The CSAC Institute is proud to congratulate the August graduates
from the NACo Leadership Academy listed below. They join over
10,000 graduates from across the country who have benefitted from
the 12-week online program that helps county leaders achieve
their highest potential. And importantly: California remains the
national leader after having produced more than 1,000 total
graduates.
Mira Ringler is an executive coach and leadership development
consultant. Watch the video above to get quick insights from her
on how you can explore your own leadership brand.
Click here to register for her upcoming course – Exploring
Leadership Branding – onsite in Riverside County on December 8
from 10am to 4pm.
Calling all CSAC Members in the San Joaquin Valley! We’re happy
to invite you to the San Joaquin Valley Affordable Broadband
Summit on November 9 from 8:30am to
12:30pm—on Zoom—hosted by our partners at the California
Emerging Technology Fund (CETF).
County leaders, managers, and staff from across the state
gathered in downtown Sacramento last week to unpack the
complexities of 1991 Realignment and 2011 Realignment. The 97
attendees represented more than 30 counties and nearly filled the
14th floor of Esquire Tower, one of the newest and
tallest buildings near the Capitol.
The two-day course was lead by three realignment experts
with extensive real-world experience:
CSAC is sponsoring half-hour consultations so that California
counties can get timely and effective advice from The Ferguson
Group on specific project plans or grant applications.
Regina Romeo is a former Chief HR Officer and Chief DEI Officer.
Watch the brief video above to get her insights on how public
leaders can better understand and approach DEI strategy.
For a deeper dive
click here to register for her upcoming virtual course –
Strategic Action: Staying on Top of DEI
Goals – on November 9 from 9am to 1:30pm.
Local governments, like many other industries, have embraced the
digital transformation to improve efficiences and reduce
costs. However, the integration of digital technologies also
brings forth a number of inherent risks such as data
breaches, cyber-attacks, and system failures. That’s
why it is essential for counties to have a robust cybersecurity
program.
The CSAC Grants Initiative is launching an annual survey. No
special knowledge of our grant program is required to
participate. We’re just interested in your opinions and
observations about your own county so that we can evaluate our
program and track county needs.
When you click on the image above you’ll be helping us improve
services for all CSAC Members. So thank you in advance for
helping everyone out! You can find out more about our free
resources and premium services by going to
CSACgrantsinitiative.org.
As a county leader, you likely know that data is increasingly
central to the way public agencies evaluate new investments and
make high-stakes trade-offs. You may also know that you can learn
to improve your understanding of data analytics in several ways.
You can use trial and error. You can seek out experienced
colleagues. Or you can expand and accelerate your abilities
through professional development.
Danny Heredia is an experienced manager in county government and
a public service training expert. Watch the 1-minute video above
to get his insights on developing your employees.
For a deeper dive,
click here to register for his upcoming virtual course –
Employee Development: Practical Programs for Your
Organization – on October 13 from 9am to 1:30pm.
CSAC is sponsoring half-hour consultations so that California
counties can get timely and effective advice from The Ferguson
Group on specific project plans or grant applications.
The CSAC Institute is proud to congratulate the April graduates
from the NACo Leadership Academy listed below. Our April
graduates helped California become the first state to enroll more
than 1,000 participants in a national training program that
allows county leaders to take online courses for 12 weeks and
come away stronger and more confident and with new professional
connections. –
Join us in Sacramento for a newly announced realignment course in
Sacramento on October 19 and 20 to learn from a team of
instructors with extensive real-world experience:
Dr. Paul Danczyk is an experienced executive coach and the
California Counties Foundation’s COO. Watch the brief video above
to get his insights on how public leaders can better understand
and approach decision-making.
Monterey County is a great example of how a growing number of
county program leaders and their partners are finding ways of
harnessing the federal Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) to
drive socioeconomic mobility and regional development.
Dr. Rueben Brock is a psychology professor self-care thought
leader at California University of Pennsylvania specializing in
understanding and communicating mental health challenges.
Watch the video above to get quick insights from Dr. Rueben on
the types of work-related stress that county leaders face and
some possibilities for mitigating those pressures.
On August 17, Inyo County CAO Nate Greenberg hosted
Organizational Change Leadership for 25 participants from 12
counties.
Greenberg covered quality improvement measures, root case
analysis, and other high-impact tools to help participants
prepare for implementing system changes and helping staff support
system changes.
“We see change through our perspective,” Greenberg told
attendees. “If we can shift to common perspectives, behavior will
follow suit.”
Elevate your leadership skills by attending the CSAC Institute’s
upcoming virtual course, Building and Maintaining
Strong Teams.
Watch the course overview above and
click here to register so that you can lock in your chance to
join our instructor, Lucy Hernandez, MBA, on August 24
from 9am to 1:30pm.
Please join representatives from the CSAC Grants Initiative on
Thursday, August 24, 2023, for a
informational webinar on new and high-impact funding
opportunities available to counties.
The CSAC Institute is excited to continue making many of our
high-impact courses available online. Since 2008, we’ve provided
continuing education to nearly 6,000 county leaders, executive
mangers, and senior staff. If you’d like to join our expanding
community or you’d like to access more or our offerings, like to
invite you to consider leveraging our virtual opportunities.
Here are three common reasons for signing up for virtual courses:
We’re excited to offer a range of new and proven professional
development opportunities for county officials, leaders, and
managers. Several on-site courses are already full. So please
review the list of courses that still have openings and sign up
today:
Click here to register for Broadband Insights:
Using Regional Partnerships for ACP Enrollment and Economic
Development on August 9th from
10:30am to 12pm. This is the second of four CSAC
webinars designed to help counties increase enrollment in the
federal Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP).
Take a break from board meetings and video calls and give
yourself a quick visit Sacramento, long-lasting leadership
skills, and new connections with other leaders: Join the
Institute for a pop-up course hosted by Nate Greenberg, Inyo
County’s Chief Administrative Officer.
The CSAC Institute would like to invite you to strengthen your
team and improve your county’s future performance by giving your
emerging all-stars—or yourself—an opportunity to level-up.
Recent and upcoming efforts by the Foundation are designed to
help counties drive high performance, expand socioeconomic
opportunity, and target infrastructure funds.
From the archive:
5/4/23 – How Counties Can Increase Enrollment in the
Affordable Connectivity Program – a recorded webinar from the
CETF Partnership
If you missed it you can still hear CSAC and state leaders
explain why broadband subsidies are so impactful and how they can
create socioeconomic opportunity.
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO), a nonpartisan
congressional think tank,
recently drew attention to the challenges communities across
the country face in accessing and leveraging federal funding
opportunities.
At an Imperial County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday,
CSAC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Graham Knaus thanked the
Supervisors as they voted unanimously to become the first county
to access the
CSAC Grants Initiative (Initiative) annual consulting
package.
This week, the CSAC Grants Initiative (Initiative) enters an
exciting new phase with the expansion of access to no-cost member
resources and the launch of affordable premium services.
