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2011 National Conference
The conference was outstanding!
Sincere thanks to all the speakers, planners, and participants.
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Communities In Transformation
National
perspectives, and what communities
are doing to respond
to the new realities
April 15-17, 2011
Alexandria, Virginia
- Embassy Suites Old Town
Community planning leaders and
practitioners
from across the United States and Canada
gathered to learn from top experts
and exchange real-life
experiences and insights.
This year's conference focused on the economy, health care
reform, and immigration
...major issues impacting our local communities and the people
we serve.
We must be prepared with the knowledge, perspectives and skills
to help our organizations lead and
support community progress
when faced with complex challenges and rapid changes.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE ...
see also SPEAKERS'
BIOS & PHOTOS
Friday, April 15
12:00-1:30
NAPC Board Meeting
2:00-4:00
Pre-conference
session: The Community Profile
> PowerPoint
Tom
Pollak, Program Director, National Center for
Charitable Statistics, Senior Research Associate,
Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy
4:30-6:00 Planning council updates: guided
conversations among conference attendees
6:00-7:00 pm
Opportunities to influence
policy
Irv Katz, Executive Director,
National Human Services Assembly
Dinner
Dine out in groups with other attendees
Saturday,
April 16
8:00 -
9:00 Breakfast (morning) roundtables:
Strategic use of public benefits:
Candace King, DuPage Federation on Human Services
Reform (Illinois)
The Canadian caucus - for Canadians
(and for those who wish they were):
Linda Terry, Social Planning Network of Ontario;
John Campey,
Community Social Planning Council in
Toronto; and
Tracey Vaughn,
Community Development Council Durham
Disaster preparedness – short- and
long-term disaster recovery strategies:
Joe Baldwin and Denise Groesbeck, The Health and
Human Services Coordinating Council for Pinellas
County (Florida)
9:00-9:30
Welcome and introductions
9:30-10:45 Implementing health
care reform: what local communities need to know
Xiaoyi Huang, Assistant Vice President for Policy, National
Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems
> PowerPoint
11:00-12:30 Implementing health
care reform: what local communities are doing
Panel discussion
Community Health Assessments and Community Health
Improvement Plans:
Allen Lomax, Community Indicators Consortium and
Julia Ellinger, National Association of City and
County Health Officials
Access DuPage/
DuPage Health Safety Net Plan: Candace King,
DuPage Federation on Human Services Reform
(Illinois)
> PowerPoint
Health care reform – Pinellas County,
Florida’s efforts to adapt to change:
Joe Baldwin and Denise Groesbeck, The
Health and Human Services Coordinating Council for
Pinellas County (Florida)
> PowerPoint
Lunch NAPC
Annual
Meeting & Awards Luncheon
Nominating Committee Report and election
Member Recognition
H.
Browning Spence – In Memoriam
Judith Rothbaum Award
Presentation: Recognizing Excellence in Using Social
Indicators for Community Action
2:00-3:15 Economic update: what
national trends mean for local planning
Heidi Shierholz, Economic Policy Institute
> PowerPoint
Demetra Smith Nightingale, Senior
Fellow, The Urban Institute
> PowerPoint
3:30 –
5:00 Economic impacts: addressing
local needs
Panel discussion
Moderator: John Begala, The Center for Community
Solutions (Ohio)
Martha Blaine, Community Council of Greater Dallas
(Texas)
> Presentation
Mickee Brown, Jacksonville Community
Council Inc. (Florida)
Tracy Viselli, ACTion Alexandria (Virginia)
> PowerPoint
Dinner
Dine out in groups with other attendees
Sunday, April 17
8:00 -
9:00 Breakfast (morning) roundtables
"The
Watchman’s Rattle – Thinking Our Way Out of
Extinction"
Book discussion led by
Phil Dessauer, Community Service
Council (Oklahoma)
Community indicators
–
measuring change, effecting change
A discussion with 2010 Judith Rothbaum Award winner
Claudia Gooch (Virginia), Ben Warner (Florida), and
other NAPC members working with community indicators
9:00 – 10:30
Immigration: national issue, local
impacts
Margie McHugh, Director of the Migration Policy Institute's Immigrant
Integration Center
> PowerPoint
Frank Sharry, Director, America's Voice
10:45 – 12:00
Local responses to immigration issues
Moderator:
Vanessa Sarria, Austin Community Action Network (Texas)
Kate Hanley,
Tempe Community Council (Arizona)
Cheryl
Little, Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, Miami (Florida)
12:00 Wrap up -- How do these themes
interact? How do planning councils respond/prepare
as communities change in diversity, economy, and services?
12:30
Conference ends; NAPC Board meeting
follows
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.”
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 2011 conference team:
- Program - Ben Warner (Jacksonville, FL)
- Logistics and registration - Suzanne Puryear (Norfolk, VA)
...and to all who served on the planning
committee.
Information and photos from
past
conferences:
2010,
2009,
2008,
2007,
2006,
2005,
2004,
2003,
2002,
2001,
2000,
1999,
1998
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