The MMA Annual Meeting & Trade Show has many popular features: A range of informative and timely workshops Compelling and inspiring speakers A general business meeting and important policy discussions A robust Trade Show featuring the latest services and solutions for cities and towns Countless networking opportunities – and fun! The MMA’s Annual Meeting is a great opportunity for local officials to: Learn about solutions to pr...

So, you've accepted a new position as an Internal Auditor; congratulations, and welcome to our world! Internal Auditors provide an extremely important and unique function: to independently assess controls to balance risk that may impede the objectives of an organization. We are the "last line of defense" in organizations to report risk events. Please join us for this valuable in-person, interactive training and allow our expert instructors to...

Are your audit leadership skills working to get the job done? This in-person event is focused on helping attendees in mastering the skills necessary to efficiently lead audit teams. This course provides new leaders with the tools needed to effectively lead audit teams, while exploring the life cycle of an audit from an audit leader's perspective. "This course is not just for auditors or new audit leaders, it is for anyone who wants an understa...

Every day, information is generated and made available to the public about the risks and benefits of public policies, new products, and corporate behavior. People are accessing this information in real time via traditional news, online media, and word of mouth. The public’s near-instant access to this unfiltered information presents significant new risks, including reputation damage for companies who cause health or environmental damage,...

Work-related injury and illness significantly impact both employee productivity and employers’ bottom line. Beyond these direct costs, public perception of an organization can be adversely affected by health, safety, and environmental issues. Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene: The Application of Basic Principles will help you address these challenges. The program focuses on how to anticipate, evaluate, prevent, and control a wide range of...

Radiological Emergency Planning: Terrorism, Security, and Communication Radiological emergency planning is used to mitigate the effects of events such as a release at a nuclear power plant, the detonation of an improvised nuclear device, or an explosion involving a radiological dispersal device (dirty bomb). While these types of emergencies are rare, they have the potential for devastating and widespread harm. Minimizing the likelihood of harm...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19 concerns. New Date: 2021 PLEASE NOTE: In light of growing concerns about COVID-19 and its unpredictable advance, we have made the difficult decision to reschedule the Massachusetts IT Leadership Forum 2020. The safety and well-being of our sponsors, attendees, speakers and staff comes first and foremost. We are working to identify a new date fo...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. Improving environmental health and safety performance within your organization requires an in-depth understanding of management principles and the leadership skills to drive change. You need to be able to build leadership buy-in for health, safety, and environmental initiatives, lead teams effectively, and create strategies for integrating EHS...

A Risk Analysis Course Risk analysis is a scientific tool designed to help us determine the existence and extent of threats to human health, provide information about how best to manage these risks, and improve our ability to communicate with the public about the proper response to these hazards. This continuing education course explores the principles of risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication, ensuring you can identify, expl...

Who is this workshop best for? This workshop is intended for people who want to learn the basics of Ansible Automation including Ansible Tower, understand how they work and how they can be used to automate basic tasks. In addition, the instructor will provide information on differentiation between the upstream project and the product offering from Red Hat. Join if you never tried Red Hat Ansible Automation. Description What is Ansible, how do...