Want to get a jump start on your conference experience? Join us for our preconference seminars October 25-26.
If you haven't registered for the annual conference yet, now's the perfect time! You can add these preconference offerings directly to your conference registration, making it easy to maximize your learning and networking.
These seminars provide a dive deep into key topics like budgeting, leadership, community engagement, and so much more. Be sure to grab your spot soon—these popular sessions fill up fast!
Sharpen Your Focus: Earn an ICMA Micro-certificate
Looking to really boost your skills? ICMA’s micro-certificate programs are four-hour "bootcamps" designed to help you quickly grow competencies in subjects most relevant to your work. It is focused, hands-on training that offers skills you can use right away, both within your specific role and across different areas.
Every micro-certificate program is built on the ICMA Practices for Effective Local Government Leadership. These practices are the core framework that defines the essential skills and ethical conduct for successful local government management, ensuring what you learn is practical and highly relevant.
Wondering which option is for you? If you're looking for broader, foundational knowledge across a range of important areas, the preconference seminars are a great fit. But if you want intensive, focused training to nail down specific, immediately applicable skills, those micro-certificate bootcamps are exactly what you need.
- A Healthy Workplace Culture Is the Secret Sauce to Success
- Mapping Your Community’s Commons
- Strategic Conflict Management
- How to Make Trust an Organizational Foundation
- Building High Performing Board-Manager Relations
- The 5 Tenets of High-performance Government
- AI: Developing a Plan, Culture, and Purpose for Your Government Enterprise
- Leading Democratically: Fostering Management Innovation, Advancing Public Trust, and Building Resilient Communities
- Politics and Administration: Bridging the Gap Between What Is Politically Acceptable and Operationally Sustainable
- Psychological Safety: The Foundation of Trust, Healthy Culture, and Great Leadership
- Public Engagement for Solving Stubborn City Problems*
- Survive and Thrive with Political Acumen and Diplomatic Intelligence
- It Is Not Possible to Find More Time by Looking at Your Calendar. You Must Make the Time.
- Bridging the Strategic Planning Gap: Connecting Performance Data with Your Municipality’s Vision and Priorities
- Sustainovation: Building Sustainable Innovation—One Creative Idea At a Time
- We’ve Got to Stop Meeting Like This! Keys to Revitalizing Your Official Public Meetings*
Explore the full list of Micro-certificate programs here!
Already registered for the conference? No problem! You can easily add micro-certificates to your existing registration.
Ready to level up? Don't miss out on these opportunities to enhance your skills and grow your network! Secure your spot by registering for preconference seminars and micro-certificates today.
New, Reduced Membership Dues
A new, reduced dues rate is available for CAOs/ACAOs, along with additional discounts for those in smaller communities, has been implemented. Learn more and be sure to join or renew today!
