REFLECTIONS ON THE STATE OF THE PROFESSION AND …CD2D9300-9629-4071...10 Membership trends are...
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REFLECTIONS ON THE STATE OF THE
PROFESSION AND WHAT IT MEANS
FOR YOU
KEVIN C. DUGGAN
WEST COAST REGIONAL DIRECTOR
ICMA
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Topics:
• ICMA Background Information
• Membership Survey Results
• State of the Profession Survey Results
• Other Survey Info and “Stuff”
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Goals:
• Broaden Our Frame of Reference on
Our Profession
• Recognize the Value of Our Work
• Recognize That What We May
Experience at One Point is Not
Necessarily Reflective of Our Career or
the Profession.
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ICMA BACKGROUND
INFORMATION
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Geographic distribution of members
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Membership trends are uneven
4,668 4,541 4,519 4,570
298 290 318 334
763 807 809 888
93 98 100 110
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500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
4,500
5,000
Jun-10 Jun-11 Jun-12 Current
U.S. In-Service Member Totals
Full members
Sr Mgmt Affiliates
Entry-Mid Mgmt
Affiliates
Interns
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Composition of ICMA Revenues
Dues
14%
Member
Services
1%
Prof
Development
9%
Information
3%
US
Programs
12%
International
53%
Other
8%
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The profession is growing
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ICMA Services Survey:
• 91% Rate ICMA Services as Excellent
(40%) or Good (51%)
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Most Valued Services:
Ethics
Information Resources/Networking
Public Management
Annual Conference
Newsletter/PM
MIT Program
Credentialing Program
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ICMA ANNUAL SURVEY
• Summer/Fall 2012
• 24% Response Rate (2,079
Cities/Counties)
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How Would You Describe Civic
Discourse in Your Community?
• Very Polarized/Strident: 6%
• Somewhat Polarized/Strident: 32%
• Generally Polite/Tolerant: 53%
• Very Polite/Tolerant: 9%
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Level of Citizen Participation in
Civic Engagement Efforts:
• Low: 47%
• Medium: 42%
• High: 12%
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Relationships With Elected Officials:
• Highly Collaborative: 48.8%
• Generally Collaborative: 40.5%
• Somewhat Collaborative: 9.2%
• Not Collaborative: 1.5%
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Relationship Over the Past Year:
• Improved: 46.9%
• Stayed the Same: 41.6%
• Worsened: 11.5%
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Effectiveness of Council Decision
Making:
• High: 60.2%
• Moderate: 28.4%
• Low/Not Effective: 11.4%
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Performance Evaluation
Effectiveness:
• High/Relatively High: 54.7%
• Moderate: 30.5%
• Low/Not Effective: 14.9%
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Relationships Among Council
Members:
• Highly Collaborative: 23.2%
• Generally Collaborative: 47.9%
• Somewhat Collaborative: 23.7%
• Not Collaborative: 6.1%
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Roles Most Frequently Performed:
• Supporting the Governing Board by
Providing Information: 77.7%
• Strive to Assure that Service Delivery is
Equitable and Responsive: 68.3%
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Current Level of Job Satisfaction
(Range of 1-5):
• 1: 31.2 %
• 2: 39.3%
• 3: 23.1%
• 4: 5.2%
• 5: 1.2%
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Composition of Responders:
• Average Years in Local Government:
20.5
• Most Common Previous Position:
ACM/ACAO
• Age: 63.3% Over 50
• Gender: 80% Male
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Poll in USA Today:
Top Benefits of Volunteering:
96%: Deeper Connection to Their
Community
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Gallup Poll: Worker Engagement:
• Actively Engaged: 30%
• Not Engaged: 50%
• Actively Disengaged: 20%
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NLC Poll: Trust in Government:
• Local Government: 37%
• State Government: 22%
• Federal Government: 12%
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IBM 2011 Study of Local
Government Efficiency:
• Council/Manager Governments are
10% More Efficient Than Alternative
Forms
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Fareed Zakaria in Time:
• “local government responding to
hard times with skill and dexterity”
• The Metropolitan Revolution: Bradley
and Katz
• “cities and counties across the
country are getting over political
divides, partnering with the private
sector and investing for future growth”
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What Careers Are More Important,
More Engaging and More
Interesting Than Local Government
Management?