Ideas & Innovations: MACo Summer Conference Session Titles

MACo’s Summer Conference is how you innovate, create, and motivate. It’s how you GET MOTIVATED. Together, we can rethink public services and how we fund them.

At MACo’s Summer Conference, we’re discussing all the possibilities. Join over 2,000 local government officials, county staff decision-makers, legislators, nonprofit and commercial representatives who, like you, are looking to improve services and decrease costs for Maryland’s local governments.

REGISTER TODAY – MACo’s Summer Conference: August 13-16, 2014, Roland Powell Convention Center, Ocean City, MD.

We’re offering 28 educational sessions that will help you learn about best practices and innovative solutions for current local government challenges. You can browse all of our titles and descriptions in our Registration Brochure, but take a look at the list below for a preview:

Welcoming Session & Keynote Speaker: Trying Hard is Not Good Enough: Improving Quality of Life and Service Performance Through Results Based Accountability
General Session: Counties on the Cutting Edge
General Session: Doubling Your Dollars – Innovative Approaches for Funding and Financing Projects
Education General Session: Common Core in the Classroom
Public Safety General Session: Mutual Aid: County-State-Federal Partnerships in Public Safety Technology
Academy for Excellence in Local Governance Core Course: Consensus & TeamBuilding
Academy for Excellence in Local Governance Core Course: Public Information Act
Alzheimer’s, Autism, and Dementia in our Communities: Improving Endangered Missing Persons Response
Changing Tides: New Opportunities Through the Bay Restoration Fund
Clean Up That Mess Using GIS: Emerging Trends for Geographic Information System Technology
Combating Invasive Threats – Protecting Data Against Spamware and Malware
Counties Going Green – A Guide to Sustainable Purchasing
Creative and Collaborative Transportation Solutions to Meet Citizen Needs
Financial Literacy – Building Successful Futures
Fixing Bail Without Breaking Jail
Going the Distance – Building the “Last Mile” of Broadband Infrastructure
Human Trafficking: Channeling Human Services to Challenging Populations
In the Wake of Detroit: Public Pension Liabilities
Is IRR Maryland’s Next Big Land Use Policy?
Is Your County Under Water? Understanding the National Flood Insurance Program “Community Rating System”
Pickleball and Rock Walls and WiFi, Oh My! Changing Expectations for County Recreation Departments
State Revitalization Programs
Taming the Tiger of Workers Compensation Costs – Discussion and Reception
That’s My Right! Responding to Constitutional Challenges
The Opioid Epidemic, Part 1: A Public Health Response to the Opioid Problem
The Opioid Epidemic, Part 2: A Public Safety Response to the Opioid Problem
Trying Hard is Not Good Enough – A Book Discussion with Keynote Speaker Mark Friedman
What You Need to Know About the Fair Housing Act