2009 Leadership Academy Agenda

NOTE: This event has been postponed. Check back soon for more information.

Friday

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Registration and Sign-In

1:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Leadership Applications for Commission & Board Meetings, Georgia Peterson, Ph.D., MSUE Forestry Outreach Specialist
Building Blocks for Effective Meetings, Mary Ann Heidemann, AICP, Ph.D., Regional Land Use Educator

• What you need to do before calling the meeting to order

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
Welcome and Opening Remarks, Wayne Beyea, AICP, J.D., Associate Director of Citizen Education of the Land Policy Institute, Statewise Coordinator of Citizen Planner
Keynote Address, Soji Adelaja, Ph.D., John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in Land Policy, Director of the Land Policy Institute

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Parlimentary Procedures, Julie Pioch, Van Buren County Extension Director

Saturday

7:30 am - 8:15 am
Continental Breakfast

8:15 am - 12:00 pm
Vision and Community Engagement, Dean Solomon, Charlevoix County Extension Director

• Communicating with the public
• Building Consensus

Budget and Finances, Kurt Schindler, AICP, Regional Land Use Educator

• Internal Budgets
• Capital Improvement Plan

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch and Networking

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

• Team Case Study Work Sessions
• Group Presentation of Class Studies