Leadership Triangle Announces March Regional Class on Government Connection
Durham, NC, April 01, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The board of directors of Leadership Triangle (www.leadershiptriangle.com), has announced that the organization’s regional class on March 31 will focus on a timely topic: balancing the state’s approximately $20 billion budget.
The class is part of the Government Connection program presented by Fidelity Investments and will connect participants from Orange, Chatham, Durham and Wake Counties with legislative leaders in an opportunity to learn about and share ideas on balancing the state budget.
Featured speakers include North Carolina Treasurer Janet Cowell, House Speaker Joe Hackney, and Senator Floyd McKissick of Durham. WUNC statehouse reporter and political blogger Laura Leslie will offer the perspective on the media’s role in the legislative process. A hands-on budget exercise, utilizing actual figures from the state’s budget, will be facilitated by Tom Covington, former General Assembly director of fiscal research.
“With the state facing an estimated $4.6 billion budget shortfall, there is no better time to expose regional leaders to the challenges our elected officials face when leading us difficult economic times,” said Leadership Triangle executive director, Winkie LaForce. “We’re teaming up with legislative experts to provide our regional class participants with an insider’s view of the state’s budget cycles and how fiscal decisions are made. When this class is over, participants will literally be able to put their money where their mouth is when speaking about the state budget and its impact on regional issues.”
Details:
The class will meet on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the NC Rural Center, at 4021 Carya Drive, in Raleigh.
Agenda:
The agenda for the regional class will proceed as follows:
9:00 Class welcome
Senator Floyd McKissick of Durham shares his experiences as a member of the Finance and State & Local Government Committees in the legislature and the state budget’s impact on Triangle municipalities
9:30 House Speaker Joe Hackney, now in his 15th term, reviews past budget cycles, offers a five-year projection on the state’s fiscal future and his thoughts on leadership
10:00 Class participants begin hand-on “Budget Buster” exercise to balance the state budget
12:00 North Carolina’s first woman treasurer Janet Cowell draws from her experience as a former state legislator and her current role as the state’s fiscal advisor to provide perspective on the more than $70 billion of the state’s investments she oversees
3:00 Class participants present findings and recommendations on the state budget
New Media Content:
Leadership Triangle Facebook:
www.facebook.com/pages/Leadership-Triangle/115837817653
Leadership Triangle Linkedin:
www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=105342&trk=anet_ug_hm
About Leadership Triangle:
Leadership Triangle is a non-profit organization established in 1992 to educate and promote regionalism across the separate communities of the Triangle. It does this through regional and leadership development classes, seminars and awards. They strive to build leadership capacity, cooperation, and networking opportunities across the public, private and civic sector, preserving local uniqueness while acting regionally to deal with issues such as traffic congestion, water quality, housing affordability, open space, school funding, economic and social equity. Since 1992 Leadership Triangle has brought together emerging leaders from all corners of the Triangle, building bridges across Wake, Chatham, Durham and Orange communities and across business, government, nonprofit, academic, and grassroots leadership. They connect current and emerging community leaders, honoring differences, yet finding common ground on which to address regional issues and also reflect the population of the Triangle in our participants, volunteers, and outreach, and bring an inclusive practice to leadership development. For more information, visit www.leadershiptriangle.com.
About Government Connection presented by Fidelity Investments:
Leadership Triangle Government Connection classes leverages Leadership Triangle’s 17 year-old regional and leadership programs for business and community leaders and college students in a unique learning opportunity designed for participants across the Triangle. The program seeks to connect current and future leaders with government officials and other policy makers who will help shape the future of the Triangle. Program sessions introduce participants to meet government officials and, at the same time, challenge participants to understand issues and become involved in developing solutions as leaders in their communities, regions and state. Program sponsor Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services, the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans, the largest mutual fund supermarket, a leading online brokerage firm and one of the largest providers of custody and clearing services to financial professionals. Fidelity employs approximately 2,400 associates focused in operations, customer service and information technology in and around Research Triangle Park, NC and operates two investor centers in Durham and Charlotte. For more information about Fidelity Investments, visit www.fidelity.com.
