BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//NC Institute of Public Leadership - ECPv6.17.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://iopl.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for NC Institute of Public Leadership REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180310T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180310T150000 DTSTAMP:20180207T164641Z CREATED:20180207T164641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180207T164641Z UID:1396-1520670600-1520694000@iopl.org SUMMARY:Spring Fellows - Weekend Six DESCRIPTION:Chip Scholz will lead us in his session on “Vision and Values.” He will ask you to examine what your vision is for yourself in public service and how it is impacted by your personal values. \nIn the afternoon\, the Fellows will join the Leadership Council for their annual meeting and luncheon\, and welcome Dr. Omar Ali\, Dean of the International Honors School at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. As we know\, the unaffiliated voter or “Independent” is currently the fastest growing affiliation in North Carolina. Dr. Ali will lead the discussion of what this means to the political landscape of our state and future elections. URL:https://iopl.org/event/spring-fellows-weekend-six-2/ CATEGORIES:NCIOPL Fellows Program ORGANIZER;CN="Deb Kelly":MAILTO:debkelly@IOPL.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180309T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180309T210000 DTSTAMP:20180207T150221Z CREATED:20180207T150221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180207T150221Z UID:1393-1520611200-1520629200@iopl.org SUMMARY:Spring Fellows - Weekend Six DESCRIPTION:Our sixth weekend begins with Ralph Mitchell.  Ralph is Chairman of the Board and co-founder of Nehemiah—The Leadership Company.  He will lead us in a thought-provoking and perhaps not always a comfortable exploration of diversity and politics in North Carolina.  This session will touch on some of the most difficult and potentially sensitive areas in contemporary American politics.  Some of the exercises will force you to make tough choices and to articulate your views and why you have them.  The changing face of North Carolina is apparent everywhere today and projected demographic changes over the next two decades promise even more diversity.  With that diversity\, we can expect intense political debates and you must be prepared as political leaders at all levels to address the issues in an informed\, substantive\, and effective manner.  Leading your constituents and shaping public opinion will require strategic political leadership—simply getting elected and holding to old political platitudes will not be enough if North Carolina is to adapt to these changes and thrive economically\, socially\, and politically.  The issues of race and gender\, among others\, and their linkages to a number of this state’s most challenging public policy problems (education\, poverty\, crime\, jobs\, and economic development—all of which are part of the budget debate\, too\, of course)\, cannot be fully and meaningfully addressed without confronting some of our most personal thoughts and even biases. \n \nThese sessions are critical to the development of future political leaders. During the evening session\, we will be joined by Mayor Nancy Vaughan\, Executive Director – City of Greensboro\, Marcus Brandon\, Executive Director – CarolinaCan\, and Jose Oliva\, Fellow – ZSR Foundation. Together they will form a panel and discuss the issues of diversity affecting minorities\, i.e. Women\, LBGTQ\, and Latinos. URL:https://iopl.org/event/spring-fellows-weekend-six/ CATEGORIES:NCIOPL Fellows Program ORGANIZER;CN="Deb Kelly":MAILTO:debkelly@IOPL.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180303T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180303T150000 DTSTAMP:20180207T144737Z CREATED:20180207T144202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180207T144737Z UID:1389-1520065800-1520089200@iopl.org SUMMARY:Spring Fellows - Weekend Five DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nWe will be at the studio of WKKR/WKZL-FM in Greensboro\, where each Fellow will be the subject of a radio talk show interview and interviewed as a candidate by a radio talk show host. The format is very much in line with what you can expect as a candidate\, and the idea is to familiarize you with a common form of communication in the political campaign and to prepare you to be more effective in its use. Just as TV interviews\, you need to know your story\, your message\, and what you want to accomplish with the interview. You are having a conversation with the interviewer\, but your target voters are listening in. \n  \nIn the afternoon we are back at UNCG and joined by B.J. Rudell\, Associate Director of the Center for Political Leadership\, Innovation\, and Service (POLIS) at Duke University. B.J.’s improvisational background includes consulting work for the World Bank\, where he trained various departments on ways to enhance communication\, collaboration\, and leadership skills. This module will teach our Fellows to take risks and to respond confidently in the moment to whatever happens. The improviser develops a mindset that includes curiosity\, high stakes listening\, flexibility\, and the desire to build strong relationships. \n \n  URL:https://iopl.org/event/spring-fellows-weekend-five/ LOCATION:WKRR/WKZL-FM\, 192 E. Lewis Street\, Greensboro\, 27406 CATEGORIES:NCIOPL Fellows Program ORGANIZER;CN="Deb Kelly":MAILTO:debkelly@IOPL.