AZCap Newsletter    Fall 1999     Page 2
 
SOUTHWEST LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
FOR LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT
MODULE I
August 25-27-Tucson

Module 1, the first part of the six-day leadership program, just concluded with more participants than ever in the program's nine-year history, new jurisdictions including Texas, and a remarkable new session on entrepreneurial government. Encouraged by several state agency participants in 1998, the program was renamed and retuned to accommodate a growing interest from state officials, including the legislature. Twenty-seven municipal officials, 14 county officials, a tribal chairman, and several from related organizations also attended. Participants gave the program an overall rating of 3.8 for content and 3.7 for presentation out of a possible 4.0.


"...a wonderful tool for improving our relationships
MODULE II
October 27-29-Phoenix

A few spaces remain for the second part of the Southwest Leadership Program. This module will also break new ground: it will be held in Phoenix so that Southern Arizona participants can get away from the office and officials from the rest of the state can decrease their travel time; and two new sessions, "Systems Thinking" and "Servant Leadership and the Management of Change" will be introduced. Other sessions include "Governance in the 21st Century," "The Media: Play Their Game to Your Advantage," and "Negotiating for Government Leaders." 		photo
"... excellent opportunity to see how 'thinking and acting out of the box' can lead to better public service."


" lots of new ideas to do things in a new and innovative way."


SOUTHWEST LEADERSHIP SPONSORS

Thanks to the following corporate sponsors for their contributions to the program and scholarships: Arizona Building Officials, Arizona Public Service Company, Cox Communications, Southwest Gas, Touchstone Energy, University Termite and Pest Control, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and Eller College of Business and Public Administration.


APS sponsors Southwest Leadership Alumni 2000!

APS' Evelyn Casuga and Charles Thompson have generously agreed to sponsor the Southwest Leadership Alumni Program again in 2000. This annual graduation ceremony, reunion and advanced workshop will be held January 6-7 at the Fiesta Inn in Tempe. Graduates of Harvard's Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program, Oregon's Pacific Program, and Colorado's Rocky Mountain Program may also attend.



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