As a first-time councillor for the District of Port Hardy, I always look forward to opportunities to hang out with other local government folks and learn about cool things happening in their communities.
This is my second year attending the Centre for Civic Governance's annual workshop, and I have heard so much positive feedback from others who have been coming for way longer - great networking opportunities, fabulous keynote speakers (last year we had Jamie Biggar from LeadNow, this year we get Raffi!) and tons of well-paced, information-packed workshops.
This year's theme is Food for Thought: Growing Local Economies, Strengthening Local Leadership. Session topics range from Food System Planning to Culinary Tourism to Fossil Fuel Divestment to Indigenous Food Sovereignty to "Who's Not Voting?" - a look at how to get more people out to the municipal vote.
I find that whenever councillors go to these kinds of workshops, along with UBCM, AVICC, and FCM, we always come home full to the brim with great ideas which don't always get passed along to the folks at home. So, in the interest of sharing information and good ideas, I'm going to be posting my notes from the sessions I attend. Sketchnoting conferences is a rising trend, so armed with tools from yesterday's workshop, hopefully they'll be visually appealing notes as well, as I practice this new skill :)
-JH
This is my second year attending the Centre for Civic Governance's annual workshop, and I have heard so much positive feedback from others who have been coming for way longer - great networking opportunities, fabulous keynote speakers (last year we had Jamie Biggar from LeadNow, this year we get Raffi!) and tons of well-paced, information-packed workshops.
This year's theme is Food for Thought: Growing Local Economies, Strengthening Local Leadership. Session topics range from Food System Planning to Culinary Tourism to Fossil Fuel Divestment to Indigenous Food Sovereignty to "Who's Not Voting?" - a look at how to get more people out to the municipal vote.
I find that whenever councillors go to these kinds of workshops, along with UBCM, AVICC, and FCM, we always come home full to the brim with great ideas which don't always get passed along to the folks at home. So, in the interest of sharing information and good ideas, I'm going to be posting my notes from the sessions I attend. Sketchnoting conferences is a rising trend, so armed with tools from yesterday's workshop, hopefully they'll be visually appealing notes as well, as I practice this new skill :)
-JH
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