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MARCH6
<br />FULL-DAY SEMINARS
<br />I. LEADING THE "NEW BREED:"
<br />ESSENTIALS FOR MUNICIPAL
<br />LEADERSHIP AS THE TURN OF
<br />THE CENTURY APPROACHES
<br />9:00am - 5:00p.m.
<br />Registration Fee $145
<br /> This workshop will address the chal-
<br />Icnges facing elected officials as they lead
<br />citizens and staff with stronger needs for
<br />involvement and empowerment.
<br />Participants will learn specific leadership
<br />~trategies for maximizing the talents of all
<br />constituents.
<br /> Instructor:
<br /> Phillip Van Hooser, Management
<br /> Consultant, Ocala, Florida
<br />
<br />HALF-DAY SEMINARS
<br />MORNING
<br />1I. CONVINCING YOUR
<br />CONSTITUENTS: PUBLIC
<br />SPEAKING SKILLS CLINIC FOR
<br />,MAKING YOUR POINT
<br />EFFECTIVELY
<br />9:00 "loon
<br />Regis .,n Fee $95
<br /> Participants wilt receive videotaped
<br />individual feedback and a coaching session
<br />with the instructor. Come prepared with a
<br />topic for a 3 to 5-minute speech. All partici-
<br />pants will take home the videotape of their
<br />presentation and feedback session to facili-
<br />tate further practice. Registration is limited
<br />to 12 participants. This session will be con-
<br />Jucted four times to accommodate 48 regis-
<br />trants (see sessions VII, XII, and XVI).
<br /> Instructor:
<br /> Dr. Carol M. Simpson, President,
<br /> Standing Ovations, and Professor,
<br /> Georgetown University, Washington,
<br /> DC
<br />
<br />III. DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE
<br />PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE
<br />.MEDIA
<br />4:00 a.m. - Noon
<br />?,egistration Fee $95
<br />Participants will learn and practice strategies
<br />(or working effectively with the media to
<br />'~mprove communication in their communi-
<br />ties. Special emphasis will be given to
<br />actions elected officials can take to forge an
<br />~ffective government-media partnership.
<br />]~his session will be repeated this afternoon.
<br /> Instructor:
<br /> Karen Kalish, President, Kalish
<br /> Communications, Washington, DC
<br />
<br />HALF-DAY SEMeqARS
<br />AFTERNOON
<br />IV. ETHICS AND THE PUBLIC
<br />TRUST: LEADERSHIP
<br />STRATEGIES FOR LOCAL
<br />OFFICIALS
<br />l:30p.m. - 5:00p.m.
<br />Registration Fee $95
<br /> This workshop will focus on the respon-
<br />sibilities of local elected officials for ethical
<br />and moral decision-making. Special empha-
<br />sis will be placed on how elected officials
<br />must conduct themselves to earn and main-
<br />tain the public trust.
<br /> Instructor:
<br /> Dr. Daniel M. Boland, Organizational
<br /> Consultant, Laguna Beach, California
<br />
<br />V. COLLABORATIVE
<br />LEADERSHIP: SKILLS FOR
<br />ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY
<br />PROBLEM-SOLVING
<br />1:30p.m. - 5:00p.m.
<br />Registration Fee $95
<br /> Partidpants will learn the characteristics of
<br />collaborative leadership, a style that is democ-
<br />ratic, inclusive, and based on shared power.
<br />Local elected officials will develop strategies
<br />for connecting community members to solve
<br />shared problems.
<br />
<br />VI. COMMLrNITY-ORIENTED
<br />PUBLIC SAFETY
<br />l:30p.rn. - 5:00p.m.
<br />Registration Fee $95
<br /> Participants will learn how to engage the
<br />whole community's resources to help pin-
<br />point the causes of crime and to develop
<br />solutions to community crime problems.
<br />Local officials will hear examples of success
<br />stories and strategize ways to implement
<br />community-oriented policing in their own
<br />communities.
<br />
<br />VII. CONVINCING YOUR
<br />CONSTITUENTS: PUBLIC
<br />SPEAKING SKILLS CLINIC FOR
<br />MAKING YOUR POINT
<br />EFFECTIVELY
<br />1:30p.m. - 5:00p.m.
<br />Registration Fee $95
<br />Participants will receive videotaped individ-
<br />ual feedback and a coaching session with the
<br />instructor. Come prepared with a topic for a
<br />3 to 5-minute speech. All participants will
<br />take home the videotape of their presenta-
<br />tion and feedback session to facilitate further
<br />practice. Registration is limited to 12 partic-
<br />ipants.
<br /> Instructor:
<br /> Dr. Carol M. Simpson, President,
<br /> Standing Ovations, and Professor,
<br /> Georgetown University, Washington,
<br /> DC
<br />
<br />VIII. DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE
<br />PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE
<br />IVIEDIA
<br />l:30p.m. - 5:00p.m.
<br />Registration Fee $95
<br />Participants will learn and practice strategies
<br />for working effectively with the media to
<br />improve communication in their communi-
<br />ties. Special emphasis will be given to
<br />
<br />actions elected officials can take to forge an
<br />effective government-media partnership.
