How to Run Legal and Effective Public Meetings
Municipal Training WEBINAR
How to Run Legal and Effective Public Meetings
WEBINAR
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW back to top
This webinar will help bring order to your public meetings. Learn keys to successful meetings:
- Legal requirements
- 8 Steps to motions
- Roberts Rules of Order
- Managing debate
- Practical steps to meeting management
Be certain all elected and appointed officials know the nuts & bolts of effective public meetings.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES back to top
Effective meetings
- Overview of legal requirements for public meetings
- How to write an agenda
- Role of the presiding officer
- Audience of citizens
- How to properly call a meeting to order
- Conducting the meeting and managing the agenda
- Tips for maintaining order and public decorum
Robert's Rules of Order
- The easy, logical, and practical way to run a meeting
- Making motions and amendments, and how to consider actions
- Rules for Debate
- Definition of parliamentary terms
CCM PRESENTERS back to top
Kari Olson
Partner
Murtha Cullina
WHO SHOULD ATTEND back to top
- First Selectmen, Mayors, Town/City Managers
- Council Board Members
- Board, Commission, and Committee Members
- Town Clerks
- Anyone interested in Parliamentary Procedure
COST back to top
FREE to individuals who are elected, appointed, or employed by muncipalities that are CCM Members.
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HOW TO REGISTER back to top
CLICK HERE to be redirected to GoToWebinar, where attendees can register..
Questions?
Please contact CCM Training at ccmtraining@ccm-ct.org or call (203) 498-3037.
CCMO back to top
Due to current conditions, CCM is not holding in-person trainings for participants in the CCMO program to earn credit hours. However, CCM would still like to provide opportunities to work toward completion in the program.
Participants have the opportunity to earn CCMO credit hours by watching and participating in this webinar:
- Watching this webinar live is good for 1 credit hour of Organizational Development.
- Completing the short quiz that will be sent to attendees following the webinar is good for 2 credit hours of Organizational Development.
Fine Print back to top
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