Preconference Sessions

Preconference sessions will be held on April 17, 2012.  There will be a minimum of two sessions one for conference attendees and one specifically for TLG Partners. 

Preconference Session A
10am to 4:30pm
Event Cost FREE

KU-CH2M HILL Free Pre-Conference on Public-Private Collaboration

Join Alliance for Innovation partners KU and CH2M HILL for a free pre-conference session during the 2012 Transforming Local Government Conference in Kansas City, Missouri.

The pre-conference will feature presentations by leading academics and practitioners on emerging forms and practices in public-private collaboration. The pre-conference will also encourage speaker and audience engagement on new approaches to meeting some of our more daunting public service challenges.

The KU-CH2M HILL partnership was formed in 2011 to:
• Educate emerging local government leaders in new strategies for delivery of services
• Develop thought leaders and collaborative capacity in local government organizations
• Conduct research on excellence in public-private collaboration

Preconference Session B
1:30 pm to 4:30pm
Event Cost $50

Facilitation-A Skill To Run A Meeting Or The Platform For Leadership?

Discover how to become a facilitator of learning rather than merely a presenter of information and how to foster effective decision making in work teams.

In today's workplace, leaders need to align people around common outcomes, achieve results in record time, engage employees, coach work teams and help the organization to learn quickly. At the core of these roles is a series of skills that is best described as facilitative leadership. This workshop features multiple opportunities for each participant to practice new tools and receive feedback. Participants leave with invaluable core skills and implementation strategies for use in the workplace.

This workshop addresses ICMA Practice Groups 1, Staff Development and 2 - Policy Facilitation.

Speaker: Felicia Logan, Director of Leadership Development, ICMA

Preconference Session C
1:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Event Cost FREE, registration limited to TLG Partner Jurisdictions only

Innovation Academy

In this workshop, attendees will be among the pilot group to explore the Alliance for Innovation’s Innovation Academy material. Prior to attending this workshop, attendees will complete the Organization Assessment designed to assess organizational culture and proclivity for innovation. Then onsite, attendees will work through academy material and explore ideas of encouraging creativity and entrepreneurial behavior, environment, policies and practices, behaviors and attitudes, and organizational culture.

Speakers: Karen Thoreson, President and COO, Alliance for Innovation and James Svara, Ph.D., Director,

 Center for Urban Innovation, Arizona State University