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The conference was outstanding!
Thank you to all the planners, presenters, and participants.
2010 National Conference
Conference
overview Schedule
and sessions
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Speakers' bios and photos
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Community Planning for "The New Normal"
National
perspectives, and what communities
are doing to respond
to the new realities
April 16-18, 2010
Embassy
Suites Old Town - Alexandria, Virginia
Community planning leaders and
practitioners
from all across the United States
learned from national experts
and exchanged real-life
experiences and insights.
Recent changes have been dramatic and unprecedented...and
there is no going back.
Now we need to understand what the “new normal” looks like
and how to operate in this new context.
Economic, demographic, social, and technological trends have
rapidly reshaped
what problems we face, how we face them, and who faces them.
As leaders who are planning for the future well-being of the
people and communities we serve,
now more than ever we need the knowledge, flexibility, and
skills
to think in new ways and use new tools and technologies.
We must be prepared to help our organizations lead and
support community progress
in the challenging times to come.
NAPC
recognizes that many member organizations are facing financial
challenges.
Good news: this year, both the conference fee and the
hotel rate
were lower than they've been for many years.
Main themes and topics included:
- The “new normal”...what is different
now, and what this is likely to mean for our work
- Big economic changes...lasting impacts on our country
and our communities
- More seniors, living longer...implications for the
future
- Local planners' perspectives...how the new realities
offer new challenges, possibilities
and partners
- Government performance measures...alignment with community
indicators
- Community planning in a digital world...making best use
of new tools
- Discussion of "Convergence:
How Five Trends Will Reshape the Social Sector" -
paper (James Irvine Foundation)
Also:
- Newcomers
welcome...opening reception...evening "dine arounds" with NAPC
leaders and conference colleagues...networking and resource
exchange.
- Presentation of the 2010
Judith Rothbaum Award honoring excellence in using
social indicators for
community action...and NAPC annual meeting and elections.
- Conference attendees
"tweeted" live from the conference using the hashtag
#NAPC on Twitter. Follow NAPC on Twitter@N_A_P_C. Not familiar
with using Twitter? Read these
easy tips to get started.
Past attendees say:
“I come to learn, to be inspired, and to build valuable
networks
with colleagues in other communities.”
“Even in years when budgets are tight and I can only go to
one conference,
this is the conference I never miss.”
SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
Speakers' bios and photos
Friday, April 16
Travel to the
conference...or, come earlier: conference participants
qualify for NAPC's special hotel room rate for additional nights
before and after the conference
Noon - NAPC Board of Directors
meeting
1:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Registration
2:00 p.m. - 4:00
p.m.
Aligning government
performance measures and community indicators
Moderator:
Ben Warner, Deputy
Director, JCCI (Jacksonville, FL)
Featured speaker:
Allen Lomax, consultant; former
Senior Analyst, U.S. Government Accounting Office
Download the PowerPoint
4:15 - 5:30 p.m.
Registration
5:00 p.m.
Welcome/orientation for new members and
first-time attendees
5:30 p.m.
Reception, welcome,
and opening presentation
Welcome to the
conference: Suzanne Puryear,
NAPC Conference Logistics Chair; President, The Planning
Council (Norfolk, VA)
Welcome on behalf of
NAPC: Martha Blaine,
NAPC President; Executive Director, Community Council of Greater
Dallas
Featured speaker:
Human
service perspective from the national level
Irv Katz,
Executive Director, National Human Services Assembly
(Washington, DC)
Evening dine arounds - Dinner in
groups at area restaurants
Saturday, April 17
The Embassy Suites rate includes a cooked-to-order hot
breakfast…please enjoy that before coming to the rooms where the
conference events will take place
7:30 - 8:00 a.m.
Registration
8:00 a.m.
Welcome and
participant introductions:
Patrick Linnane, NAPC Conference Program Chair;
Managing Partner, Patrick Linnane and Associates (Milwaukee, WI)
8:20 a.m.
How we'll use social
media during the conference: the
NAPC Forward Group
8:50 a.m.
"The
new normal"...what it means for the economy, jobs, and
living standards
Moderator:
Phil Dessauer, Executive
Director, Community Service Council (Tulsa, OK)
Featured speaker:
Heidi Shierholz, Ph.D., Economic
Policy Institute (EPI) (Washington, DC)
Download the PowerPoint
10:45 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m.
-12:30 p.m.
More seniors, living longer --
part of "the new normal"
Our society
is aging. Tomorrow's seniors will live longer and more
active lives than ever before--bringing both opportunities
and challenges for human
service systems and our economy. Only by engaging our
communities in new and creative ways will we be able to
develop the human and financial resources necessary for
addressing these momentous changes.
