The Ohio The Ohio Local Local Government Government Leadership Leadership AcademyAcademy

Prepared by: Joe LucentePrepared by: Joe Lucente

OSU Extension-OSU Extension-

Community Development/Community Development/

Ohio Sea Grant College Ohio Sea Grant College ProgramProgram

Program FocusProgram Focus Establish PartnershipEstablish Partnership

Develop Curriculum Develop Curriculum

Marketing Your ProgramMarketing Your Program

Class FacilitationClass Facilitation

Measuring Impact Through EvaluationMeasuring Impact Through Evaluation

Building A Working Building A Working PartnershipPartnership

Toledo Area Chamber of Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce (sponsor)Commerce (sponsor)

The Leadership Fund of Toledo The Leadership Fund of Toledo (chamber)(chamber)

The Ohio State University The Ohio State University Extension (sponsor)Extension (sponsor)

The Ohio Sea Grant College The Ohio Sea Grant College Program (sponsor)Program (sponsor)

Presenters (local and state)Presenters (local and state)

Planning and Planning and CommunicatingCommunicating

Who, what, where, when, why?Who, what, where, when, why?

Establish local contact people- Establish local contact people- significant time commitmentsignificant time commitment

Class sessions- how many how Class sessions- how many how long?long?

Curriculum- what topics will be Curriculum- what topics will be covered?covered?

Planning and Planning and CommunicatingCommunicating

Costs- class, Costs- class, reimbursements for reimbursements for speakers, marketing, speakers, marketing, handouts, certificates, etc.handouts, certificates, etc.

Facilities- comfort and Facilities- comfort and accessibilityaccessibility..

Curriculum Curriculum DevelopmentDevelopment

Define your organization’s needs:Define your organization’s needs:

What do you want to What do you want to accomplish?accomplish?

Which sessions would benefit Which sessions would benefit your students the most?your students the most?

What would motivate What would motivate someone to take the course?someone to take the course?

The MissionThe Mission

The The purposepurpose of the Academy of the Academy is to “encourage, support is to “encourage, support and promote good and promote good government through a government through a curriculum geared towards curriculum geared towards leadership and decision leadership and decision making skills as it relates to making skills as it relates to interaction in the public interaction in the public sector.”sector.”

Intended OutcomeIntended Outcome

To create a To create a “Leadership “Leadership Network”Network” of individuals in the of individuals in the Toledo Metro Area to share Toledo Metro Area to share ideas, meet and discuss issues ideas, meet and discuss issues in a non-formal atmosphere, in a non-formal atmosphere, learn from each other, and work learn from each other, and work to foster regional collaboration to foster regional collaboration in the local government decision in the local government decision making process.making process.

Marketing Your Marketing Your ProgramProgram

Who Are You Trying To Reach?Who Are You Trying To Reach?

Local Elected and Appointed OfficialsLocal Elected and Appointed Officials

Those seeking to run for elected Those seeking to run for elected officeoffice

People who serve on boards or People who serve on boards or commissionscommissions

How Do We Market?How Do We Market?

News releases, media outletsNews releases, media outlets

Local Daily News, Weekly PressLocal Daily News, Weekly Press PSA’s- If you can get themPSA’s- If you can get them Local TV News Station Local TV News Station Internet- County Comm. Assoc. of Internet- County Comm. Assoc. of

Ohio, Chamber Web Site, Ohio, Chamber Web Site, Extension Web Site, County, City Extension Web Site, County, City and Township Web Sites, etc.and Township Web Sites, etc.

MarketingMarketing

Be Be responsive responsive to public to public inquiryinquiry

Sell your Sell your program!!program!!

Advertise:Advertise:

CostCost DatesDates TimesTimes Exactly what Exactly what

you getyou get

Class FacilitationClass Facilitation

Communicate Communicate with speakers with speakers ahead of timeahead of time

Secure Secure necessary A/V necessary A/V equipmentequipment

Rotate Rotate participants participants every week- every week- provides greater provides greater networkingnetworking

Class FacilitationClass Facilitation Make sure Make sure

absentees get absentees get previous week’s previous week’s handoutshandouts

Hand out and Hand out and collect class collect class surveyssurveys

Make yourself Make yourself available for available for questionsquestions

Send thank you Send thank you letters to all letters to all presenterspresenters

Graduation CeremonyGraduation Ceremony Nice affair Nice affair

with a keynote with a keynote speaker, class speaker, class commentscomments

Social dinner, Social dinner, drinks, etc. drinks, etc. NETWORKINGNETWORKING

Hand out Hand out certificates of certificates of completion completion and take class and take class picturepicture

Measuring ImpactMeasuring Impact

Pre/Post Tests were utilized to Pre/Post Tests were utilized to measure:measure:

Knowledge held before the Knowledge held before the presented subjectpresented subject

Knowledge gained after the Knowledge gained after the presented subjectpresented subject

Measuring ImpactMeasuring Impact

53 Participants were educated 53 Participants were educated and received certificates of and received certificates of completion from this annual ten-completion from this annual ten-week course. As a direct result, week course. As a direct result, surveys from 2002-2004 surveys from 2002-2004 indicated participants indicated participants increased increased their overall knowledge in local their overall knowledge in local government by 86%. government by 86%.

Contact InformationContact Information

IfIf you would like more you would like more information in getting this information in getting this program started in your program started in your community, please contact community, please contact Joe Lucente, OSU Extension Joe Lucente, OSU Extension Agent at (419) 213-2028 or Agent at (419) 213-2028 or by e-mail at by e-mail at lucente.6@osu.edulucente.6@osu.edu