League Locally

Local Government Basics, Brought to Your Community

Bring your municipal team together around the fundamentals that shape how local government works.

League Locally brings the League’s Local Government Basics training directly to member communities.

Your municipality hosts. The League brings the training, materials, and a light meal. We’ll also open the program to other League members in the area so more local officials can take part.

Bring League Locally to Your Community
Municipal officials participating in a local government training session.

How League Locally Works

League Locally starts with a request from a member municipality. If your community wants to host a training, complete the request form and tell us what you have in mind. We’ll follow up to talk through timing, location, anticipated attendance, and the other details needed to make the program work.

Request

Complete the request form and tell us what you have in mind.

Plan Together

We’ll work through timing, location, anticipated attendance, registration, and logistics.

Host & Learn

Your team learns together, with available seats opened to other League members in the surrounding area.

You Provide

Your Municipality Provides

An appropriate space for the training and a local contact who can help coordinate logistics.

We also ask host municipalities to welcome other League members from the surrounding area when space allows. League Locally is designed to serve the host community while creating a regional learning opportunity for other municipal officials nearby.

If finding a space is a challenge, tell us. We can work through options together.
We Provide

The League Provides

We bring the Local Government Basics training, League staff, participant materials, and a light meal.

We’ll also handle the program setup and work with you on registration and communication so expectations are clear before the training takes place.

Bring the Basics Closer to Home

Local government comes with a lot to learn, especially for newer officials. Even experienced leaders benefit from revisiting the rules, roles, and practices that shape how a municipality gets its work done.

League Locally gives your team the opportunity to work through those fundamentals together.

The training is practical and interactive. We use examples, discussion, and guided activities to help participants connect the rules to situations they are likely to encounter in meetings, decision-making, and day-to-day municipal work.

Topics Include

Roles and responsibilities in municipal government
Running effective meetings
Robert’s Rules of Order
Wisconsin Open Meetings Law
Public records
Ethics and conflicts of interest
Closed sessions and proper procedure
Common governance questions and challenges
The goal is not to make everyone an expert in municipal law or procedure. It is to give local officials a stronger foundation, clearer expectations, and practical tools they can use right away.

Who Is This For?

League Locally is designed for municipal officials and staff at all levels of experience.

It is especially useful for councils, village boards, boards and commissions, clerks, administrators, and other local officials who want a stronger understanding of how municipal government works and what effective governance looks like in practice.

Councils Village Boards Boards & Commissions Clerks Administrators Municipal Staff

We encourage municipalities to bring a team.

When officials learn the basics together, they leave with a more consistent understanding of roles, responsibilities, and process. That makes it easier to work through disagreements, run better meetings, and make decisions with greater clarity.

Bring League Locally to Your Community

Interested in hosting?

Complete the League Locally request form and tell us about your municipality, preferred timing, expected attendance, and available meeting space.

From there, League staff will connect with you to work through the details.

Request League Locally

Looking for a Training Near You?

You do not have to host to participate.

As League Locally programs are scheduled, available seats will be opened to League members in the surrounding area.

Check below for upcoming opportunities.

View Upcoming League Locally Programs
About the Program

League Locally

Practical Governance, Real Conversations

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League Locally is a hands-on learning experience designed to strengthen how local officials lead, communicate, and govern together. This foundational training, coupled with the opportunity to network with your peers and League staff at the roundtable, is essential for all local government leaders.

Active, practical learning that translates directly to your next meeting.

Part 1

Training Session (2–5 PM)

Build confidence in the core skills every local government leader needs. The League Locally training experience brings key elements of the League’s Local Government Basics program to life through practical, real-world application focused on the topics municipal leaders ask for most. From Robert’s Rules of Order and effective meeting management to public records, open meetings, ethics, conflicts of interest, and closed session procedures, participants will strengthen their understanding of the foundational practices that shape effective governance. Through interactive discussion and a guided mock meeting experience, attendees will move beyond theory and practice navigating the challenges, decisions, and dynamics local leaders face every day.

Part 2

Member Roundtable (5–7 PM)

Join League staff and peers for open, candid conversation about current issues, shared challenges, and ongoing work across municipalities.

Free and open to all League members.

Who Should Attend

This program is open to all municipal officials, with particular value for members of governing bodies, boards, and commissions including city councils, village boards, planning commissions, parks boards, police and fire commissions, library boards, and more.

We strongly encourage municipalities to attend together to build shared understanding and strengthen team effectiveness.

Come ready to learn, practice, and connect with tools you can use immediately.

Upcoming Dates & Registration

Select a date below to view details and register.