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About the Idea Exchange The ILCMA Idea Exchange will be a quarterly opportunity for professionals at all stages of their career to network, exchange ideas and learn from your peer’s successes and mistakes. These hour-long sessions are designed to be informal, but each event in the series will start with a seasonal topic relevant to… Read More about ILCMA Idea Exchange

From COVID to Recession to Protests to the Election - How does the Public Manager Cope? 2020 has presented several complex and unexpected challenges, from the pandemic and polarized politics to fiscal uncertainty and waning employee morale, each adding new layers to the Public Manager's already weighty responsibilities.  All of this makes the experience and expertise… Read More about Make It Stop!

The ILCMA Mentor Match program reflects ILCMA’s commitment to developing the next generation of local government management professionals.  Mentor Match is the latest addition to an expanding line-up of our services to support members’ professional development needs. It is an online tool – including a searchable database – that facilitates the establishment of mentoring relationships.… Read More about Preparing the Next Generation-Virtual Meeting

A Zoom Webinar that addresses: What’s next in this ever-changing business environment?  A panel of economic development and business professionals will walk through emerging retail and commercial trends, potential impacts to projects, and investor requirements.  Ideas will be presented on what communities can do to understand and address new trends and changes. Addresses ICMA Practice… Read More about The ILCMA Professional Development Committees Presents Emerging Business & Economic Development Trends: A Multi-Industry Perspective

Municipalities are often looked to for a response to bias incidents that occur within their community or their organization. Local experts from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) will offer an overview of hate crimes and bias incident trends, focusing in particular on the growth of white nationalism. This session will provide municipal leaders with tools for responding to incidents… Read More about The ILCMA Professional Development Committee & Metro Managers - Present Allyship in the Face of Hate: Responding to Bias and Hate Incidents

Pension Consolidation Update Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Legislature approved two pension consolidation measures for police and fire departments in 2019 that will consolidate the assets of the state’s more than 650 public safety pension funds, which is expected to improve investment returns, eliminate unnecessary/redundant administrative costs, ensure more money is available to fund… Read More about Metro Virtual Meeting: Pension Consolidation Update

ILCMA & WCMA Summer Conference Webinar Series: Development and Implementation of a Course of Action in Uncertain Times The impact of COVID-19 to local governments has been monumental.  Substantial revenue losses are already being realized, with uncertainty on how much longer – and at what level – they will continue to persist.  Local governments must… Read More about Webinar: Development and Implementation of a Course of Action in Uncertain Times

As with many aspects of the COVID-19 environment, the topic of reopening municipal facilities to the public probably generates more questions than answers. When will we reopen? What services will we provide? What will be different? Should we move desks? How will employees feel? How will the community respond? Speakers include: • Mick Fleming, CEM… Read More about ILCMA's Professional Development Committee presents Path to Reopening a Webinar

     &  Present: To Stress or not to Stress Managing cities and counties in the time of a pandemic creates many stressors that we have not had to deal with before. Everything from how to keep citizens safe and healthy to trying to help local businesses stay afloat challenge our coping skills.  The good… Read More about ILCMA & WCMA Present the Summer Conference Webinar Series: To Stress or Not to Stress

The ILCMA  Professional Development Committee Presents:  "Allyship in the Face of Hate:  Responding to Bias and Hate Incidents" Municipalities are often looked to for a response to bias incidents that occur within their community. This session will provide municipal leaders with tools for responding to incidents of hate and bias in their communities and workplaces.… Read More about March ILCMA Professional Development Event & Metro Luncheon