2024 Pittsburgh Annual Conference On Demand Sessions

The highest-rated #ICMA2024 Conference Session Recordings are available to purchase and access on-demand. Get advice, insights and brilliant ideas from the premier conference for local government professionals.

The Best of #ICMA2024 includes the 28 recorded sessions below from the 2024 ICMA Annual Conference in Pittsburgh/Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. All sessions convey credits for maintaining the ICMA-CM credits; 7 sessions qualify for AICP-CM*.

• Emotional Intelligence (EQ) in Government—It Is Possible!

  Presenters: Cori Burbach, assistant city manager, Dubuque, IA and Jeremy Jensen, chief of police, Dubuque Police Department

• Empowering the Public to Engage, Collaborate, and Develop a Community Action Plan*

  Presenter: Todd Streeter, principal, Community Collaboration

• Leading from Any Seat

  Presenters: Kayla Barber-Perrotta, deputy city manager, city of Albany and Kathryn Mortensen, budget and performance manager, Brighton, CO

• Weld County’s Strategic Plan: From Paper to Progress the Do’s and Don’ts of a Successful Implementation

  Presenters: Sondra Hathaway, partner, Stratalysts and Shannon Flowers, partner, Stratalysts

• Capital Infrastructure Needs: Strategies to Engage, Prioritize, and Implement*

  Presenters: Laura Perry, deputy city manager, Aurora, CO and Kim Stuart, director of communications and marketing, Aurora, CO

• Transformation of a Parks and Leisure Department into an Award-winning, Industry-leading Operation Within the United Kingdom

  Presenter: Matt McDowell, director of parks & leisure, Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

• How Effective Local Government and Police Leadership Relations Enhance Public Safety Strategies

  Presenters: Kirk Bednar, city manager, Brentwood, TX; Jeffery Bladel, police chief, Davenport Police Department; Sarah Ott, founder and CEO of Aligned Community Strategies; and Travis Parrish, director Client Services & Relations, Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA®)

• Intentional Communication

  Presenters: Jessica Wildes, assistant city administrator, West Bend, WI and Jay Shambeau, city administrator, West Bend, WI

• Culture Wars Come Home: When Local Government Decision-making Becomes a Platform for Culture Wars and How to Work Through It

  Presenters: Michael Walters Young, chief budget & performance officer, Franklin, TN; Eric Stuckey, city administrator, Franklin, TN; Shauna Billingsley, city attorney, Franklin, TN; and, Ken Moore, mayor, city of Franklin, TN

• So Much More Than the Strip: Southern Nevada Goes All-in on Interlocal Climate Collaboration*

  Presenters: Jodi Bechtel, deputy director, Department of Environment and Sustainability, Clark County, NV; Lisa Corrado, director of community development and services, Henderson, NV; Marci Henson, Department of Environment and Sustainability, Clark County, NV; Kim Lundgren, ceo, Kim Lundgren Associates, Inc.; and Taylour Tedder, city manager, Rehoboth Beach, DE

• Blueprints of Tomorrow: Strategic Planning with Data Insights

  Presenter: Kiersten Farmer, PhD Candidate, School of Public Policy & Leadership, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

• The Next Big Things: 10 Trends for the Next 10 Years

  Presenter: Rebecca Ryan, professional futurists & economist, President, NEXT Generation Consulting, Inc.

• Harnessing the Strengths of Your Local Economy: Integrated Planning and Strategic Action in Albemarle County, Virginia*

  Presenters: Sheryl Bailey, visiting professor of practice/affiliated faculty, Virginia Tech; Kristy Shifflett, chief operating officer, county of Albemarle, VA; and Jacob Sumner, chief financial officer, Albemarle County, VA

• Local Government Engagement with Our First Nations People: An International Perspective from Australia, New Zealand and Canada

  Presenters: Rebecca Ryan, general manager, Queanbeyan Palerang Regional Council, South eastern NSW; Paul Bennett, general manager, Tamworth Regional Council; Doug Gilchrist, city manager/cao, City of Kelowna; and, Nedine Thatcher Swann, chief executive, Gisborne District Council

• Right-Sizing Best Practices for Public Safety and Racial Justice*

  Presenters: Briana Evans, equity & inclusion officer, Redwood City, CA; Kristina Bell, police chief, Redwood City, CA; and Michelle Poché Flaherty, assistant city manager, Redwood City, CA

• Visualizing Success: New Ways to Show the Impact of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

  Presenter: Adrienne Gardner, senior project manager for access and opportunity/ADA coordinator, city of Norfolk, Virginia

• When #2's Move Up: A Ten-Year Reflection

  Presenters: Penny Postoak Ferguson, county manager, Johnson County Government, KS; Karen Pinkos, city manager, El Cerrito, CA; Victor Cardenas, city manager, Novi, MI; and, Sarah Medary, city manager, Eugene, Oregon

• Pride vs. Prejudice: Lessons from LGBTQ+ Public Administrators

  Presenters: Pam Davis, assistant city manager, Boulder, CO; Erris Dunston, assistant county manager, Guilford County, NC; and Brian Staley, public works director, Adams County, CO

• Connecting Through Data: Transforming Community Engagement

  Presenter: Kiersten Farmer, PhD Candidate, School of Public Policy & Leadership, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

• Help! Protecting the Lives of People with Disabilities*

  Presenter: Thomas Wieczorek, director, Center for Public Safety Management, LLC

• Solving Government’s Hardest Puzzles: Leveraging Collaboration to Bring the Pieces Together

  Presenters: Katie McCune, continuous improvement senior, city and county of Denver, Peak and Nathaniel Bradley, continuous improvement senior, city and county of Denver, Peak

• Leading and Managing Multigenerational Teams | Presenters

  Presenters: Rolando Fernandez, deputy director, Convention Center Dept., city of Austin, TX; Ian Coyle, county administrator, Livingston County, NY; Anil Comelo, city manager, St. Helena, CA; and, Love Jones, human rights director, city of Greensboro, NC

• A Working Guide to Generative AI in Local Government

  Presenters: David Graham, chief innovation officer, city of Carlsbad, CA; Ian Klaus, founding director, Carnegie California - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; and, Santiago Garces, chief information officer, city of Boston, MA

• Leading a Small Community: Challenges, Solutions, and the Power of Transparency

  Presenters: Jerry Giaimis, Northeast Regional Director, ICMA; Intashan Chowdhury, borough administrator, Prospect Park, NJ; and Alex Torpey, manager, consultant, professor, podcaster, author, Rethink Local

• MyBlue, Building the Bond Between the Police and Residents; A Chief for Every Resident

  Presenter: Andrew Pederson, village manager, village of Bayside, WI

• Climate Action Through Shared Leadership: How One Community Is Using Consensus and Civil Discourse to Reach Its Climate Goals*

  Presenters: Jessica Garrow, principal, Design Workshop; Miles Graham, principal, GBSM, Inc.; and Kara Silbernagel, deputy county manager, Pitkin County, CO

• Generative Artificial Intelligence and Storytelling: How to Effectively Use the Tools for Authentic Human Connection

  Presenter: David Sewell McCann, founder, trainer and author, How to Story

• It's Not If, but When: Critical Incident and Mass Shooting Preparedness for City Managers

  Presenters: John Curnutt, assistant executive director, The ALERRT Center at Texas State University; Krista Flannigan, director, Florida State University; Sarah Peck, facilitator, Center for Homeland Defense and Security; and Kristin Wilson, chief of operations & performance, Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County