Courses

Managing the Finance and Tax Offices

This course provides an overview of management and communication issues relevant to local government finance and tax offices. Participants will learn the skills and practices necessary to improve both their individual performance as managers and the effectiveness of their offices. Topics will include internal controls, employment law, public...

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CGCIO Alumni Workshop

The 2.5 day program provides valuable training that builds on the skills you learned in the CGCIO program. The theme for this event is “The Changing Landscape of the CIO.” Sessions will focus on how changes in technical and leadership skills, emerging legal issues, and organizational landscapes at all levels of government are impacting...

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Sentencing Seminar

This seminar is conducted in conjunction with a UNC-Chapel Hill law school seminar on North Carolina sentencing practices. It focuses on the discretionary aspects of sentencing, using a case/discussion format. A judge, prosecutor, or defender will present cases, and participants will have the opportunity to decide how they would have sentenced...

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Presiding Over DWI Cases: What Magistrates and District Court Judges Need to Know

This course is offered through the North Carolina Judicial College. This course is intended for magistrates and district court judges who want to learn more about the physiology of alcohol and drugs, the incidence and investigation of impaired driving, and the law of impaired driving. The first two days of the course are for magistrates and...

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Essentials of Economic Development

This course will take place online from 10am - 2:30pm via Zoom.

Does your community have the ingredients to stimulate investment and to create jobs and wealth in an uncertain economy?

This one-day workshop covers promising strategies and tools for promoting economic development in the face of changing fiscal and economic conditions...

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Governmental Accounting & Financial Reporting

Pre-recorded video lectures by Gregory Allison will be assigned to watch on your own between each Wednesday class, as well as a weekly quiz. During the live Zoom sessions each Wednesday, there will be a review of the previous week’s materials and homework exercises, opportunities for Q&A, and a brief lecture that will introduce the...

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Basic Economic Development

The 2021 Basic Economic Development Course at UNC-Chapel Hill will be offered virtually! Click HERE to take a look at the agenda.

Due to COVID19 precautions and travel restrictions, this is the best way to deliver a high-quality course and ensure it is accessible to all those who need to participate in 2021.

This...

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LELA 201 Rumor Control and Controversy: Effective Communications in Troubled Times

LELA 201 Rumor Control and Controversy: Effective Communications in Troubled Times will be held October 8, 2021 ONLINE via Zoom. The class begins at 10:00 a.m. and concludes at 12:00 p.m.

The world of politics is fraught with controversy and rumor. Some would say rumor and controversy are pillars of democracy; others would say they are...

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Top10 Primer: A Roundtable Discussion with Local Elected Officials about Managing Conflict

Top10 Primer: A Roundtable Discussion with Local Elected Officials about Managing Conflict will be held March 26, 2021 from 10:00-11:30 a.m online via Zoom. You will receive the link to join the Zoom session in the confirmation email upon registering.

Elected Boards and Councils make public policy decisions at every meeting that have both...

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Determining Military Service Status in Power of Sale Foreclosure Proceedings Before the Clerk

The session will provide participants with an overview of the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and the North Carolina Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. The balance of the session will focus on these two laws as they apply in Chapter 45 power of sale foreclosure proceedings before the clerk, including what evidence the clerk should look...

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Leading with Emotional Control

Local elected officials live in a “fishbowl” of public life. Every situation, every comment, and every decision is scrutinized through the lens of public opinion. Keeping an open and receptive demeanor in the face of dissension or anger is not always easy. Mastering these skills instills the public’s trust in you as a leader.
In this on-...

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Managing Conflict: Best Practices for Local Elected Officials

Do you wish other members of your board could just see things the same way you do? When someone disagrees with you, do you find yourself having a whole different conversation in your head about what they mean by it? Do tensions arise when new members come on your board?

Clashing goals, different personalities, and difficult...

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IAAO Workshop 158: Highest and Best Use

Highest and best use is a concept in real estate appraisal in which market value is achieved by the reasonable and probable legal land use that results in the highest value. Highest and best use is an essential step in the mass appraisal process and is necessary before market value estimates can be made. Local law may mandate preferential...

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Higher-Level Felony Defense, Part II

This is part two of our program for attorneys interested in handling higher level felony cases at the trial level. The focus of the training will be on two important aspects of this work: defense trial strategies in serious felony cases and sentencing advocacy. Specific topics will include defending forcible felonies, eyewitness identification...

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IAAO 332: Modeling Concepts

Course 332 - Modeling Concepts introduces and explains fundamentals of mass appraisal model building. Chapter 1 explains the role of models in mass appraisal and describes basic model structures and steps in model development. Chapter 2 covers exploratory data analysis, including descriptive statistics, charts and graphs, and spatial analyses....

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Advanced Leadership Corps Ambassador Program

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Zoning Practice

The School of Government is streamlining courses in Planning and Development Regulation for the 2020/21 academic year. Given the requirements for remote learning and the need for efficiency, we are adjusting our normal slate of courses into three essential courses: Planning and Development Regulation 1, 2, and 3.

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Municipal and County Administration

This comprehensive course is designed for appointed city and county officials whose responsibilities require an understanding of local government functions beyond individual areas of specialization.

Major subject areas include local government law, organization and management, finance and budgeting, public employment law,...

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Business Partner Certification Program

The Business Partner Certification Program is an 8-month course that provides a holistic overview of public administration for business partners. The purpose of the course is to equip business partners with the requisite tools to manage and improve their working knowledge of creating effective relationships with governments, including becoming...

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NC Magistrates' Spring Conference

The North Carolina Magistrates' Spring Conference 2021 will be offered online only.

This annual conference provides continuing education for magistrates on a diverse range of topics related to performance of the responsibilities of the office of magistrate. Registration information will be sent to all magistrates from the...