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180302T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180302T210000 DTSTAMP:20180207T145145Z CREATED:20180207T145145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180207T145145Z UID:1484-1520006400-1520024400@iopl.org SUMMARY:Spring Fellows - Weekend Five DESCRIPTION:In politics\, as well as any public service environment\, the role of the media is critical. We hear too much about adversarial relationships between the press and those in public service. Big mistake! They need you\, and you need them! Developing healthy and respectful relationships with the press is essential to having candidates and their issues presented accurately. On Friday evening\, we will hear a panel of media professionals talk about “How to Work with the Media”. We have representatives from both print and TV media. \n \nAfter the panel\, each Fellow will have the opportunity to be interviewed individually by a member of the panel. This is a wonderful practical application for all of you. No one truly understands the interview process until you have gone through it. Each interview will last approximately 10 minutes\, and you will be interviewed regarding the office you are seeking. This is a great opportunity for you to gain a better understanding of how you can best work with the media to get the results you both want. URL:https://iopl.org/event/spring-fellows-weekend-five-2/ LOCATION:The University of North Carolina at Greensboro\, 1400 Spring Garden Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:NCIOPL Fellows Program ORGANIZER;CN="Deb Kelly":MAILTO:debkelly@IOPL.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180217T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180217T150000 DTSTAMP:20180206T233811Z CREATED:20180206T233811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180206T233811Z UID:1466-1518856200-1518879600@iopl.org SUMMARY:Spring Fellows - Weekend Four DESCRIPTION:We begin Saturday’s session with one of the most important topics of campaigns – fundraising\, with 2012 Fall Fellow\, Chris McCoy. Fundraising is an essential ingredient of all campaigns—large and small—and usually is the component most candidates and campaigns struggle with. Chris will help us explore the essentials of effective fundraising strategy and the techniques he recommends for putting that strategy into action. \n \nIn the afternoon\, we learn about the foundations of liberal and conservative thought\, featuring Chris Fitzsimon\, Political Consultant and Director of The Newsroom\, and John Hood\, President of the John William Pope Foundation. This discussion and your interaction with Chris and John are intended to broaden our understanding of the school of thought that underlies electoral politics in the U.S. and to lay a foundation for a continuing civil dialogue and constructive debate of policy options. They will also discuss the role of “think tanks” and share some information about their organizations – what they do and how they do it. URL:https://iopl.org/event/spring-fellows-weekend-four-2/ LOCATION:John Locke Foundation\, 200 W. Morgan Street\, Raleigh\, NC\, United States CATEGORIES:NCIOPL Fellows Program END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180216T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180216T210000 DTSTAMP:20180206T233641Z CREATED:20180206T233641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180206T233641Z UID:1464-1518796800-1518814800@iopl.org SUMMARY:Spring Fellows - Weekend Four DESCRIPTION:We begin the weekend with Cindy Morgan from Spectrum Media. She will talk about how to buy media in the digital world and how your advertising can be tailored to fit your budget while maximizing the reach of your message. Using multiple media platforms to reach the voters\, and utilizing targeted digital media is one of the tools to winning campaigns at statewide and local levels. \nFriday evening we will continue to learn how to put together a Campaign Plan. Following last weekend’s discussion on “How to Write a District Analysis”\, Executive Director Ross Harris will now discuss “How to Prepare a Campaign Budget and Timeline” from her years of experience as a campaign manager. You will now have the tools you need to complete your own campaign plan for the office for which you are running as part of the class curriculum. URL:https://iopl.org/event/spring-fellows-weekend-four/ LOCATION:John Locke Foundation\, 200 W. Morgan Street\, Raleigh\, NC\, United States CATEGORIES:NCIOPL Fellows Program END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180210T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180210T150000 DTSTAMP:20180206T233017Z CREATED:20180206T233017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180206T233017Z UID:1460-1518251400-1518274800@iopl.org SUMMARY:Spring Fellows - Weekend Three DESCRIPTION:Saturday morning\, we begin with the essentials of public speaking. Bonnie McAlister is a Leadership and Communications consultant. She is an Executive in Residence and Emerita faculty member at the Elon Law School\, and\, previously has held positions as Adjunct Trainer for the Center of Creative Leadership\, and Adjunct Faculty member at the Bryan School of Business and Economics at UNCG. She will help us identify the critical elements of successful public speaking and communication and some of the most common pitfalls that we must avoid. \nOne of the key deliverables for you during the course of the semester is the completion of a Campaign Plan. The first part of the Campaign Plan to write a District Analysis for the office you plan to “run for” as part of the program. During the afternoon session\, Executive Director Ross Harris will teach you “How to write a District Analysis”. Ross has extensive experience as both a campaign manager and political strategist in partisan\, nonpartisan\, and referendum campaigns in North Carolina. Her presentation will help you to understand why a District Analysis is important before you plan any campaign activities\, including whether or not this is a viable office for you. URL:https://iopl.org/event/spring-fellows-weekend-three-2/ LOCATION:The University of North Carolina at Greensboro\, 1400 Spring Garden Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:NCIOPL Fellows Program END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171202 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171203 DTSTAMP:20171129T213220Z CREATED:20171129T204136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171129T213220Z UID:1421-1512172800-1512259199@iopl.org SUMMARY:Fall Fellows - Weekend Eleven DESCRIPTION:The North Carolina Institute of Political Leadership will graduate its 57th class of Fellows on Saturday\, December 2nd on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. \n \n  \nLeft to Right:  Angie Thomas Daoud\, Chandler Duncan\, Brian Cone\, Terrance Ruth\, Amy Scott Galey\, Leonardo Williams\, Eric Weaver\, Ihuoma Igboanugo\, Asia Prince\, Ray Russell and Latoya Hubbard URL:https://iopl.org/event/fall-fellows-weekend-eleven/ CATEGORIES:NCIOPL Fellows Program END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR