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ICMA University is committed to providing you with the leadership tools you need to get through these challenging times and beyond. ICMA University offers two leadership development opportunities to sharpen your leadership and management skills, rejuvenate your performance and commitment, get you into the leadership mindset, and help you thrive as an empowering leader! 

Senior Executive Leadership Institute

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Designed for senior local government managers, the ICMA SEI Leadership Institute is a Senior Executive Institute “Super Session” and is a unique opportunity for you to experience the core of the two week SEI program packed into 7 days in May (May 4-11). A total of 24 top managers and assistants will be selected for this institute along with 12 Leadership ICMA members. One goal of this program is to experience executive leadership in a multigenerational learning community sponsored by ICMA University and the University of Virginia. The program will begin on Saturday, May 4, and will end on Saturday, May 11.

All program costs and most meals are included in the registration fee of $3,750. The curriculum, designed by the faculty at UVA's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service and ICMA University, is varied, and the faculty well grounded in the needs and concerns of the top local government executive.  As a participant in the program, you will have ample opportunity to hone skills and test strategies that can help you build a high performance organization. 

Register now! Save $100 if you register by January 4. After January 4, the registration fee will be $3,750.

 

Attend SEI and you'll take away these important benefits:

  • Extensive peer-level and "next gen" communication.  Increase networking and mentoring opportunities as a result of participating in SEI events.
  • Expanded knowledge.  Gain in-depth insights into every aspect of local government leadership and management.
  • Professional recognition.  Peers, staff, and local government leaders all value the SEI certification designation.

For the ICMA SEI Leadership Institute: A non-refundable deposit of $750 should be included with your application. Applications are due January 31, 2013. Balance payments are due February 28, 2013.

 

 

ICMA’s senior manager leadership institutes are consistently rated as the best programs that your colleagues have ever attended! Learn more and read testimonials about the ICMA SEI Leadership Institute and ICMA Gettysburg Leadership Institute.

 

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Gettysburg Leadership Institute

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The seventh annual, highly-rated ICMA Gettysburg Leadership Institute will be held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, May 8-10, 2013, starting with the opening session and dinner on Wednesday night and ending with a leadership discussion on Lincoln and debriefing on Friday. Participants will stay at the Wyndham Gettysburg at 95 Presidential Circle. [This is the 150th anniversary of the battle and rooms will go fast, so call 717-339-0020 as soon as possible to make your reservation. Reserve under the ICMA room block for $98 per night. You must bring government ID to check in at this rate.] 

On May 8, a small group of no more than 30 ICMA members will meet to study the leadership lessons of Gettysburg. This small group will join colleagues in an exploration of personal leadership, organizational effectiveness, disaster management, and the lessons of history.

Register now! Save $100 if you register by January 4. After January 4, the registration fee will be $895 for members and $995 for nonmembers. Team rates are also available. 

The fee includes all interpretive fees and materials, bus transportation, dinner on Wednesday, lunch on Thursday, and breakfast on Friday.

Attend the ICMA Gettysburg Leadership Institute and take away great leadership lessons that are applicable to local goverment today:

  • Strategy
  • Flexibility
  • Communication
  • Rigor
  • Organizational function and dysfunction.

 

For the ICMA Gettysburg Leadership Institute: Deadline for registration and fee payment is February 28, 2013.

If you have questions about these programs, contact Amanda Relyea at arelyea@icma.org.

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