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     September 25, 2023 - September 27, 2023
     8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Capital Area Council of Governments - Cedar Training Room

Venue Phone: 512-916-6000

Venue Website:

Venue Address:
6800 Burleson Road, Building 310, CAPCOG Training Center, Austin, Texas, 78744, United States

Description:

Enter the classroom through the CAPCOG training entrance. This entrance is located under the metal awning near the main parking lot.

Walk down the long hallway to the room.  Signs will be posted to help with direction.

The Communication Bootcamp is an intensive, three-day course open to municipal and county government employees.

The course addresses fundamental topics of effective communication including strategies for effective communication, active listening, conflict management and resolution, dealing with negative people, personality types and how to communicate effectively with each, body language, customer service, fundamentals of public speaking, and more.

Participants in this program will receive the following books: Overcoming Fear: 50 Lessons on Being Bold and Living the Dream; Emotional Intelligence: 50 Lessons on Knowing Who You’re Dealing With; and Public Speaking: 50 Lessons on Presenting Without Losing Your Cool.

Instructor

Dr. Joe Serio is founder of The 360° Dispatcher. He has trained thousands of 9-1-1 dispatchers across the United States and Canada on topics such as Positive Interaction with Difficult People, Leadership and Your Legacy, Effective Supervision, and Time Management.

He regularly visits comm centers around the country listening to calls, interviewing supervisors, and talking with call-takers and dispatchers.

Joe is founding publisher of the Get the Nerve series of books and was co-founder of The Healthy Dispatcher. He is the author of more than 10 books on personal development, leadership, and wellness, and co-author of Dispatcher Stress: 50 Lessons on Beating the Burnout.

Joe holds a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice with a focus on Leadership and Organizational Behavior from one of the leading programs in the country.

In his former life, Joe was the only American to work in the Organized Crime Control Department of the Soviet National Police and was director of the Moscow office of the world’s leading corporate investigation and business development firm. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book, Investigating the Russian Mafia, and is author of Vodka, Hookers, and the Russian Mafia: My Life in Moscow.

Special Instructions

Dress Code: To promote a professional training environment, CAPCOG requires proper professional attire. T-shirts, shorts, leggings, and flip-flops are prohibited.

Attendee must provide their PID # to receive TCOLE credit for courses taken through CAPCOG.

CAPCOG provides training for the Emergency Communication Centers (ECC) in our region at no cost to 9-1-1 telecommunicators and their departments.

When space is reserved for a 9-1-1 training class offered by CAPCOG, students or the supervisor who made the reservation must cancel such reservation at least two business days prior to start of the class. If not, payment for the class will be invoiced to the appropriate agency for the “no show”.

For Questions

Contact Pamela Frisk at 512-916-6097 or [email protected].