Event Date | Event Name | Description | Attendees | MFWG Subcommittee |
11/17/2009 | Media Relations BBL | Diana Kees, DENR Director of Communications, gave a presentation on helpful media concepts. | 20 In person | Ann Waddle |
11/06/2009 | DENR Managers Annual Leadership Conference | The DENR Manager’s Leadership Forum was held at Brown’s Summit. Who wants to be a DENR-aire tested attendees’ DENR knowledge and got the Forum off to an exciting start. Afternoon events included a review of the new DENR Strategic Plan and feedback from managers to Secretary Freeman and Dep. Sec. Wilder. | 75 In person | Nolan Newton, Ann Waddle, Rita Richardson, Linda Culpepper, Patricia Davalos |
9/22/2009 | Legislative Update BBL | Elizabeth Biser, DENR Legislative Liaison, presented on the status of legislation affecting DENR and what had happened to date in the 2009-2010 legislative session and thoughts on future issues. | 20 In person | Linda Culpepper |
8/11/2009 | Ethics and Integrity Forum – Navigating through Ethical Dilemmas BBL | As state employees, we are met with ethical challenges on a regular basis. Trust and transparency serve as the foundation for DENR's core values. How can we as state employees best ensure that we act in an ethical manner in the course of our daily work? Dr. Jim Brunet, Professor at NCSU Department of Public Administration, presented tools, philosophies, and approaches to consider before making our decisions. Dr. Brunet also facilitated discussions on our real world ethical dilemmas. | 60 In Person and Webinar | Rita Richardson |
6/9/2009 | Greening DENR from the Inside - Part I: Webinar on Electronic Resources for DENR Managers | A webinar about webinars, conference calls, VOIP, and other options available to DENR managers at low to no cost for meeting scheduling, conference calls, online meetings, and webinars. Speakers will focus on the available options and tools each software offers, how many attendees it can host at various cost options, what would be needed to use it to host a webinar (conf call lines, microphones, etc.), if it can be hosted by multiple people in various locations, and cost to purchase or current licenses already held in DENR that could be shared. Free or low cost options will be emphasized. | 35 In person | Julie Woosley |
2/6/2009 | DENR Budget Forum | Following an address by new DENR Secretary Dee Freeman, the Budget Forum featured popular fiscal speaker Dr. Michael Walden of NC State University, who gave a presentation on the economic outlook in the United States based on leading indicators. Following Dr. Walden, Bill Laxton and Cathy Hardy of the DENR Budget Office served on a panel to answer questions about how the current budget situation would affect DENR policies and programs. Planned panelist David Brown of the State Budget Office was unable to attend at the last minute due to a meeting with the Governor’s Office. | 50 In person | Linda Culpepper, Ann Waddle, Anita McNeil |
