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In this SOLGM news, don't miss your spot at the New Zealand leg of the Management Challenge.
If you are thinking of submitting an entry for the Excellence Awards, we have a FREE event from Raymond, our Awards guru on 12 December.
Lastly, there's still spots left at our Wellington events later this month - we hope to see you there.
Management Challenge – don’t miss your spot
The race is on...Management Challenge...we can take 16 teams and it's first in, first served!
Registrations are now open for the NZ leg of Australasian Management – but you’ll need to get in quick – earlybird pricing closes 30 November AND as we can only take 16 teams, we will be accepting registrations on a first in, first served basis so round your team up now!
Recently Bay of Plenty Regional Council won the Grand Final of the 2018 Australasian Management Challenge following on from their win at the New Zealand leg of the challenge in February – will you be the next champion to represent New Zealand at the Grand Final to be held in Australia in August 2019?
The Australasian Management Challenge a highly engaging leadership development opportunity that also builds strong collaborative relationships within councils and between competing councils. We will be holding two Challenge days – one on 21 May and one on 22 May 2019. These will take place at Silverstream Retreat (25 minutes drive from Wellington). Find out more
Is your council doing exceptional work or an innovative project?
Applications are now open for the 2019 McGredy Winder SOLGM Local Government Excellence Awards® with six Award categories celebrating the very best in professional excellence in local government management.
Last year Environment Canterbury, on behalf of the North Canterbury Council Infrastructure Alliance, took out the BERL Collaborative Government Action Award for the Kaikōura Harbour Remediation Project, a project to restore and improve Kaikōura’s South Harbour, which lifted by a metre following the 2016 earthquake.
The project was described by the judges as being critical to the future of the Kaikōura community, and a good example of a project transitioning from regional to local control.
What benefits has your community achieved through your council working with other local or central government agencies? Why not consider submitting an entry for our Collaborative Government Action Award category?
Find out more at www.SOLGM.org.nz/Awards2019
A 2018 Overseas Manager Exchange recipient shares her experience
Applications are now open for our 2019 Overseas Manager Exchanges. This year we have four exchanges up for grabs; one to the US, sponsored by Civic Financial Service, one to Canada (British Columbia) and two to Australia (Queensland and New South Wales), sponsored by JLT.
One of our 2018 recipients, Barbara Whitton, Customer Relations Manager at Western Bay of Plenty Council, reflects on her rewarding and stimulating experience in Mt Gambier, a small city in South Australia. Read Barbara’s story
Last Chance: Integrated Strategic Planning Forum – 26 November
An event for those who are interested in the different approaches to integrating land use, transport and corporate planning for growth and for non-growth local authorities. This event will feature the latest case studies from local authorities across the range of integrated planning models, and interactive workshops. Register now
Last Chance: Council Collaboration and Partnering Forum – 27 November
Wanting to create some healthy homes? If so, then you might get some great ideas from the Southern Initiative’s upcoming presentation on their Healthy Homes initiative at the upcoming SOLGM Council Collaboration and Partnering Forum on 27 November.
This is one of a series of five case studies of local authorities collaborating with other local authorities, with central government and with the community to achieve great outcomes.
And as a bonus we’ll throw in some advice on getting the best from a section 17A review. Register now
FREE EVENT: How to win a SOLGM award webinar – 12 December
Planning to submit an entry for an Excellence Awards? Hear from Raymond, our Awards guru, at our How to win an Excellence Award webinar and gain some important pointers on what judges are looking for in an entry. More info
Communication and Engagement Forum
We had a great time at the Communication and Engagement Forum on Monday and Tuesday. It was great to see so many councils thinking outside the square with how they engage with their communities.
One of the presentations was from Matthew McCambridge and Ana Mules from Far North District Council who presented on Nga Kūri Auau O Kaikōhe - a campaign to encourage responsible dog ownership by offering free neutering and microchipping. The tagline of this highly successful campaign, 'He's loyal to you so treat him like a King' resonated with their target demographic and is a great example of tailoring marketing and communications to be relevant to the communities we engage with. The Communication and Engagement Forum will be held in Christchurch next year - we hope to see you there next year.
Congratulations also to the winner of the 'SOLGM Comms team' who won the quiz at the Green Man on Tuesday!
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