ICMA University Brings Workshops to You

ICMA is committed to providing workshops that are affordable, accessible, and designed to meet the specific needs of local government professionals. Each workshop is based on the Practices for Effective Local Government Management identified by ICMA members. By partnering with localities, state associations, and universities in the delivery of these programs, we are able to reduce travel costs and provide high-quality workshops. Below is a listing of available workshops. Click on the workshop title to see a description of the workshop that you could bring to your local government, state association meeting, or other setting. 

2007-2008 Workshops

The flat fee for half-day workshops is $3,250 for up to 50 participants. Significant reductions in the price of the workshop are possible when costs are shared by a state association. Full-day workshops are available on request. Contact Debbi Reid, ICMA training coordinator, for details at 202/962-3599; e-mail, dreid@icma.org.

Half-Day Workshops

ICMA is committed to providing workshops that are affordable, accessible, and designed to meet the specific needs of local government professionals. Each workshop is based on the Practices for Effective Local Government Management identified by ICMA members.  By partnering with localities, state associations, and universities in the delivery of these programs, we are able to reduce travel costs and provide high-quality workshops.

• Building a Culture of Ethical Behavior
• Change Management: From the Information to the Conceptual Age
• Employee Discipline: Managers Under Fire
• Essential Management Skills
• The Essential Toolbox for Getting HR to HPO
• Expand Your Leadership Style—Increase Your Effectiveness
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
• Four Generations in the Workplace
• Improving Service Delivery and Reducing Costs: What Every Manager Needs to Know about Quality
• Know Your Leadership Strengths-Discover Your Power
• Leadership: An Art of Possibility
• Lean Thinking and Government – An Oxymoron?
• Local Government Capital Planning, Budgeting, and Finance
• The Manager's Role in Moving Communities from Good to Great
• Managing in Difficult Political Environments
• The “Performance Dividend” of Professional Management: How You Can Demonstrate It Using Performance Measurement
• Leadership for Public Executives (small communities)
• Understanding and Appreciating Differences Using Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

To bring an ICMA University workshop to your local government, state association, or other setting, contact Felicia Logan, director of professional development, at 202/962-3626 or e-mail flogan@icma.org.

• Half-Day Workshops