Leadership Greater Madison & Civitas
Leadership Greater Madison (LGM) and Civitas are leadership education and training programs for people who live and work in the Greater Madison Area through a joint effort of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce and Wood Communications Group.
Leadership Greater Madison
Leadership Greater Madison (LGM) is an advanced leadership training program for qualified individuals who live and work in the Dane County area. During the past 16 years, LGM has introduced more than 600 local business executives, educators and nonprofit leaders to the issues and challenges facing Dane County communities. LGM is a 501 (c) 3 and is a nonprofit, non partisan educational program of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
Leadership Greater Madison participants will:
- enhance research, issue management and public advocacy skills
- improve understanding of, and engagement with, specific challenges and opportunities confronting our communities
- have meaningful opportunities to network and interact with each other and with civic leaders from the Greater Madison area
- Identify and explore opportunities for civic engagement.
Civitas
The mission of the Civitas series is to:
- Enhance public understanding of how local government is funded and operates.
- Stimulate greater public engagement with and participation in local government.
- Encourage the use of sound, relevant and balanced research in the development and adoption of public policy.
Program
Civitas will host 10 monthly luncheon forums focused on local finance, economic development, public education services and finances, and an analysis of local government services. Each luncheon will include presentations by past and current local officials, academic experts and representatives from community, business, professional and civic organizations. Presentations will be followed by questions from a panel of Civitas members who have studied the monthly topic and audience questions. Presentations will be recorded and made available to Civitas members and media coverage of the information presented in the forums will be encouraged.
Civitas graduates will receive a certificate of attendance and access to extensive resource materials on the member website. Appointing authorities will receive an annual list of Civitas graduates and will be encouraged to consider these individuals for appointments to boards, commissions and committees.
In addition, any Civitas graduate who decides to become a candidate for local public office will be eligible to attend an annual Civitas Candidate Training Program and an annual Civitas Seminar on the Public Agenda, which will examine the results of a county-wide public opinion survey of local issues.