Courses

Resolving Public Disputes: Workshop I

Workshop I: Conflict Assessment and Negotiation Skills

This workshop is part one of a three-course sequence to improve individual negotiation skills and responses to conflict, as well as strengthening group facilitation, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities. Participants can take any of the three workshops; there are no...

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Harness the Power of Public Participation

This course will take place online via Zoom from 9:00 am–4:00 pm. There will be fun pre-work assignments required for this class.

In working with the public, do you ever wonder how to move from mere participation to genuine engagement?

If you are a local government professional or elected leader who seeks to better understand your...

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Lead with Purpose: Engage and Motivate Teams

This is an in person class held at the School of Government from 9am - 4pm.

Leaders are constantly searching for ways to improve employee engagement. There are studies that indicate that anywhere between 70 – 85% of the workforce is not engaged. If we are to believe those numbers, we need to know what employment engagement is...

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Historic Resilience Project: Resilience Design Standards Workshop

North Carolina’s historic properties are facing historic floods. Communities across the state must coordinate across departments and perspectives to bring resilience to our historic districts. For the last year or so, we’ve had the privilege to work alongside colleagues from the NCSU College of Design, UNC, and more on the Historic Resilience...

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Finance Officer Certification Exams

Beginning in 2021, we will no longer be offering the certification exams in January.

The North Carolina Government Finance Officers Association sponsors the NC Finance Officers' Certification Program. This program is designed to enhance the public finance profession in North Carolina.

To be eligible for...

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LGFCU Fellows Alumni Workshop

The Alumni workshop will be held at the Sheraton in Chapel Hill, October 26-27, with a reception on the 26 at the Story Venue on Franklin Street. We will have a chance to talk briefly about the emerging issue of AI and how it might impact local governments, as well as work with national communication trainers to gain new skills to add to our...

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Municipal and County Administration

Due to the impact of Helene on our participants and their friends and families,
we will delay the start of the MCA program until November.
See below for current program dates as we have canceled October and scheduled additional dates November and December.

The application period for the virtual...

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Top 10 Primer: Tools for a Successful Strategic Plan

This course will take place from 10:00–11:15 a.m. online via Zoom.

Effective governing means having a vision for the future of your community, engaging in planning for that vision, and talking openly about the future you see with the people who are affected by it. As local elected officials, you know that change is inevitable. It is your...

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Top 10 Primer: What Local Elected Officials Need to Know about Public Health and Social Services

This is a free online course from 10–11:15 AM on October 19, 2022.

Being an effective local elected official requires a basic understanding of what your local government agencies do. The public health and social services agencies are two public agencies that are touch points for many of the people in your communities. Their services...

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Felony Defender Training

Topics will include discovery and investigation, suppression and other superior court motions, lab reports, preserving the record, jury instructions, sentencing, and trial skills—including conducting voir dire—necessary to handle felony cases from start to finish. The program is comprised of plenary sessions and intensive small-group workshops...

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Foreclosure Hearings for Clerks of Superior Court

This course is offered through the North Carolina Judicial College. The course is intended for both clerks and assistant clerks of superior court and will cover issues that arise with foreclosure hearings.

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LELA 201: Tools for Persuasive Speaking

In Person – 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Elected officials are often called upon to speak in regular board and council meetings and in special settings. People judge you by your words; they make assumptions about whether you are trustworthy and sincere. Convincing others to agree with your positions, advocating for your community, and building...

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2024 NCACC Spring Conference

Dear Clerks, Deputy Clerks, and COG Clerks/Secretaries:

“Calm in the Chaos” is the theme for the NC Association of County Clerks’ 37th Annual Conference. I encourage all of you to attend the Annual Conference in Cleveland County at the Le Grande Center, April 9-12, 2024. Cleveland County Host Clerk Phyllis Nowlen has been working...

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NC Magistrates' Spring Conference

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 Office of Governmental Affairs, AOC

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Child Welfare 101: A Course for New Social Services Attorneys

This three-day course will address the laws and procedures applicable to abuse, neglect, dependency, and termination of parental rights proceedings. The course will start with a basic overview and drill down to each stage of a case, starting with a report of a child’...

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Grants Management: Tier One Communities

This offering of Grants Management: Tier One Communities is sponsored by the Golden LEAF Foundation. Enrollment is reserved for participants from Qualifying Communities.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:

This introductory level workshop is geared toward public professionals in Tier 1 communities with basic to intermediate...

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Public Law for the Public's Lawyers On-Demand Videos

I will lead the planning for a fall 2020 offering of Public Law for the Public’s Lawyers (PLPL), in place of Professor Aimee Wall, who has taken on a greater administrative role at the School of Government. We appreciate our legislative and state agency partners who help plan and make this course possible.

This course is sponsored by the...

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Basic Economic Development

This UNC course is accredited by the International Economic Development Council. This course qualifies as a professional development training requirement needed to sit for the Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) examination.

This introductory course is designed for economic development professionals employed by public, nonprofit, and...

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Appellate Advocacy Training

Using their own cases, participants will learn to develop a cohesive theory of defense on appeal and use that theory in writing a persuasive statement of facts and legal argument.

This program is open to assistant appellate defenders and attorneys on the appellate appointment list maintained by the Office of the Appellate Defender....

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Implementing the Standard Allowance for American Rescue Plan Act Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds

The live session was held on April 11, 2022. To register for the on demand version, click HERE and you will gain access to the recording and materials.

US Treasury issued the Final Rule implementing the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund program of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP/CSLFRF) on January 6, 2022....