The date has been set for Wisconsin's 3rd annual Lean Government Conference.  Mark your calendars for October 2, 2013!  The venue this year will be the conference facilities at the American Family Center in Madison.  This facility is conveniently located at the intersection of Hwy 151 and Interstates 39, 90 and 94 - offering easy acces for people coming from all parts of Wisconsin.  Stay tuned for an announcement of the conference program in the coming weeks.

The Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence has partnered with Northcentral Technical College (NTC) in Wausau to offer educational workshops and seminars in a location more convenient to residents of northern and central Wisconsin.  The first sessions to be offered are a series of workshops by popular presenter Walter Jankowski.  Walter Jankowski is a Reinvention Consultant and the owner and principal in Reinvention, LLC, a Madison-based consulting firm.

March 7, 2013 at the American Family Conference Center, Building A, 6000 American Parkway, Madison, WI

 
 
Our annual conference is designed to motivate, inspire…and provide practical tools and techniques to help your organization be the best it can be!  Whether your interest is in Baldrige, LEAN, or optimizing workplace or personal performance, our speakers will energize you and your team. This conference is a meeting point where the performance-minded develop skills, network and help move Wisconsin Forward–one organization at a time.

The Local Government Institute of Wisconsin is pleased to release this white paper on education needs of local elected officials.  This is the third and final white paper in a series of three published by LGI on the subject of education and training for local elected officials.
 
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This white paper provides recommendations for meeting the education and training needs of local elected officials in Wisconsin given the existing resources available.  Specific recommendations are given on what additional resources should be provided and how currently available resources can be better leveraged and provided to local elected officials.  

 
Last year was historic in terms of the city meeting with surrounding communities. It held joint meetings with Janesville, the Town of Beloit and Town of Turtle.
 

The Local Government Institute of Wisconsin is pleased to release a white paper on education needs of local elected officials. This is the second white paper in a series of three to be published on the subject of education and training for local elected officials.
 
Click here to download
 
This white paper provides a summary of results from a survey distributed to elected county, municipal, and town elected officials.  Results are presented to illustrate the need these elected officials perceived for training in various training categories.  Survey questions were also asked about preferred training format, as well as the barriers to participation in training programs.  The last white paper in this series will provide recommendations for addressing the gaps in training and education resources relative to existing needs.

The fire departments of the City of Fitchburg, City of Verona, Village of Oregon and Town of Madison are discussing the possibility of consolidation to provide better services to residents at potentially lower costs.  An article on Channel3000.com describing the situation can be found here: http://www.channel3000.com/news/Fire-departments-consider-consolidation/-/1648/17711804/-/14wx6wez/-/index.html.
 
Graduate students from the LaFollette School of Public Policy presented a study recommending consolidation on Jan. 2, 2013.  A news article can be found here: http://www.localgovinstitute.org/sites/default/files/Grad School Recommends Consolidation of Fire Services.pdf
 
A copy of the study by the La Follette grad students can be found here:
http://www.localgovinstitute.org/sites/default/files/FireEMSConsolidatio...
 

The Local Government Institute of Wisconsin is pleased to release a white paper on education and training available for local elected officials.  This is the first white paper in a series of three to be published on the topic of education and training for local elected officials.
 
Click here to download
 
This white paper provides a thorough overview of existing resources available to local elected officials, including municipal and county board members, and municipal and county clerks and treasurers.  The paper provides a key starting point for understanding training resources available in Wisconsin.