Thank You to the ICMA State Association Coaching Partners!
The ICMA Coaching Program has the strong backing of the following ICMA State Association Coaching Partners:
Alaska, Arizona, California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Become an ICMA State Association Coaching Partner to Serve Your Members
Becoming a State Association Partner will continue to support and expand the ICMA Coaching Program to your state members and to ICMA members. ICMA thanks its past Platinum sponsor MissionSquare and Gold sponsor CAL-ICMA for providing funding to launch the ICMA Coaching Program from a state program to a national program.
BENEFITS OF BECOMING A STATE ASSOCIATION COACHING PARTNER
- Featured as a partner on ICMA Coaching Program webpage, all webinars, and notices—enjoy recognition and outreach to attract new members to your association.
- Participate in identifying webinar topics and presenters of interest to your state.
- Receive notices for each webinar and Career Compass column in formats that your association can readily distribute to your members.
- Receive monthly reports about participation in your state to support your association’s objectives for membership growth and professional development.
- Share best practices and templates for programs you can implement within your state (i.e., 1-1 Coaching, Talent Development, and Speed Coaching).
- Help shape future Coaching Program services with membership on the ICMA Coaching Program Advisory Committee (i.e., materials for setting up 1-1 Coaching in your state).
- Tap the power of the ICMA CoachConnect tool to link rising stars with volunteer coaches in your association. Build connections that boost your association now and into the future.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO BECOME A STATE ASSOCIATION COACHING PARTNER
- Designate one point of contact to
- Distribute Coaching Program webinar announcements, Career Compass columns, and other resource materials to state association members and to encourage them to share the notices and resources with all of their employees.
- Serve on the national ICMA Coaching Program Advisory Committee.
- Provide administrative requirements such as submitting the State Partners Agreement
- Provide feedback to ICMA's Coaching Program Manager on what content is helpful for State Association members.
- Contribute to ICMA to offset costs of supporting state association participation in the Coaching Program, providing state-specific participation statistics, and distribute information about best practices for ICMA State Association Coaching Partners to use in their state-based talent development initiatives. Payment of the ICMA State Association Coaching Partner sponsorship is due upon receipt of the invoice from ICMA.
- To request a copy of the ICMA Coaching agreement, email coaching@icma.org.
| Members | One-Year Sponsorship | Three-Year Sponsorship |
| 101+ Members | $1,000 | $2,850 (5% discount) |
| 51-100 Members | $600 | $1,710 (5% discount) |
| 1-50 Members | $300 | $855 (5% discount) |
INTERESTED?
Send your state association's interest in being an ICMA State Association Coaching Partner to lsavage@icma.org.
HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF BEING A STATE PARTNER
Read Tips for State Partners for 10 ways you can use the ICMA Coaching Program to serve your state association and its members. Take a guided video tour of the ICMA Coaching Program at Opportunities for ICMA State Association Coaching Partners to Benefit.
FURTHER QUESTIONS?
Contact Laura Savage, senior program manager, ICMA career and equity advancement lsavage@icma.org or Frank Benest, ICMA Liaison for Next Generation Initiatives, frank@frankbenest.com.
DO YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR WEBINAR PRESENTERS?
We tap the best available presenters from across the United States and encourage State Coaching Partners to provide suggestions. Send your suggested webinar presenters and their contact information (and the webinars for which they would be relevant) to lavage@icma.org.
Outreach Partners
We are pleased to announce that the following organizations have stepped forward to help in spreading information about the ICMA Coaching Program to their members:
- Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators (CAMA)
- International Network of Asian Public Administrators (I-NAPA)
- Public Sector-HR (PSHR)
- Local Government Hispanic Network (LGHN)
- Local Government Management Association of British Columbia (LGMA BC)
- National Association of County Administrators (NACA)
- National Forum for Black Public Administrators (NFBPA)
- Municipal Management Association of Southern California (MMASC)
- Municipal Management Association of Northern California (MMANC)
We welcome more national and international organizations that share the objectives of the ICMA Coaching Program and can aid in attracting interest and participation. Contact Laura Savage lsavage@icma.org, for more details.
