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    For 9 years, Deke was the Mayor of Augusta, Georgia. In his tenure, he ushered in a new era of cooperation, progress and optimism. It wasn’t easy. The lessons learned in dealing with the nuances of city government have given Deke a unique insight on how to get along with, and get by, local government.

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    City Government

    For 9 years, Deke was the Mayor of Augusta, Georgia. In his tenure, he ushered in a new era of cooperation, progress and optimism. It wasn’t easy. The lessons learned in dealing with the nuances of city government have given Deke a unique insight on how to get along with, and get by, local government.

    The Importance of Cities for Human Connection

    Posted on July 10, 2015August 4, 2015 by Deke Copenhaver

    Having served as a mayor of Augusta for nine years I’ve become fascinated by cities in their ability to simply be a connection point for…

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    Confessions of a former mayor: A successful model of how governing to the majority can work.

    Posted on July 12, 2015August 4, 2015 by Deke Copenhaver

    In 2005, the first year I ran for mayor of the city of Augusta, Georgia, I attended a church leadership retreat. During the retreat the…

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    True Confessions of a former mayor: Why local government engagement with millenials matters to…

    Posted on July 13, 2015August 4, 2015 by Deke Copenhaver

    During my time in office I was very blessed to have a strong connection to the younger generation of citizens here in Augusta and I…

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    True Confessions of a former mayor: How the Godfather of Soul lent his coolness, love and funk to…

    Posted on July 13, 2015August 4, 2015 by Deke Copenhaver

    In my first year in office I met Mr. James Brown the Godfather of Soul on April 18, 2006 when he served as the honorary starter for the…

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    True Confessions of a former mayor: How to win elections by doing things differently and never…

    Posted on July 14, 2015August 3, 2015 by Deke Copenhaver

    I’ll never forget when I told my campaign consultant back in 2005 that I never intended to go negative and that I didn’t want my campaign…

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    True confessions of a former mayor: How Rock & Roll, Harnessing the Punk Rock Ethos and my…

    Posted on July 14, 2015August 4, 2015 by Deke Copenhaver

    I grew up a huge fan of music with rock, punk and funk three of my favorite genres. I also grew up a huge fan of Johnny Cash, as a country…

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    True Confessions of a former mayor: Why we could use more artists, athletes and architects as…

    Posted on July 15, 2015August 4, 2015 by Deke Copenhaver

    Growing up I was very fortunate to have taken art lessons for years. I’ll never forget how much I looked forward to heading to Mrs…

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    True Confessions of a former mayor: What I learned about the power of collaboration from the “Pearl…

    Posted on July 16, 2015August 4, 2015 by Deke Copenhaver

    Having grown up a huge music fan I’ve always been fascinated by what contributes to a music scene happening in any given city.

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    “Collaborative Leadership: Why knowing what you don’t know is way more important than knowing what…” in Navigating Organizational Change

    Posted on July 21, 2015August 4, 2015 by Deke Copenhaver

    In serving in office for nine years as mayor of Augusta, GA, I witnessed firsthand a tendency of people getting elected then somehow being…

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    Leadership: What we can all learn from Led Zeppelin and the Grateful Dead in Navigating Organizational Change

    Posted on July 22, 2015August 4, 2015 by Deke Copenhaver

    “Jimmy Page, around whom the Zeppelin revolves, is, admittedly, an extraordinarily proficient blues guitarist and explorer of his…

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