More than 6,000 county elected officials and staff have taken courses conducted by the CSAC Institute for Excellence in County Government. Have you? Now’s your chance. The Institute is offering more than 40 courses in its Winter/Spring Schedule. Courses will be held in Sacramento, Riverside, Contra Costa and Merced Counties.

Learn more in the Course Guide and Schedule. To register for any course, click here.

The 2017 Winter/Spring schedule includes:

January

• 12 — Effective Use of Social Media — Sacramento 
• 13 — Manage Conflict (Even Hostility) in Comfort – Riverside 
• 19 — Leadership & Change: Practices to Move Organizations – Contra Costa 
• 20 — Local Governance in California: All Those Agencies! – Merced
• 26 — Emerging Issues: The Sharing Economy – Sacramento 
• 27 — Financing California Counties: The History – Sacramento 

February

• 2 — IT Performance Metrics & Customer Value Management – Sacramento
• 3 — The Art & Practice of Organizational Leadership – Sacramento
• 10 — Customer Service in the Public Sector — Riverside
• 16 — Realignment 301: Public Safety Funding and Programs – Sacramento
• 16 — Intergenerational Leadership — Contra Costa
• 17 — State Budget 101: What Counties Need to Know — Merced
• 23 — Ins and Outs of Monitoring Federal Grant Recipients – Sacramento 

March

• 2 — Negotiation and Collaboration in Complex Environments – Sacramento
• 3 — Advanced Practices in Negotiations — Sacramento
• 9 — GASB Financial Reporting Requirements — Sacramento
• 10 — Storytelling and Other Practices in the Art of Persuasion — Riverside
• 16 — Labor Relations and Negotiations — Contra Costa
• 17 — Financial Reporting for Nonfinancial Professionals – Merced
• 23 — Leading with Emotional Intelligence — Sacramento
• 24 — Supporting the Next Generation: Collaboration for Youth — Sacramento

April

• 6 — IT Business Innovation — Sacramento
• 7 – Storytelling and Other Practices in the Art of Persuasion — Sacramento
• 7 — Building and Maintaining a Team Environment — Riverside
• 20 — Manage Conflict (Even Hostility) in Comfort — Contra Costa
• 21 — Intergenerational Leadership — Merced
• 27 — Financial Management: Debt and Investment — Sacramento
• 28 — Cost Principles, Reporting — and the Supercircular – Sacramento

May 

• 4 — Customer Service in the Public Sector — Sacramento
• 5 — Talent Development and Succession Planning — Riverside
• 11 — When Bad Things Happen: Managing the Media – Sacramento
• 12 — Leadership During and After Crises: Roles of Officials — Sacramento
• 18 — Crafting and Implementing Effective Strategic Plans – Contra Costa
• 19 — Stakeholder Engagement: Does It Have to be Messy? – Sacramento
• 19 — Leadership & Change: Practices to Move Organizations – Merced

June

• 1 — IT Service Management — Sacramento
• 2 — Building and Maintaining a Team Environment – Sacramento
• 8 — World Class Contracting and Procurement — Sacramento
• 9 — Leading with Emotional Intelligence — Riverside
• 15 — Effective Use of Social Media — Contra Costa
• 16 — Negotiation and Collaboration in Complex Environments — Merced
• 22 — Local Governance in California: All Those Agencies! – Sacramento

To learn more about the Institute, credential programs, and courses, please visit our website or email info@csacinstitute.org.