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SUMMARY:New! Advanced AI for Officers and Councillors: Part 1 – Practical AI Applications for Parish and Town Council Operations- 10am to 3.30pm September 3rd
DESCRIPTION:New! Advanced AI for Officers and Councillors: Part 1\n\nPractical AI Applications for Parish and Town Council Operations\nArtificial Intelligence is already beginning to reshape how parish and town councils plan, communicate, make decisions and deliver projects. For officers and councillors, the opportunity is significant: used well, AI can reduce administrative pressure, improve the quality of reports and communications, support better planning, and help councils work more efficiently and strategically.\nThis in-person training day, Advanced AI for Officers and Councillors: Part 1, has been designed for councils that are ready to move beyond introductory AI awareness and begin applying AI in practical, meaningful and responsible ways.\n\nThe focus of the day will be on real council work and usable outputs. Delegates will explore how AI can support strategic planning, committee reporting, community engagement, public communications, project delivery, risk management and everyday council administration. Through practical exercises, participants will have the opportunity to develop council-ready materials such as structured proposals, committee reports, resident updates, project plans, risk registers and elements of an AI usage policy.\nThe session will also address the essential safeguards councils need to consider when using AI. This includes GDPR, accuracy, bias, confidentiality, reputational risk, over reliance on AI, and the importance of maintaining human oversight, accountability and democratic decision-making.\nThis course is not about replacing the judgement of officers or councillors. It is about showing how AI can be used as a powerful support tool helping councils save time, improve clarity, strengthen decision-making and communicate more effectively with their communities.\nBy the end of the day, delegates will have a clearer understanding of how to use AI confidently, safely and practically within a parish or town council setting, with tools and approaches they can begin applying immediately.\n\nProgramme\n10:00 – 10:15 | Welcome and Context\n\nIntroductions\nWhat “advanced AI” looks like in parish & town councils\nHow this session differs from introductory courses\nFocus on practical, usable outputs\n\nModule 1 – Strategic Planning and Decision-Making\n10:15 – 11:15\nObjective: Use AI to strengthen management planning, prioritisation and decision-making\nContent:\n\nDeveloping parish and community plans using AI\nTurning ideas into structured proposals\nSupporting option appraisal and prioritisation\nDrafting:\n\nCommittee reports\nRecommendations and decision summaries\n\n\nImproving clarity and readability for members\n\nPractical Exercise:\n\nConvert a real council idea into:\n\nA structured proposal\nA committee-ready report\n\n\n\n11:15 – 11:30 | Break\nModule 2 – Communications and Engagement\n11:30 – 12:30\nObjective: Improve clarity, consistency and professionalism of council communications\nContent:\n\nDrafting:\n\nResident updates\nConsultations\nWebsite and social media content\n\n\nTranslating complex decisions into plain English\nAdapting tone for:\n\nPublic audiences\nMembers and internal stakeholders\n\n\nManaging sensitive or contentious messaging\nStrengthening engagement and trust through better communication\n\nPractical Exercise:\n\nRewrite a technical council update into:\n\nA public-facing communication\nA short social media post\n\n\n\n12:30 – 13:15 | Lunch\nModule 3 – Project Management and Delivery (LAE-led)\n13:15 – 14:00\nObjective: Improve planning and delivery of council projects using AI\nContent:\n\nCreating:\n\nProject Initiation Documents (PIDs)\nProject plans and timelines\nRisk registers (strategic, operational, financial)\n\n\nIdentifying dependencies, constraints and risks\nWriting member updates and progress reports\nApplying AI to typical council projects:\n\nCapital works\nCommunity initiatives\nGrant-funded projects\n\n\n\nPractical Exercise:\n\nBuild a project pack including:\n\nObjectives\nPlan\nRisks\nMilestones\n\n\n\nModule 4 – GDPR, Risk and Safe Use of AI (Joint Delivery)\n14:00 – 14:45\nObjective: Ensure councils use AI safely, legally and appropriately\nContent:\n\nGDPR principles applied to AI use in councils\nWhat must not be input into AI tools\nKey risks:\n\nInaccurate or misleading outputs\nBias and unintended consequences\nOver-reliance on AI\n\n\nReputational risk and public scrutiny (Comms perspective)\nMaintaining accountability:\n\nRole of Clerk/RFO\nRole of members\n\n\nTransparency, auditability and defensibility\nDeveloping a simple Council AI Usage Policy\n\nTakeaway:\n\nDraft AI governance framework for councils\n\n14:30 – 14:45 | Break\n14:45 – 15:20 | Overarching AI Advice and Q&A\nObjective: Embed AI into everyday council work\nContent:\n\nApplying AI to:\n\nMeeting cycles (agenda → reports → minutes → comms)\n\n\nOther common council use cases\nCreating reusable prompt libraries\nReducing admin burden while maintaining control\n\n15:20 – 15:30 | Close and Next Steps\n\nKey takeaways\nImmediate actions councils can take\nQ&A\n\n\n\n\n\nDelivered by Lewis Anderson PSLCC, an experienced Clerk, Councillor and Internal Auditor, and former County Council Project Manager. Lewis brings extensive real‑world experience of delivering projects within local government, ensuring the course is grounded, practical and tailored to the parish and town council sector and Dan Purchese from Breakthrough Communications.\nRunning time:   10am to 3.30pm\nVenue: The Mezzanine Rooms, County Hall, Aylesbury\nCancellation: A full refund will be given if 14 days or more notice prior to the date of the training course is given. However, this could cause an event to be cancelled if it becomes uneconomic to run.\nMembers £110 per ticket\nAssociate County Association Members: £110 per ticket\nNon-members £220 per ticket\n
URL:https://bucksalc.gov.uk/events/advanced-ai-for-officers-and-councillors-part-1-practical-ai-applications-for-parish-and-town-council-operations-10am-to-3-30pm-september-3rd/
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