Effective Community Engagement: A Toolbox for Local Elected Officials and Staff

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This class will be held on-site at the School of Government from 9 a.m.–3 p.m and is designed for both the elected officials and local government professionals.

Do you aspire to have more active participation in your local government processes? Do you feel like your citizens are disengaged, or is your concept of community engagement framed solely by what the Open Meetings Law requires or allows? This interactive webinar will teach you how community engagement is vital to democracy. Your citizens judge the value of government based on what they see and experience; they learn how important government is when they can be a part of it. Elected officials can create inviting and accessible avenues for citizen engagement when armed with actionable tools that make it doable for all.

What you’ll learn:

How to assess the civic ecosystem
Differences between citizen engagement and public participation
Strategies for policy-making and service delivery engagement
Opportunities related to citizen academies, advisory boards and committees, and public agency and elected official engagement
Electronic tools that can improve community engagement
Resources that can help even the most under-resourced communities

This webinar is a 201-level LELA course. Participating elected officials will receive three credits toward their master-level recognition.

Scholarship Information

Civic Foundation Scholarship

Members of Civic Federal Credit Union (Civic) are eligible to apply for a scholarship towards registration fees for programs offered by the School of Government. There are four deadlines to submit applications:

March 1: for programs starting between April 1 and June 30
June 1: for programs starting between July 1 and September 30
September 1: for programs starting between October 1 and December 31
December 1: for programs starting between January 1 and March 31

Visit the Civic Foundation for more information and to submit an application.

Visit the Civic Foundation for more information and to submit an application

NCACC County Commissioner Discount

The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners provides cost offsets for county elected officials to attend LELA courses. For information on this discount please click the link below.

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