Successful Citizen Advisory
Boards and Committees Training
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The Florida League of Cities, the Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium and the Florida Institute of Government present training sessions throughout the year on building Successful Citizen Advisory Boards and Committees. These workshops focus on how to resolve conflicts and build relationships among and with advisory board members, citizens and elected officials. Participants will learn to channel conflict into constructive cooperation; solve seemingly impossible problems; save city dollars; build public, private and political support; and utilize citizen volunteer time productively. Productive citizen boards and committees can provide the insight and energy essential for creating better communities. They help make important decisions, bring expertise and resources needed to address problems, and provide a valuable link to public and private groups and the electorate. Elected officials, administrators and other leaders who want their citizen boards and commitees to be more productive are encouraged to attend.
Workshop Objectives
Enhance the productivity of standing boards and committees
Suggest criteria for when to create temporary, advisory committees
Offer options for how to select and remove committee members
Describe a step-by-step procedure for a decision-making process
Provide guidelines to assure productive, conclusive meetings
Go home with practical strategies for enhancing your citizen groups
Learn valuable facilitation techniques that can be used in any meeting
Produce a guide that incorporates your insights and ours
This training will help you and your city to:
Solve seemingly impossible problems
Save city dollars
Channel conflict into constructive cooperation
Build public and private support for solutions
Build, not undermine, your political support
Utilize citizen volunteer time productively
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Productive citizen boards and committees can provide insights and energy essential for creating better communities. They help make important decisions, bring expertise and resources needed to address problems and provide a valuable link to public and private groups and the electorate. But committees can also aggravate problems, waste time and become legal and political liabilities.
The Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium at Florida State University and the Florida Institute of Government at the University of Central Florida has designed this interactive workshop for elected officials, administrators and other leaders who want their citizen boards and committees to be more productive. Every participant will leave with new insights, a personal action plan and the materials needed to make a difference.
Contact Jan Piland for registration information, or if your city or regional league is interested in hosting a workshop, via e-mail or (850) 222-9684.
Upcoming Workshops
May 22, 2008 - Orlando
May 30, 2008 - Tallahassee
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