BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20171121T190000Z DTEND:20171121T220000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:The Government Affair: Federal Government (Part 3) DESCRIPTION:The Government Affair: Federal Government (Part 3)\n\n\n\nWhether your experience with government is limited to voting for elected officials or you lobby your representatives on a weekly basis\, this program will walk you through a comprehensive\, non-partisan\, grassroots experience at the local\, state and federal level. This program will challenge participants to stretch their knowledge on all levels of government while learning from and networking with other business people and influential leaders.\n\n\n\nCourse learnings can be applied to any municipality and will include a wide-range of speakers.\n\n\n\nThis four-part series meets from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month from September to December at a location relevant to the topic.\n\nCourse learnings can be applied to any municipality and will include a wide-range of speakers. \n\n \n\nSeptember 19\, 2017 - Local Government - Learn about the local commissions\, city council process\, development reviews and the role local government plays in sustaining a successful business community. Hear from city staff\, elected officials and economic development professionals.\n\n\n\nOctober 17\, 2017 - State Government - Learn about the state legislature\, lobbying\, passing bills out of committees\, how to participate in a grassroots campaign and who the players are. Hear from elected officials\, capitol staff and professional lobbyists.\n\n\n\nNovember 21\, 2017 - Federal Government - Learn about federal government issues that affect Minnesota businesses. Get an inside perspective into Washington D.C. and how legislation impacts our local companies. Hear from Fortune 100 government affairs professionals\, congressional official/staff and a federal agency official.\n\n\n\nDecember 19\, 2017 - Grassroots Engagement - Learn how to influence democracy. Participants will learn how to effectively participate in a grassroots campaign for your company. Graduation ceremony to follow\, guests welcome.\n\nHeld in partnership with:\n\n\n River Heights Chamber of Commerce (lead organizer)\n Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce\n Minnesota Retailers Association\n Connolly Kuhl Group\n\nProgram Benefits\n\nIndividual Benefits: Develop a great network of individuals who play an active role in the business community\; become a more effective and influential leader at work by understanding the process of civic affairs\; and learn transferable tools for your professional tool box.\n\n\n\nEmployer Benefits: Gain company exposure\, and develop a strong employee who understands civic affairs and increases their leadership talent within the organization.\n\n\n\nCommunity Benefits: Support active participation in the community\, and further engage the local talent in grassroots initiatives on all levels of government X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Government Affair: Federal Government (Part 3)
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\nWhether your experience with government is limited to voting for elected officials or you lobby your representatives on a weekly basis\, this program will walk you through a comprehensive\, non-partisan\, grassroots experience at the local\, state and federal level. This program will challenge participants to stretch their knowledge on all levels of government while learning from and networking with other business people and influential leaders.
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\nCourse learnings can be applied to any municipality and will include a wide-range of speakers.
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\nThis four-part series meets from 1 p.m. \; to 4 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month from September to December at a location relevant to the topic.

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Course learnings can be applied to any municipality and will include a wide-range of speakers. \;
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\nSeptember 19\, 2017 - Local Government - Learn about the local commissions\, city council process\, development reviews and the role local government plays in sustaining a successful business community. \; Hear from city staff\, elected officials and economic development professionals.
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\nOctober 17\, 2017 - State Government - \; Learn about the state legislature\, lobbying\, passing bills out of committees\, how to participate in a grassroots campaign and who the players are. \; Hear from elected officials\, capitol staff and professional lobbyists.
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\nNovember 21\, 2017 - Federal Government - Learn about federal government issues that affect Minnesota businesses. \; Get an inside perspective into Washington D.C. and how legislation impacts our local companies. \; Hear from Fortune 100 government affairs professionals\, congressional official/staff and a federal agency official.
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\nDecember 19\, 2017 - Grassroots Engagement - Learn how to influence democracy. \; Participants will learn how to effectively participate in a grassroots campaign for your company. \; Graduation ceremony to follow\, guests welcome.
\nHeld in partnership with:

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\nIndividual Benefits: Develop a great network of individuals who play an active role in the business community\; become a more effective and influential leader at work by understanding the process of civic affairs\; and learn transferable tools for your professional tool box.
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\nEmployer Benefits: Gain company exposure\, and develop a strong employee who understands civic affairs and increases their leadership talent within the organization.
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\nCommunity Benefits: Support active participation in the community\, and further engage the local talent in grassroots initiatives on all levels of government LOCATION:Location varies based on session. UID:e.606.118717 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260412T093752Z URL:https://www.hastingsmn.org/events/details/the-government-affair-federal-government-part-3-118717 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR