LK Insights: Community Workshops

LK Insights is a series of specialized workshops for program graduates and the community at large. These have included an intensive day-long training course on the ins and outs of running for political office called “Campaign 101”. In October 2008 a half-day course on being an effective non-profit board member will be offered. The workshops are often done in partnership with other key community organizations. Reasonable registration fees are charged and space is often limited.

2009 workshops

Campaign 101: Seeking Public Office

Date: Saturday, May 30, 2009 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: Howard Baker Center Toyota Auditorium
Cost: Registration fee, $50 (includes breaks, materials and lunch)
Deadline to register: Tuesday May 26 or until full.

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Whether you are considering becoming a candidate for public office or helping the people who do…what does it take to make a difference? It takes you!

Sponsored by the University of Tennessee’s Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, Leadership Knoxville, the Young Professionals of Knoxville, the Knoxville Area Urban League and the Hispanic Chamber of East Tennessee, we encourage you to take advantage of this workshop.

East Tennessee is home to a long and distinguished line of public servants, men and women who have stood in the arena of politics and made a difference in all our lives. This workshop will focus on the nuts and bolts of running for office in Knox County, Tennessee, but many of the sessions will apply to anyone seeking public office in Tennessee.

Agenda:

8:00 a.m.	Registration Check-in and Coffee
8:30 a.m.	Welcome
8:45 a.m.	Making the Decision to Run: First Steps as a Candidate Dean Rice - Pratt, Pratt & Rice, Inc., Nashville, TN
9:30 a.m.	Know Your Territory: How to Get Information on Your Constituency Bill Lyons, UT Political Science professor Senior Director, Policy and Communications, City of Knoxville
10:15 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m.	Technology in the Campaign Cortney Piper, SRW & Associates
11:30 a.m.	Lunch Panel If I Knew Then What I Know Now! Panel of current office-holders Moderated by: Representative Joe Armstrong, Tennessee State House · Finbarr Saunders, Knox County Commission · Amy Broyles, Knox County Commission · Foster Arnett, Knox County Clerk
1:00 p.m.	Fundraising and Budgets
2:15 p.m.	Compliance and Record-keeping: State & County Requirements Greg Mackay, Admin. of Elections, Knox County Election Commission
2:45 p.m.	Media Relations: How to Draft and Deliver Your Message Alan Carmichael, President, Moxley Carmichael, Inc. Gene Patterson, News Anchor, WATE-TV Channel 6
3:45 p.m.	Final Remarks and Wrap Up

More questions? Call 974-0931 or visit this website at www.bakercenter.utk.edu for directions to the University Center and parking.

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LUNCH-N-LEARN: "WHAT A DIFFERENCE A GENERATION MAKES"

WHEN: Wednesday, April 22, 2009

where: TVA AUDITORIUM

TIME: 11:30 A.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Cost: $10.00 (BOx Lunch)

This event is now full and registration is closed. Thank you for your interest.

Lunch-n-Learn: "The Basics of Robert's Rules"

when: Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Where: Crescent bend house and gardens, 2728 Kingston pike

Time: 11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m.

Cost: $15.00 (includes take home materials, lunch and optional tour)

This event is now full and registration is closed. Thank you for your interest.

2008 Workshops

October 15, 2008

Effective Non-Profit Board Service: What you need to know...and may not

Speaker Information and Workshop Agenda