<br /> Instructor:
<br /> Karen Kalish, President, Kalish
<br /> Communications, Washington, DC
<br />
<br />SATURDAY
<br />
<br />MARCH7
<br />Fin_L-DAY SEMINARS
<br />IX. MUNICIPAL STRATEGIC
<br />PLANNING: FROM VISION TO
<br />GOALS TO IMPLEMENTATION
<br />9:00 a.m. - 5:00p.m.
<br />Registration Fee $145
<br /> Participants will experience a community
<br />strategic planning process from developing
<br />the shared vision to determining goals and
<br />tasks. Special emphasis will be placed on the
<br />local elected official's leadership role in
<br />strategic planning.
<br /> Instructor:
<br /> Carl H. Neu, Jr., Executive Vice
<br /> President and General Manager, Neu
<br /> and Company, Lakewood, Colorado
<br />
<br />H2U.F-DAY SI~NARS
<br />MORNING
<br />X. BUILDING COALmONS
<br />AMONG DIVERSE GROUPS
<br />9:00 a.m. - Noon
<br />Registration Fee $95
<br /> This workshop will explore the local offi-
<br />cial's leadership role in bringing together
<br />members of diverse community groups, pro-
<br />moting positive communication and
<br />involvement, and working against stereotyp-
<br />ing and prejudice.
<br />
<br />XI. CHARACTER EDUCATION:
<br />RESTORING RESPECT AND
<br />RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR
<br />COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS
<br />9:00 a.m. - Noon
<br />Registration Fee $95
<br /> How can local government, schools, fam-
<br />ilies, and youth organizations work together
<br />to promote respect, responsibility, honesty
<br />and compassion in community life? This
<br />workshop will share character education
<br />success stories, emphasizing what municipal
<br />govemments can do to contribute to a com-
<br />munity-wide character-building effort.
<br /> Instructor:
<br /> Dr. Thomas Lickona, Director,
<br /> Center for the 4th and 5th Rs
<br /> (Respect and Responsibility), State
<br /> University of New York, Cortland,
<br /> New York
<br />
<br />XII. CONVINCING YOUR
<br />CONSTITUENTS: PUBLIC
<br />SPEAKING SKILLS CLINIC FOR
<br />MAKING YOUR POINT
<br />EFFECTIVELY
<br />9:00 a.m. - Noon
<br />Registration Fee $95
<br />Participants will receive videotaped individ-
<br />ual feedback and a coaching session with the
<br />instructor. Come prepared with a topic for a
<br />
<br />3 to 5-minute speech. All participants will
<br />take home the videotape of their presenta-
<br />tion and feedback session to facilitate further
<br />practice. Registration is limited to 12 partic-
<br />ipants.
<br /> Instructor:
<br /> Dr. Carol M. Simpson, President,
<br /> Standing Ovations, and Professor,
<br /> Georgetown University, Washington,
<br /> DC
<br />
<br />AFTERNOON
<br />xm. DEVELOPING AND USING
<br />ELECTRONIC TOWN MEETINGS
<br />TO INCREASE CITIZEN
<br />PARTICIPATION
<br />1:30p.m. - 5:00p.m.
<br />Registration Fee $95
<br /> Local officials will learn how to revitalize
<br />the town meeting through television.
<br />Electronic Town Meetings (ETMs) provide
<br />open access to the democratic process and the
<br />conduct ora community's civic business. The
<br />elected official's leadership role in planning
<br />and conducting ETMs will be emphasized.
<br />
<br />XIV. BUILDING COMlvIUNITY
<br />FROM THE INSIDE OUT:
<br />ASSET-BASED COMMUNITY
<br />DEVELOPMENT
<br />l:30p.m. - 5:00p.m.
<br />Registration Fee $95
<br /> Local leaders will learn a process for
<br />assessing their community's assets - the
<br />experience, skills, and enthusiasm present
<br />and possibly untapped. Participants will
<br />also learn strategies for engaging these
<br />untapped assets in civic participation.
<br />
<br />XV. SUCCESS-ORIENTED
<br />STRATEGIES TO REVITALIZE
<br />YOUR COMMUNITY'S
<br />DOWNTOWN
<br />1:30p.m. - 5:00p.m.
<br />Registration Fee $95
<br /> This workshop will provide local leaders
<br />with tools to define a vision for your com-
<br />munity's downtown, develop action-orient-
<br />ed strategies to create a downtown success,
<br />and build a partnership between the local
<br />elected body and the business community.
<br />
<br />XVI. CONVINCING YOUR
<br />CONSTITUENTS: PUBLIC
<br />SPEAKING SKILLS CLINIC FOR
<br />MAKING YOUR POINT
<br />EFFECTIVELY
<br />l:30p.m. - 5:00p.m.
<br />Registration Fee $95
<br />Participants will receive videotaped individ-
<br />ual feedback and a coaching session with the
<br />instructor. Come prepared with a topic for a
<br />3 to 5-minute speech. All participants will
<br />take home the videotape of their presenta-
<br />tion and feedback session to facilitate further
<br />practice. Registration is limited.to 12
<br />participants.
<br /> Instructor:
<br /> Dr. Carol M. Simpson, President,
<br /> Standing Ovations, and Professor,
<br /> Georgetown University, Washington,
<br /> DC
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