Ohio City/County Management Association

Crowne Plaza Columbus, 33 E. Nationwide Blvd, Columbus OH  43215.  614/ 461-4100.

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Site Visit Option 1 - Local Food Matters

1:00 - 2:00 pm Pearl Market, 20 E Broad St, 1st floor.

2:30 pm North Market, 59 Spruce St.

Site Visit Option 2 - Retrofitting Suburbia

1:00 - 2:00 pm Worthington Art Center

2:30 pm Second Site

7:00 pm Mayhem & Mystery Dinner Theatre: Away with the Breeze at The Spaghetti Warehouse. Tickets $23.95

8:00 pm Peking Acrobats at Palace Theatre. Tickets $25-$42.50

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

7:30 - 8:15 am Breakfast: Committee Meetings (Muirfield Room)

8:15 - 8:30 am OCMA Website Review (Muirfield)

8:30 - 9:45 am Community: The Structure of Belonging (Muirfield)

9:45 - 10:45 am Concurrent Sessions

What Does Consumer Generated Media Mean for Government? (Muirfield)

Interactive Session with Peter Block (Kingsmill)

Carbon Inventory Measurement and Related Sustainability Topics Tech City (Scioto)

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Sessions

Dealing with an Investigative Reporter (Muirfield)

Retrofitting Suburbia (Kingsmill)

Connected Local Communities: Providing Municipalities with Increased Collaboration,

Unified Communications and Ecological Sustainability - Tech City (Scioto)

12:15 - 1:15 pm Lunch: Ohio's Next Generation Strategy (Muirfield)

1:30 - 2:30 pm Concurrent Sessions

Developing People (Muirfield)

Strategies for Urban Wildlife (Kingsmill)

Carbon Inventory Measurement and Related Sustainability Topics - Tech City (Scioto)

2:45 - 3:45 pm Concurrent Sessions

Zoning Code Responses to Green Initiatives (Muirfield)

Speed Coaching (Fusion)

Connected Local Communities: Providing Municipalities with Increased Collaboration,

Unified Communications and Ecological Sustainability - Tech City (Scioto)

4:00 - 5:00 pm Concurrent Sessions

When it Comes to Food, Local Matters (Muirfield)

Consolidation and Shared Services: A Proven Method to Save Dollars (Scioto)

The Cost of a Good Hire vs. Bad Hire (Kingsmill)

5:00 - 6:00 pm Next Generation Roundtable (Scioto)

5:30 - 7:00 pm Reception (Fusion)

Thursday, February 25, 2010

7:30 - 8:45 am Breakfast and Business Meeting (Muirfield)

8:45 - 9:45 am Cactus Rolling: Coping with Life's Thorniest Problems (Muirfield)

10:00 - 11:15 am Concurrent Sessions

Negotiation Skills for City Managers (Muirfield)

Financial Management 101 (Kingsmill)

11:15 am - 12:30 pm Concurrent Sessions

Avoiding Discrimination in the Workplace (Muirfield)

Why Innovation Matters More than Ever: Buidling & Sustaining a Culture

of Innovation (Kingsmill)

12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch - Legislative Update & Annual Awards (Muirfield)

1:30 - 2:30 pm Preparing Councils for their Work (Muirfield)

1:30 - 5:00 pm ICMA University - Leadership, Management, and the Key Role of Performance

Measurement