Events: Vermont WLG
Upcoming Events
All events are free to members. Brown Bags are $10 for non-members.
To be notified of upcoming events, send an email to vtwlgovt@gmail.com with "add to mailing list" in the subject line. Non-members will be invoiced after the event, with the option to pay the event or membership fee.
Past Events
October 6-7: VLCT Town Fair
May 26, 2022: Understanding and managing racism and power dynamics in municipal decision making, with Susan McCormack, Creative Discourse
April 28: Microaggressions Follow Up, with Elaine Wang
March 24, 2022: Thinking Through Disability Access: You don't know what you don't know until you know it!, with Vermont Center for Independent Living
February 24, 2022: Managing COVID-19 lessons learned and practice sharing, with Cameron Niedermayer.
January 27, 2022: Ditch the Guilt, with Coralee Holm. Click here for the presentation.
November 18, 2021: Conversation with the new Executive of the Vermont Policy Academy, Heather Simons.
October 28, 2021: Conversation with Chief Norma Hardy, the new Brattleboro Police Chief and the first Black female Police Chief in Vermont.
October 6, 2021: Annual Meeting at VLCT Town Fair
September 2, 2021: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - what our municipalities are doing (or not doing).
June 24, 2021: Meet and Greet Ted Brady, new VLCT Director
May 27, 2021: Failing Up, with Coralee Holm
April 22, 2021: Dialogue Across Difference, with Tabitha Moore.
March 18, 2021: Dealing with microaggressions, with Elaine Wang. Click here for the resource sheet.
February 18, 2021: Retiring VLCT Executive Director Maura Carrol’s journey.
January 21, 2021: Dealing with feeling of guilt for “not doing it all” with Invest EAP.
December 17, 2020 online Brown Bag: Listening session for VLCT’s Executive Director search.
November 19, 2020 online Brown Bag.
Managing Stress in the time of COVID-19, with Myra Handy, Invest EAP.
Takeaways: Calendar in me-time. Call it a brain break. Stick to those commitments. No guilt. If you recharge yourself, you'll get more work done in a shorter period of time, and you may not burn out.
Follow-up resources:
10 Science-backed tips to help you work from home successfully: https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/wfh-sos-how-to-work-from-home-successfully-during-lockdown/
Esther Perel on new pandemic-re. emotions: https://estherperel.com/blog/anticipatory-grief
A beautiful animated poem about now: https://www.nfb.ca/film/how-to-be-at-home/
Write down 3 things you're grateful for every day. If you tend to wake up in a low mood, do this after you wake up ... before your coffee/tea.
Say "yes" 10 times to your face in the mirror every morning. Try "no" and see what happens. This is about resetting your brain, your mood.
Press the reset button when you need to throughout the day. Do what works: mindful breathing, walking, noticing details in nature, listening to birds or funny podcasts as you walk....
When in doubt, watch this: https://youtu.be/PWU4ZPS8X_k (A manager in the making!).
Call EAP if you want a management consultation anytime.
October 15, 2020 online Brown Bag.
Leading in the Time of the Virtual Meeting, with Jennifer Knauer.
September 28, 2020 online
Annual Meeting
Happy Hour
September 28, 2020
Annual Meeting and Happy Hour at VLCT’s 2020 Town Fair..
January 17, 2020 in Middlebury, VT.
Discussion on disrupting implicit bias in the workplace.
October 3, 2019 in Killington
Vermont WLG officially launched at Town Fair 2019.
May 29, 2019 in South Burlington.
Ten of us met for a discussion with a Vermont utility CEO on her leadership style.
February 20, 2019 in Barre town.
Eighteen of us gathered to hear a panel of three senior managers in Vermont discuss their experiences.
October 12, 2018 in Shelburne.
Ten of us gathered to discuss a specific case study one participant brought forward.
July 26, 2018 in Winooski.
Twenty municipal managers and department heads came together to hear Linda Tarr-Whelan (a national expert on women’s leadership) speak and to connect with one another.