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Let us help you develop a program that meets your needs.

For further infrmation please contact:

Nav Dhaliwal, Special Events and Business Development Coordinator

ndhaliwal@amo.on.ca
or
416.971.9856 ext. 330.

Custom in house training for an effective productive new council.


AMO is pleased to offer, once again, customized in-house trainings to meet your needs. Take advantage of AMO’s proven expertise in delivering educational programs to help meet your new council’s objectives.

AMO can design, develop and deliver New Council Training that can be adapted from our existing workshops or create an entirely custom delivered program for your council and senior management staff.

Why go in house?

  • save money through a cost effective group program
  • trainings that meet your schedule and your needs
  • reduced travel time and costs by facilitators coming to you
  • your council and senior management team train together as a team to work together as a team throughout the term.

What AMO can offer - Our current roster of trainings include:

The Meetings Series: learn about procedure by-law, untangle the web of motions, amendments and parliamentary procedure, learn to be accountable and transparent and much more...

Effective Municipal Councillor Training: A three-part series that includes:

Getting Started: Discover the roles and responsibilities, find out how successful councils operate, recognize conflict of interest challenges and learn the scope of your municipal powers...

Advancing the Knowledge Base: Strategic Planning; Local Infrastructure; Human Capital and Resources; and Liability

Maximizing Your Effectiveness: Fiscal Issues; The Municipal Corporation as an Employer; Time Management; Product Knowledge...

Above sessions facilitated by: Fred Dean and Nigel Bellchamber. Fred is a municipal solicitor who acts exclusively for municipalities and municipal associations in Ontario. Fred is the former City Solicitor for Sudbury. He now serves local government by giving advice to municipal officials across Ontario. Nigel is a private consultant who has provincial ministries, municipalities, special purpose bodies and municipal associations as his clientele. Nigel’s municipal experience includes CAO positions in both Huron and Middlesex Counties and as Commissioner of Finance and Administration, and City Treasurer for the City of London.

Media and Communications Training: Find out what makes news and why, get a better understanding of the media and how to manage issues and media inquiries.

Session facilitated by: Brian Lambie. As AMO’s primary media contact, Brian deals with media on a daily basis, taking calls from the most senior reporters at Queen’s Park to the most inexperienced reporters at your local newspaper. He has trained hundreds of public and private sector officials in the past decade and is a popular conference speaker.