Leading Your County Governing Board

January 30, 2025 • Wake County

Leading Your County Governing Board: An Orientation for County Board Chairs provides an overview on the legal responsibilities and duties for chairs and vice chairs, how to run a meeting, and tips for building and maintaining effective relationships. While this program is designed for board chairs and vice chairs, all commissioners can benefit from the training. County managers, clerks to the board, and county attorneys are also encouraged to attend with their board chairs.

Schedule 

• 8:30 a.m. — Registration opens, Light breakfast available
• 9:00 a.m. — Welcome
• 9:15 a.m. — Session 1 – Legal and Procedural Responsibilities: Overview and Real-World Experiences
• 10:30 a.m. — Break and morning snack
• 10:45 a.m. — Session 2 – Meetings and More: Leading the Board, Working with Staff
• 12:00 p.m. — Lunch provided
• 1:00 p.m. — Session 3 – Social Media Management in a Crisis
• 2:15 p.m. — Break and afternoon snack
• 2:30 p.m. — Session 4 – Leadership and Communication Through a Disaster Response
• 3:45 p.m. — Leading Your County – Takeaways on how to communicate, inspire and lead
• 4:00 p.m. — Adjourn

Hotel and Travel Information

Lodging is available at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Raleigh Crabtree, located at 4700 Creedmoor Rd, Raleigh, NC 27612. Attendees of the event can access the group rate of $179 plus taxes for the night of Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025 by booking online at this link, or calling 1-800-EMBASSY or 919-881-0000 and reference the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners group block with the group code of 869.

Registration Deadline

Deadline to register for this event is Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, by 11:59 p.m.

Payment and Cancellations

Payment by credit card (Visa or Mastercard) is required at the time of registration. If an alternate payment method is needed, please email [email protected]. Please note, there will be a $40 administrative fee for any cancellations. Any cancellations made after Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, will not be refunded.

All attendees and participants in NCACC meetings and events are required to abide by NCACC’s Event Code of Conduct.

Note: If you have any questions about this event registration, please email [email protected].