Moderator: Suzanne Puryear,
President, The Planning Council (Norfolk, VA)
Speakers:
Greg
Arcaro, Executive Director, Community Planning
Council (Yonkers, NY)
Download the PowerPoint
Susan
Weinrich,
VP of Organizational and Community Development, New
York Council of Nonprofits (Albany, NY)
Download the
PowerPoint
Martha
Blaine, Executive Director, Community Council of
Greater Dallas (Dallas, TX)
Johnette Hartnett, Director, National Disability
Institute (Washington, DC)
12:30 p.m.
Conference luncheon
National Association of Planning Councils
Annual Meeting
Presentation of the
2010 Judith Rothbaum
Award for excellence in using social indicators for community
action
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
What are communities experiencing at
the front end of the "new normal"? For community planning, what
are the new realities, new ways of doing business, new partners,
new opportunities, and new ways of thinking about our work?
Moderator:
Patrick Linnane, Managing
Partner, Patrick Linnane and Associates
(Milwaukee, WI)
Featured speaker:
Clarence
Carter, Executive Director of the DC Department of Human
Services (Washington, DC)
3:30 p.m.
Break
3:45 - 5:15
Continuation of the earlier
session, with emphasis on the federal game plan, how nonprofits
fit into the game plan, and impacts and opportunities for local
communities
Moderator:
Vanessa Sarria, Executive
Director, Community Action Network (Austin, TX)
Featured speakers:
David Thompson, Vice
President of Public Policy, National Council of Nonprofits
(Washington, DC)
Julie Merz, Deputy Director of Member
Services,
Office of the Assistant to the Speaker
(Washington, DC)
Evening dine arounds - Dinner in
groups restaurants in Alexandria or Washington, DC
Sunday, April 18
The Embassy Suites rate includes a cooked-to-order hot
breakfast…please enjoy that before coming to the rooms where the
other conference events will take place
8:30 a.m.
- 10:00 a.m.
"Convergence: How Five Trends Will
Reshape the Social Sector"
Review and discussion of
an exciting
paper just released by the James Irvine Foundation, and
implications for community planning practice
Moderators:
Martha
Blaine, Executive Director, Community Council of
Greater Dallas (Dallas, TX)
Phil
Dessauer, Executive Director, Community Service
Council (Tulsa, OK)
10:15 a.m. - 12:15
p.m.
The Culture Shift Your Organization
Must Make
Social media is
everywhere. People and organizations alike are using this
emerging technology in their day-to-day communications. This
conference session features a panel of speakers intimately
familiar with social media tools who will speak about the
social media phenomenon and why planning organizations
cannot ignore it. They will discuss how to integrate social
media into your marketing plans or organizational
strategies. They will also talk about human resources
policies, touching on some of the challenges that social
media create and how to deal with them in your organization.
Conference attendees will be challenged to submit questions
and to generate discussion throughout the panel by using
social media tools. Conference attendees will also be
invited to share their own professional experiences with
social media.
Moderator: *
Chantel Bottoms, Community
Action Network (Austin, TX)
Featured speakers:
Melanie Herman,
Executive Director,
Nonprofit Risk Management Center (Leesberg, VA), on
HR policies and risk management as it relates to social
media
Rick
Cohen, National Association of Nonprofits
(Washington, D.C.)
Panel
from NAPC member organizations:
* Ben
Kirby, Juvenile Welfare Bureau-Children's
Services Council (Pinellas, FL)
*
Valerie Venezia, New York Council of Nonprofits,
Inc. (Albany, NY)
* Leaders of NAPC Forward
12:15 p.m. -
12:30 p.m.
Wrap-up and send-off; collect
evaluations; drawing for door prize
12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
NAPC Board of Directors meeting
Travel home...or, stay on for more nights at the hotel at
NAPC's special rate
Speakers' bios and photos
SOME SCENES FROM THE Conference
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Thanks to Claudia Gooch and
Martha Blaine for
taking these pictures
THANK YOU
Many thanks to the conference speakers for contributing their
expertise and time.
Special thanks from NAPC to the
Board members who led the 2010 conference team:
- Program - Patrick Linnane (Milwaukee, WI)
- Logistics and registration - Suzanne Puryear (Norfolk, VA)
...and to all the Board members who served on the planning
committee.
For more information:
About NAPC or the conference...conference@communityplanning.org
About registration or hotel...spuryear@theplanningcouncil.org
Information and photos from
past
conferences:
2009,
2008,
2007,
2006,
2005,
2004,
2003,
2002,
2001,
2000,
1999,
1998
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