Leonard Matarese returns with a police-only presentation to help you make informed policy decisions by knowing what to ask of your police departments. How many police officers do you really need? How well is your police department performing? Are "officers per 1,000" and "number of calls" really meaningful measures? Matarese will tackle these questions and provide data that will help you rethink the workforce allocation of your police departme...

A growing number of municipalities and communities want to address organics and food waste as a part of their waste diversion goals, but don’t know where to start. This webinar will take a look at what makes up the organics and food waste stream, and offer a simple understanding of options and how to consider a program for your city. You and your staff will learn: What makes up the organics and food waste stream? What options exist to im...

Looking for tips to create – and keep – the board of your dreams? Wondering if that dream can ever become a reality? Curious to know how you can possibly create the board of your dreams if your board members are appointed or placed on your board rather than elected by current directors? Getting the board development cycle right means planning carefully, executing consistently, and evaluating your efforts candidly. But it doesn...

This webinar focuses the attention of those participating on the single most important key to a successful municipality, the relationship between a Council and their management team and more specifically the chief administrative officer (City Manager). Topics covered include: Key roles of a Council Key roles of a chief administrative officer (aka city manager) Why problems in the relationship abound Where managers should start in terms of deve...

Join three local government management professionals as they discuss strategies for addressing difficult issues with their communities. You Will Learn: What has worked for them How to you choose the right approach for the topic Hear helpful examples of concrete applications and do’s and don’ts. We’ll be using webinar tools (including real-time questions and live polling) to enhance audience engagement.

The ICMA Annual Conference is the largest annual event in the world for local government managers and staff. The tools, tips, information, and resources you'll pick up at the conference — and the professional and personal renewal and networking you'll have an opportunity to do — are more important than ever. In addition to daily keynote sessions, educational and Solutions Track sessions, roundtable discussions, ICMA University work...

Each year, through its highly praised Annual Conference, ICMA continues its tradition of offering an abundance of educational, information-sharing, and networking tools to help you manage your community in today’s complex environment. ICMA President, Jim Bennett, invites you to join him at the 101st ICMA Annual Conference, where you'll get the tools, tips, information, and resources you pick up at the conference—in addition to the...

The National Brownfields Conference is one of the largest educational events sponsored by the U.S. EPA, attracting over 6,000 participants and featuring over 100 dynamic educational sessions, networking and business development opportunities, mobile workshops, walking tours, and volunteer activities to see redevelopment at ground level. Sustainable Communities Start Here--Brownfields 2015 SEPTEMBER 2 - 4, 2015 -- CHICAGO, IL Brownfields 2015 i...

Facilitation is a skill that promotes effective and efficient use of time, people and energy and provides a deliberate process that leads to specific outcomes. If you work with teams or citizen or staff groups you will gain strategies that will make those meetings productive. This workshop features multiple opportunities for each participant to practice new tools and receive feedback. Participants leave with invaluable core facilitation skills.

Discover how to foster effective decision making in work groups and teams. This workshop features multiple opportunities for each participant to practice new tools and receive feedback. Participants leave with invaluable core facilitation skills. The definition of facilitate is "to make easy" or "ease a process". What a facilitator does is plan, guide and manage a group event to ensure that the group's objectives are met effectively, with clea...