Michelle Fowler
MMI Public Relations
(919) 233-6600
michelle@mmipublicrelations.com
http://twitter.com/mmipr
www.mmipublicrelations.com
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The class is part of the Government Connection program presented by Fidelity Investments and will connect participants from Orange, Chatham, Durham and Wake Counties with legislative leaders in an opportunity to learn about and share ideas on balancing the state budget.
Featured speakers include North Carolina Treasurer Janet Cowell, House Speaker Joe Hackney, and Senator Floyd McKissick of Durham. WUNC statehouse reporter and political blogger Laura Leslie will offer the perspective on the media’s role in the legislative process. A hands-on budget exercise, utilizing actual figures from the state’s budget, will be facilitated by Tom Covington, former General Assembly director of fiscal research.
“With the state facing an estimated $4.6 billion budget shortfall, there is no better time to expose regional leaders to the challenges our elected officials face when leading us difficult economic times,” said Leadership Triangle executive director, Winkie LaForce. “We’re teaming up with legislative experts to provide our regional class participants with an insider’s view of the state’s budget cycles and how fiscal decisions are made. When this class is over, participants will literally be able to put their money where their mouth is when speaking about the state budget and its impact on regional issues.”
Details:
The class will meet on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the NC Rural Center, at 4021 Carya Drive, in Raleigh.
Agenda:
The agenda for the regional class will proceed as follows:
9:00 Class welcome
Senator Floyd McKissick of Durham shares his experiences as a member of the Finance and State & Local Government Committees in the legislature and the state budget’s impact on Triangle municipalities
9:30 House Speaker Joe Hackney, now in his 15th term, reviews past budget cycles, offers a five-year projection on the state’s fiscal future and his thoughts on leadership
10:00 Class participants begin hand-on “Budget Buster” exercise to balance the state budget
12:00 North Carolina’s first woman treasurer Janet Cowell draws from her experience as a former state legislator and her current role as the state’s fiscal advisor to provide perspective on the more than $70 billion of the state’s investments she oversees
3:00 Class participants present findings and recommendations on the state budget
New Media Content:
Leadership Triangle Facebook:
www.facebook.com/pages/Leadership-Triangle/115837817653
Leadership Triangle Linkedin:
www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=105342&trk=anet_ug_hm
About Leadership Triangle:
Leadership Triangle is a non-profit organization established in 1992 to educate and promote regionalism across the separate communities of the Triangle. It does this through regional and leadership development classes, seminars and awards. They strive to build leadership capacity, cooperation, and networking opportunities across the public, private and civic sector, preserving local uniqueness while acting regionally to deal with issues such as traffic congestion, water quality, housing affordability, open space, school funding, economic and social equity. Since 1992 Leadership Triangle has brought together emerging leaders from all corners of the Triangle, building bridges across Wake, Chatham, Durham and Orange communities and across business, government, nonprofit, academic, and grassroots leadership. They connect current and emerging community leaders, honoring differences, yet finding common ground on which to address regional issues and also reflect the population of the Triangle in our participants, volunteers, and outreach, and bring an inclusive practice to leadership development. For more information, visit www.leadershiptriangle.com.
About Government Connection presented by Fidelity Investments:
Leadership Triangle Government Connection classes leverages Leadership Triangle’s 17 year-old regional and leadership programs for business and community leaders and college students in a unique learning opportunity designed for participants across the Triangle. The program seeks to connect current and future leaders with government officials and other policy makers who will help shape the future of the Triangle. Program sessions introduce participants to meet government officials and, at the same time, challenge participants to understand issues and become involved in developing solutions as leaders in their communities, regions and state. Program sponsor Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services, the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans, the largest mutual fund supermarket, a leading online brokerage firm and one of the largest providers of custody and clearing services to financial professionals. Fidelity employs approximately 2,400 associates focused in operations, customer service and information technology in and around Research Triangle Park, NC and operates two investor centers in Durham and Charlotte. For more information about Fidelity Investments, visit www.fidelity.com.
Michelle Fowler
MMI Public Relations
(919) 233-6600
michelle@mmipublicrelations.com
http://twitter.com/mmipr
www.mmipublicrelations.com
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