Online Training: Minuting Virtual Meetings
This programme has been developed to support Councillors and Officers who are responsible for minuting virtual meetings.
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland
Events
LGIU offers many different types of events - ranging from policy roundtables to learning and development online seminars and training courses. We also offer in house training - download programme. Contact barry.obrien@lgiu.org to find out more.
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Online Training: Speed Reading and Retention
This is an essential course for Members who need to be able to read and summarise information from written text faster and more effectively. The seminar focuses on the different types of reading styles and encourages better retention of written material through the use of specific techniques.
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland
Online Training: Local Government Finance Series
Every elected councillor is responsible for ensuring that their council has effective financial governance, yet local government finance is viewed by many as difficult to get to grips with. These online training sessions are designed to provide elected councillors with a thorough grounding in the key elements of local government finance and funding.
England & Wales
Online Training: Report Writing
The aim of the session is for delegates to improve their report writing skills and increase their confidence to make the whole process easier and quicker.
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland
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Online Training: Report Writing
The aim of the session is for delegates to improve their report writing skills and increase their confidence to make the whole process easier and quicker.
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland
Online Training: Questioning Skills for Scrutiny
This programme has been developed for Councillors who want to develop their questioning skills, particularly relating to scrutiny.
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland
Online Training: Developing Political Awareness & Sensitivity: the key to working effectively with Members
This online session is a chance for those new to working in a Political environment with members to understand the respective roles and the skills needed. It is also a chance for more experienced officers to reflect on their experiences and add to their toolkit of approaches and skills.
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland
Online Training: Understanding Strategic Thinking
These online participative workshops are ideal for managers or specialists who have a strategic role or who are looking to develop a better understanding and skills in the area of longer term planning and strategy.
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland
Online Training: Managing Homeworking: Achieving the balance between wellbeing and performance
With so many people now working at home, this online workshop is a chance to develop skills and new approaches to managing home workers.
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland
Online Training: Managing Conflict
The ability to manage conflict is an important skill for Councillors and this session will provide delegates with some ideas on how to defuse challenging situations.
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland
Online Training: Chairing Skills for Virtual Meetings
This programme has been specially written for Councillors and Officers who will be chairing meetings online using platforms such as MS Teams, Google Meet or Zoom.
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland
Online Training: Memory Skills and Mind Mapping
This is a highly interactive session that has been developed for Councillors and Officers who want to improve their ability to store and retain information.
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland
Online Training: Speed Reading and Retention
This is an essential course for Members who need to be able to read and summarise information from written text faster and more effectively. The seminar focuses on the different types of reading styles and encourages better retention of written material through the use of specific techniques.
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland