Tuesday, April 8, 2025 – 8:45am to 9:45am

Massachusetts Municipal Councillors’ Association Board Meeting

Location: Hybrid
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 – 10:00am to 11:45am

MMA Board of Directors Meeting

Location: Hybrid
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 – 12:00pm to 2:00pm

MMA Virtual Municipal Leadership Academy webinar: Managing for Excellent Performance workshop

The MMA’s Virtual Municipal Leadership Academy is offering a professional development webinar — “Managing for Excellent Performance” — that will be held three times, on March 25, April 8 and April 15, from noon to 2 p.m. Performance management is often seen as simply conducting annual performance reviews and addressing poor performance, but it actually…

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 – 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Local Government Advisory Commission Meeting

Location: Hybrid
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 – 12:00pm to 1:15pm

Citizen Academies: How to Engage your Communities webinar

This webinar was rescheduled from an original date in February. If you were previously registered, you will be automatically signed up for the rescheduled webinar time. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. The MMA will host a webinar on April 9 covering strategies to help municipal leaders launch and run…

Thursday, April 10, 2025 – 9:00am to 1:00pm

Massachusetts Municipal Management Association and Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources Joint Meeting

The Massachusetts Municipal Management Association and Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources will hold their annual joint meeting on April 10 at Lake Pearl in Wrentham. The agenda will feature a “Psychological First Aid” training led by Liisa Jackson, director-coordinator with the Medical Reserve Corps. Participants will learn how to provide initial emotional support to individuals experiencing…

Location: Lake Pearl, 299 Creek St., Wrentham
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 – 12:00pm to 2:00pm

MMA Virtual Municipal Leadership Academy webinar: Managing for Excellent Performance workshop

The MMA’s Virtual Municipal Leadership Academy is offering a professional development webinar — “Managing for Excellent Performance” — that will be held three times, on March 25, April 8 and April 15, from noon to 2 p.m. Performance management is often seen as simply conducting annual performance reviews and addressing poor performance, but it actually…

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 – 10:00am to 2:00pm

Massachusetts Mayors’ Association Meeting

Thursday, April 17, 2025 – 12:00pm to 1:15pm

Artificial Intelligence for Municipalities 101 webinar

The MMA will host an introductory webinar on artificial intelligence for municipalities on April 17. The webinar is designed for anyone interested in beginning to use AI in their work. Serena Sacks-Mandel, field chief technology officer at MGT, will provide an introduction to artificial intelligence and the opportunities it presents for municipalities. Sacks-Mandel will discuss…

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 – 12:00pm to 1:15pm

Office of the Veteran Advocate (OVA): What Municipalities Need to Know webinar

An MMA webinar on April 30 will introduce municipal leaders to the Office of the Veteran Advocate, an independent state agency established in late 2023. Led by Bob Notch, a retired U.S. Army colonel, the OVA is tasked with ensuring that veterans under the care of the Commonwealth receive dignified treatment and access to all…

Saturday, May 3, 2025 – 8:30am to 1:00pm

Massachusetts Select Board Association Western and Rural Massachusetts Conference

The Massachusetts Select Board Association’s annual Rural and Western Massachusetts Conference, to be held on Saturday, May 3, in Holyoke, will focus on helping small and rural towns put ideas into action. Becky McCray, a speaker and facilitator with expertise in rural and small town development topics, will present an interactive session on building “idea…

Location: The Delaney House, Holyoke
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 – 12:00pm to 1:15pm

Demystifying DEI webinar

The MMA will host a webinar, “Demystifying DEI,” on May 6 to provide clarity on the topic of diversity, equity and inclusion. Diversity, equity and inclusion are interconnected values that show up in our daily lives whether we realize it or not, and these values can be intentionally integrated within municipal work. While a recent…

Thursday, May 8, 2025 – 8:30am to 3:30pm

Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources HR 101 Boot Camp

The Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources association (MMHR) will hold its annual HR 101 Boot Camp on Thursday, May 8 in Boylston. This event is geared toward newer municipal human resources professionals and those with a background in the private sector. Veterans in the field are also welcome to attend for a refresher. The agenda will…

Location: Cyprian Keyes Golf Club, Boylston
Monday, May 12, 2025 – 12:00pm to 1:15pm

Leveraging arts & culture for substance use prevention and recovery webinar

On May 12, the MMA will host a webinar on leveraging arts and culture activities to aid in substance use prevention and recovery. Representatives from the town of Franklin, the Mass Cultural Council, and Art Pharmacy will discuss how communities can use their opioid settlement funds for prevention and recovery services through arts-based “social prescribing”…

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 – 8:00am to 5:00pm

Massachusetts Municipal Councillors’ Association Board Meeting

Location: Hybrid
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 – 10:00am to 11:45am

MMA Board of Directors Meeting

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – 8:00am to Friday, May 16, 2025 – 5:00pm

Massachusetts Mayors’ Association Spring Conference

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 – 8:00am to Friday, May 30, 2025 – 5:00pm

Massachusetts Municipal Management Association Spring Conference

Location: Ocean's Edge Resort & Golf Club, Brewster
Thursday, June 5, 2025 – 8:30am to 1:00pm

Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources Annual Meeting

Location: Danversport, 161 Elliott Street, Danvers
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 – 8:45am to 9:45am

Massachusetts Municipal Councillors’ Association Board Meeting

Location: Virtual
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 – 10:00am to 11:45am

MMA Board of Directors Meeting

Location: Virtual
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 – 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Local Government Advisory Commission Meeting

Location: Virtual
Thursday, June 12, 2025 – 8:30am to 12:00pm

Massachusetts Municipal Management Association Mini Boot Camp

Location: Charlton Public Library, 40 Main St, Charlton
Friday, June 13, 2025 – 8:30am to 3:00pm

Massachusetts Select Board Association Newly Elected Training

Location: Devens Common Center, 31 Andrews Parkway, Devens
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 – 10:00am to 2:00pm

Massachusetts Mayors’ Association Meeting

Location: Virtual
Thursday, June 26, 2025 – 8:00am to 5:00pm

Women Leading Government Meeting

Location: Publick House, 277 Main St, Sturbridge
Thursday, September 18, 2025 – 8:00am to Friday, September 19, 2025 – 5:00pm

Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources Fall Conference

Location: Marriott Springfield Downtown, 2 Boland Way, Springfield
Thursday, October 23, 2025 – 9:00am to 1:00pm

Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources Meeting

Location: Devens Common Center, 31 Andrews Parkway, Devens
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