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No More Government Training Wheels Conference 

  • 2005-03-03
  • University Club of Toronto
  • $550

After a year in office, the values and needs of Ontario’s Liberal, McGuinty government have become clearer. Politicals, who have faced steep learning curves within the public service, are now beginning to act more confidently, and forcefully. Basically, the training wheels are about to come off and now is the time to move forward in your negotiations with government.

But before you can do that, you need to know what kinds of changes will be occurring at Queen’s Park in the upcoming months, and what strategies can help you navigate this new environment. Leonard Domino & Associates can assist you by demonstrating proven methods to effective relationship building which can both provide a “win” for you, and your organization, while also providing a “win” for government.

 

Agenda

8:00 - 9:00  Breakfast

9:00 - 10:00    Leonard Domino "No more government training wheels"

[To See Notes From Leonard's Presentation Click Here]

As Ontario’s Liberal McGuinty Government goes into it’s second year we will focus on:

  • Impending changes at Queen's Park: Strategies that can help promote effective relationships with government

  • Strategies that can help you "get in the door", and kick-start negotiations which have begun to stagnate

  • "Win-win" solutions that meet your needs as well as the government’s needs
  • Update On Local Health Integrated Networks

10:00 – 10:30  Break

Break Out Sessions

(Seminar will break into 2 separate groups. You must choose one when registering)

10:30 – 11:45

Session 1: Leonard Domino

Best Practices and LHINs

Session 2: Michael McLenaghan,

Allan Rewak

How to conduct an effective MPP Campaign to support your negotiations, Best Practices for Securing and Conducting Meetings

[To See Michael's and Allan's notes, click here]

11:15 – 12:00

Panel Speakers:

Tariq Asmi - Executive Director of the GTA/905 Healthcare Alliance
 


Tom Reber - Board Member - Ontario Association of CCACs and Toronto CCAC

Panel Speakers:

Dave Levac– Chief Government Whip,

MPP - BRANT

Brad Duguid – Parliamentary Assistant (URBAN AFFAIRS), MPP - SCARBOROUGH CENTRE

12:00 -1:00      Lunch


1:00 -4:30 Jane Armstrong- Communications Director for the Canadian Auto Workers Union (1992 - 2004) - "When and How to Use the Media to Enhance Your Negotiations"

[To See Jane's Manual, Communicating With The Media, Click Here]

Media strategies can be a useful part of your approach to the government. In this part of the conference you will learn:
 

  • Jane Armstrong’s strategies in using the media to promote government relations

  • A range of approaches, from media releases & events to high profile strategies: “If you won’t listen to us, maybe you’ll pay attention to the media”

4:30 - 6:30       Refreshments with key stakeholders, and government decision makers