCE thrives in a climate of reciprocity and respect where young people, in partnership with adults, are prepared and supported to tackle relevant issues and effect change. The AYCE framework presents four critical elements for a successful initiative: Setting, Structure, Strategy, and Support. This session will help local elected officials and other city leaders address each of the critical elements of the AYCE framework. In turn, local officials can use this framework to find workable solutions for their own community. -
9:00 amL13: Collaboration Multiplier: Working Across Sectors to Foster Healthy and Safe Communities (Show details)
Greg LeRoy - Good Jobs First
Credits: (2) Course Level: 101 *Please Note: As of November 2013, we are no longer assigning competency levels to our seminars.
Many cities are invested in ensuring optimum health and safety and want to implement solutions to foster wellness and peace in their communities. Improving health and safety in communities requires a multi-sector approach in which elected officials are working in close partnerships with various city departments and agencies, as well as non-governmental partners representing local businesses and community-based organizations. This session will provide an introduction to Collaboration Multiplier, a framework for a deeper understanding of effective multi-sector collaboration. Participants will engage in an exercise to practice using Collaboration Multiplier and explore how it can be used in different stages of collaboration to establish partnerships, strengthen existing collaborative efforts, and to think strategically about potential partners to engage.
Registration
- NLC Direct Member $670.00
- State League Member $790.00
- State League Member $595.00
- Student $175.00
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