Upcoming Training and Events

Rules of Order and Meeting Processes

Due to popularity, we have opened two more sessions up across the province. If you are interested in registering for another session, please see the dates and registration information below.

Session Date

• Friday, April 11, 2025
• Time: 1:00 – 3:30 PM
• Location: 8 by Wyndham - 63 Cole Drive, Windsor, NS B0N 2T0

This workshop is open for Administrators and Elected Officials

Details 

This workshop will provide practical skills for starting meetings on the right foot, chairing meetings, making motions, dealing with reports, voting procedures, and decorum. You'll explore real examples from Nova Scotia municipalities and engage in fully interactive discussions without the use of PowerPoint slides.

What You Will Learn

This session will give new and existing elected officials and municipal staff with starting meetings on the right foot, chairing meetings, making motions, dealing with reports, voting procedures, and decorum. The entire day will include real examples from across Nova Scotia, and the best part is that there will be no PowerPoint slides, just interactive discussions. Both Robert’s Rules of Order and Bourinot’s will be discussed. No PowerPoints! This session is designed to be fully interactive, with practical examples and engaging discussions to enhance your learning experience.

Facilitator

Chris McNeill, Former Registered Parliamentarian

Registration and Pricing

• Early Bird Rate: $350 (Available until April 4 at 4:30 pm)
• Regular Price: $425 (After the Early Bird deadline)

Register at Rules of Order and Meeting Processes Workshop- Spring 2025.

 

Media, Social Media and Public Communication Training

Virtual Two-Day Zoom Workshop

Session Dates

• Wednesday, May 14th (9:00am - 12:00pm)
• Thursday, May 15th (9:00am - 12:00pm)

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Details 

In an era of greater public hostility, as well as mis and disinformation, it has never been more important for municipal staff to have effective communication skills. Staff are often first on the front lines when managing a municipality’s media and public relations. AMANS has engaged Redbrick Communications to provide a two-day workshop that will provide you with practical tips and helpful approaches to public communications that you can use everyday.

What You Will Learn

By the end of this workshop, you will have learned simple and practical approaches that you can apply to daily communications challenges. It will help you manage responsibilities related to: 

• Communicating complexity in plain language
• Issue identification and management
• Media relations and media interviews
• Social media planning, use and moderation
• Visual communication (using images, videos, graphics)
• Council presentations
• Working with elected officials
• Public meetings

Facilitator

Brian Lambie, President, Redbrick Communications 

Redbrick Communications Website: Click Here

Registration and Pricing

• Member: $350 + HST
• Non-Member: $440 + HST

Registration Form: Click Here