LEADING INNOVATION AND CHANGE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
in cooperation with
the University of Texas at Austin - LBJ School of Public Affairs
Hilton Austin Hotel, Austin, Texas
January 24-26, 2008

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Simply defined, INNOVATION is new ideas that work; a crucial ingredient to finding effective responses to today’s challenges; a vital key for America’s cities to thrive.  Elected officials and city leaders must find innovative answers, not only to deliver business as usual, but also to deliver the value and productivity increases that citizens and society rightly expect.

To build stronger communities, local city leaders must make a strategic commitment to innovation.  Breakthrough innovation begins with a strategic vision and articulation of strategic intent. Successful leaders must be clear and unequivocal in their support for innovation; otherwise it will not happen.

Join leading experts and trainers in an engaging program that will have you examine the key leadership attributes of vision, participation, collaboration and inspiration in an effort to build public trust in your leadership.  Discover new avenue to surmount the obstacles to innovation and change in your community. Learn vital skills and tools needed by local government leaders to bring strong leadership onto the streets and into action in your community.

Seminar Agenda
A preliminary schedule of events (subject to change)…

Thursday, January 24, 2008 
    10:00 am – 5:00 pm    Registration 
      3:00 pm – 6:00 pm     Opening Session
                                           Advocating for Your City: The Art of Persuasion
                                              Dr. John A. Daly, Liddell Centennial Professor of Communication, 
                                                                            University of Texas at Austin
      6:30 pm - 8:00 pm    Reception
                                           Welcome: The Honorable Betty Dunkerley, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Austin

Friday, January 25, 2008
      7:30 am – 1:00 pm     Registration 
                     – 7:30 am    Continental Breakfast 
      8:30 am – 12:00 pm   Second Session:
                                              Building Public Trust through Performance Leadership
                                                 Kevin Baum, Founder and Principal, InCentergy
    12:00 pm – 1:00 pm    Lunch 
                    – 1:00 pm    Board bus to University of Texas campus
      1:30 pm – 4:30 pm   Third Session: Concurrent Breakouts 
                                          Probing the Principle Dimensions of Leadership
                                              Dr. Howard T. Prince, Director, Center for Ethical Leadership
                                          Managing the Conflict to Pursue the Vision
                                              Steve Montague, President, M&L Holdings
     4:45 pm –                 An Evening at the LBJ Presidential Library
                                         Tour of the LBJ Presidential Library
                                      Reception
                                         Welcome
                                              Todd Pearson, 2008 TML President, Mayor, Rockport, TX
                                        Leading Innovation and Change in Your Community
                                              Dr. Betty Sue Flowers, Director, Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) Library and Museum
                   – 7:45 pm   Board bus for return to hotel

Saturday, January 26, 2008 
      7:30 am – 12:00 pm   Registration 
                    –   7:30 am   Continental Breakfast
      8:30 am – 12:00 pm   Fourth Session:
                                            Building Coalitions for Innovative Solutions to Challenges:
                                              Effectively Communicating Your Message 
                                                   Malcom Chapman, President, the Chapman Group
                     – 12:00 pm   Seminar concludes

Seminar Trainers
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Dr. John A. Daly is the Liddell Centennial Professor of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, TCB Professor of Management, and an Adjunct Professor of Pharmacy.  

Dr. Betty Sue Flowers is the Director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) Library and Museum. Prior to her appointment in 2002, she was the Joan Negley Kelleher Centennial Professor at the University of Texas, a Piper Professor, and a member of the UT Academy of Distinguished Teachers.  

Kevin Baum is founder and president of inCentergy. He is an adjunct faculty member of the Texas State University Master of Public Administration program, a guest faculty member for the U.S. Certified Public Manager's Program, and a Senior Fellow with the Performance Institute's Center for Law Enforcement. 

Dr. Howard Prince is Director of the LBJ School's Center for Ethical Leadership. From 1990 to 1996 he served as founding dean and Professor of Leadership Studies in the University of Richmond's Jepson School of Leadership Studies, where he was responsible for the development of the first undergraduate leadership degree program in the world. 

Steven B. Montague is the President of M&H Holdings, LLC. Steve has served as a Navy fighter pilot, Landing Signal Officer Instructor, Instructor pilot, and a Captain for a major airline. 

Malcom “Chap” Chapman is president and chief training officer of the Chapman Group located in Rapid City, South Dakota. Chapman has been a member of the Rapid City Common Council since 2004 and was one of the founders of the Black Hills Society for Training and Development formed in 1999. 

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