Agenda
Please visit the Speakers page for more information about the featured presenters at this year's Annual Conference.
The Session Descriptions page contains more details on each session/workshop at the conference.
Click here for a print-friendly PDF version of the agenda. Click the tabs below to view each day's schedule.
Links to presentation files, if available, can be found under each session's title below.
| Thursday, August 11 | Time | Location |
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| County Invitational Golf Tournament | 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Tanglewood Park |
| Davidson County Tour Hosted by President-Elect Fred McClure Departs from the front of the Benton Convention Center |
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. | Davidson County |
| Registration Desk Hours | 9 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Benton Convention Center Foyer |
| LELA Seminar: Managing Conflict Constructively with Dan Clark | 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | North Main Hall F & G |
| Exhibit Show Hours | Noon - 6 p.m. | South Main Hall |
| Opening Reception | Noon - 1:30 p.m. | South Main Hall |
| Workshop Block I - Public Health Connections and Hot Topics | ||
| Workshop Block I - County Authority for Public Schools, Statutorily Speaking | 2:45 - 4 p.m. |
North Main Hall C |
| Workshop Block I - Tips and Tools for Reaching Your Latino Population | 2:45 - 4 p.m. | North Main Hall B |
| Workshop Block I - Social Security: Choice of a Lifetime | 2:45 - 4 p.m. | North Main Hall E |
| Workshop Block II - How a Bill Becomes a Law, and What It Means Once It Does | 4:15 - 5 p.m. | North Main Hall F & G |
| Workshop Block II - Community Paramedicine/Mobile Integrated Healthcare: Addressing Tomorrow's Needs | 4:15 - 5 p.m. | North Main Hall D |
| A Toast to Innovation: Reception hosted by Local Government Federal Credit Union |
5 - 6 p.m. | South Main Hall |
| First Night Celebration, Hosted by NC Cooperative Extension (Formerly known as Horn O'Plenty) |
6 - 8:30 p.m. | North Main Hall |
| Friday, August 12 | Time | Location |
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| Registration Desk Hours | 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. | Benton Convention Center Foyer |
| Public Speaking Speed Coaching Sessions with Joy Javitz No advance registration required - attendees may sign up for a time slot on site. |
All day, by appointment | Benton Convention Center Foyer |
| Opening General Session, Featuring Keynote Speaker Jaylen Bledsoe |
8:30 - 10 a.m. | North Main Hall A |
| Spouse/Guest Tour Departs from Convention Center Update: Due to low registration numbers, this tour has been cancelled. Follow the link above for details. |
9:30 a.m. | Benton Convention Center |
| Break | 10 - 10:30 a.m. | South Main Hall |
| Exhibit Show Hours | 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | South Main Hall |
| Workshop Block III - The NC Public School Partnership: Past, Present and Opportunities |
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| Workshop Block III - The Politics of Risk | 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. | Embassy - Gaines Ballroom 2 |
| Workshop Block III - Using Essential Stories for Effective Communication | 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. | North Main Hall F & G |
| Workshop Block III - Draw Upon Your Artistic Side: Creatives Shaping Economic Prosperity | 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. | Embassy - Gaines Ballroom 1 |
| NC Association of County Clerks Business Meeting | 11 a.m. - noon | North Main Hall B |
| Lunch in the Exhibit Hall | 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. | South Main Hall |
| County Managers' Luncheon | 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Marriott - Hearn Ballroom A & B |
| Advanced Leadership Corps Cohort Luncheon | 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. | North Main Hall E |
| NC Association of Black County Officials Business Meeting | 12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Marriott - Hearn Ballroom D |
| Workshop Block IV - Like, Dislike, Delete? Swim in the Social Media Mainstream Without Drowning or Looking All Wet (Part I) |
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| Workshop Block IV - What You Say Without Saying It: Non-Verbal Communication in Public Speaking |
1:30 - 2:45 p.m. | North Main Hall F & G |
| Workshop Block IV - Keeping the Lights On with Future Changes in the Electric Utility Industry |
A & B |
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| Break | 2:45 - 3:15 p.m. | |
| Workshop Block V - Like, Dislike, Delete? Swim in the Social
Media Mainstream Without Drowning or Looking All Wet (Part II) |
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| Workshop Block V - Stepping Up to Reduce Incarceration of the Mentally Ill Task Force: Committees | Members |
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| Workshop Block V - Data-Informed Decision Making: Harnessing Data Resources and Powerful Decision-Making Practices PPT |
3:15 - 4:30 p.m. | Marriott - Hearn Ballroom A & B |
| Workshop Block V - From Tobacco to Technology: Reshaping Forsyth County for the 21st Century | 3:15 - 4:30 p.m. | North Main Hall E |
| YouthVoice Icebreaker and Orientation | 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. | Embassy - Gaines Ballroom |
| LELA Seminar: Real Colors (with Youth Delegates) Dan Clark |
4:30 - 9:30 p.m. | Embassy - Gaines Ballroom |
| District Caucuses: Even-Numbered Districts | 5 - 5:30 p.m. | North Main Hall C & D |
| Forsyth County Celebration | 6 - 9 p.m. | Embassy - Grand Pavilion |
| Youth Summit Ice Cream Social | 9:30 - 10:00 p.m. | Embassy - Gaines Foyer |
| Saturday, August 13 | Time | Location |
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| Registration Desk Hours | 7:30 a.m. - noon | Benton Convention Center Foyer |
| Conference-Wide Youth Involvement Breakfast | 7:30 - 8:45 a.m. | North Main Hall A |
| Second General Session with David Glover | 8:45 - 9:45 a.m. | North Main Hall A |
| Break | 9:45 - 10 a.m. | |
| Third General Session with Ted Abernathy PowerPoint presentation (PDF) |
10 - 11 a.m. | North Main Hall A |
| YouthVoice: Bottom Line! County Budget Simulation Vaughn Upshaw and Rod Visser, UNC School of Government |
10 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Embassy Suites - Gaines Ballroom 1 & 2 |
Opportunity Change? |
North Main Hall Large Counties - E Medium Counties - F Small Counties - G |
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| NC Association of Black County Officials Scholarship Banquet | 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Marriott - Hearn Ballroom A & B |
| YouthVoice Lunch and Evaluation | 1 - 1:45 p.m. | Embassy - Garden Terrace |
| NCACC Business Session | 2 - 4:30 p.m. | South Main Hall 5 - 8 |
| President's Reception and Banquet | 6 - 8:30 p.m. | Marriott - Hearn Ballroom |
| New President's Reception | 8:45 - 9:45 p.m. | Marriott - Hearn Foyer |
| Sunday, August 14 | Time | Location |
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| Closing Session with Storyteller Tim Lowry | 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. | Embassy - Ardmore 2 |