Events

Jul 2021

Date/Time	Event
Thu 8	July 8, 2021 - July 9, 2021 | 8:45 am - 12:30 pm County Attorneys Summer Conference The 2021 County Attorneys Summer Conference will be held virtually on July 8-9, with sessions held from 8:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. each day. The program will offer 6.25 CLE hours, including 1.0 hours of ethics (pending approval).
Fri 9	July 9, 2021 - July 12, 2021 | All Day NACo Annual Conference & Exposition The National Association of Counties’ 2021 Annual Conference will be held as an in-person and virtual event in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
Fri 16	July 16, 2021 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm From Pandemic to Protests: Crisis Communications Skills for Local Elected Officials In this online program, elected officials will learn how to communicate complex information to troubled and fearful citizens.
Fri 30	July 30, 2021 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Heritage or Hate: Reframing the Issues This class provides a framework for hearing claims from diverse political perspectives and creating productive conversations about the critical policy issues that matter to North Carolina’s communities. You will learn how to think about the points of difference and shared values between North Carolinians on opposing sides of the divisive issues around our shared history.

Aug 2021

Date/Time	Event
Sun 1	August 1, 2021 - August 6, 2021 | 5:00 pm - 1:30 pm Advanced Leadership Corps The Carolina Inn Chapel Hill ALC is a six-day residential program built to enable you to become an extraordinary and inspiring leader in your community, region, and state. Applications are due by May 31.
Mon 2	August 2, 2021 - August 5, 2021 | All Day Basic Economic Development This introductory course is designed for economic development professionals employed by public, nonprofit, and private organizations and individuals new to the field.
Thu 5	August 5, 2021 - August 6, 2021 | 9:30 am - 12:00 pm Essentials for Social Services Governing Boards Webinar This five-hour program is spread over two days and will serve as an orientation for social services governing boards. Topics to be covered include: Where social services governing boards fit into the human services framework in North Carolina; partners at the state level; legal powers and duties of the social services governing board; liabilities of board members; the business of working as a board; how your board can best support your agency and community; and the professional associations, state agencies, and networks that work with county agencies.
Fri 6	August 6, 2021 | 10:00 am - 11:15 am Top 10 Primer on Employment Law for Local Elected Officials As an elected official, you do not need to be experts in these areas but you need to be sufficiently aware of the applicable laws to know how to ask the right questions of the right people at the right time. In this class, you will gain a basic understanding of the employment laws that apply to local governments.
Thu 12	August 12, 2021 - August 14, 2021 | 8:00 am - 9:00 pm NCACC 114th Annual Conference Wilmington Convention Center Wilmington County leaders have been put to the test during the pandemic and events of the past year. As if carried by a river reaching flood crest, our counties and communities have been altered by forces out of our control. County leaders are navigating a current that remains challenging but is turning toward a new horizon – one that offers a fresh perspective and provides great opportunity. This August, county leaders reunite off the banks of the mighty Cape Fear River, and off the starboard quarter of the iconic Battleship North Carolina in New Hanover County. This 114th offering of the Annual Conference presents the opportunity to reconnect, recharge, and recommission to chart our future course on a voyage that can lift all boats.
Thu 19	August 19, 2021 - August 20, 2021 | All Day Leading the Way to Board Excellence WCU at Biltmore Park Asheville Leading the Way to Board Excellence is designed to help you better understand yourself as a leader and provide you with tools to work more effectively with others towards a common goal. This unique four-part course is open to county commissioners, municipal elected officials, school board members and tribal council elected officials. The course begins Aug. 19-20 and continues on Sept. 23-24, Oct. 21-22, and Nov. 18-19.

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