NCSL Legislative Video Resource Center

Consider whether your state should join the growing number with a dedicated public affairs network. Leaders of three networks talk about operations and funding, advantages and challenges of networks, and what the future holds. Watch examples of programming, get a behind-the-scenes look at operations and find out more about lessons learned during the pandemic. Speakers include Megan Wycuff, The Ohio Channel, Renee Radcliff Sinclair, TVW, and William Bevacqua, The Connecticut Democracy Center.

Legislative staffers are the keepers of institutional knowledge, a legacy sometimes unwritten and often passed from one generation to the next. But how do you effectively hand it down with new limits on side-by-side learning and in-person sharing? One answer: knowledge management, a practice that ensures all organizational information is identified and housed in a deliberate way. Learn more about this valuable technique and how it can help keep institutional knowledge alive. Speakers include Christina Miracle Finch, Congressional Research Service and Teresa Wilt, Nevada Legislative Library.

Learn about the roles of clerks, secretaries and parliamentarians, how they conduct their work, and some of the unique challenges they face. Find out more about what goes on behind the scenes, especially when rules, processes and personalities collide. Speakers: Susan Kannarr, Chief Clerk, Kansas House of Representatives, Clancy Myer, Parliamentarian, Pennsylvania, Jennifer Novak, Secretary, Idaho Senate, Yolanda Dixon, Secretary, Louisiana Senate.