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2008 NAPC Conference:
Florida, May 7-9

Browning Spence and the Juvenile Welfare Board, Children's Services Council of Pinellas County, Florida will host NAPC's next annual conference at a resort on beautiful Clearwater Beach in the Tampa/St. Petersburg area.  More details soon.  To volunteer for the conference committee or make suggestions, please email:  BSpence@jwbpinellas.org  Complete this online questionnaire to share your recommendations for the conference or volunteer to lead a session.

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NAPC Presentation at the April '08 Conference of the International Association of Advisors in Philanthropy

NAPC President Ben Warner will be a featured speaker at the IAAP conference in Chicago, April 24-26.  "Making a Difference and Knowing It - Philanthropic donors are increasingly asking if what they’re giving is making a difference. Conversations with donors suggest that they would give much more if they knew that they were making lasting change in the community with their gifts. This session will discuss the use of data and indicators for data-driven decisionmaking, using models developed by the National Association of Planning Councils and its member organizations."  Conference brochure


NAPC Strategic Plan, 2007-2011

The NAPC Board of Directors approved a new strategic plan on May 22, 2007.  Strategic plan


2008 NAPC Committees:  Join Us!

The NAPC Board strongly encourages all members to join at least one committee this year.  Here is a list of the committees and their leaders.  To volunteer, please contact the NAPC office or the chair of the committee of your choice:

Conference: 
Browning Spence (FL) - BSpence@jwbpinellas.org
Knowledge Exchange (new!): 
Candace King (IL) - cking@dupagefederation.org  
National Voice: 
Greg Brown (OH) - gbrown@communitysolutions.com
Social Indicators: 
Ed Pulido (OK) - epulido@unitedwayokc.org
Membership: 
Susan Weinrich (NY) - sweinrich@ccsnys.org
NAPC bylaws and possible name change: 
Martha Blaine (TX) - mblaine@ccgd.org


NAPC Membership Outreach Campaign

NAPC is eager to extend the benefits of membership to additional groups and individuals.  If you or someone you know would be interested in joining NAPC, please visit the Join NAPC! page of the website.  


NAPC Officers, Board of Directors

The Board's 2007 fall planning retreat took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma (hosted by Phil Dessauer, Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa) on September 18 (afternoon and evening), September 19 (morning).  Then some members stayed for the afternoon of September 19 to learn about Tulsa's innovative, nationally-recognized early childhood initiative.  PHOTOS 

NAPC elected its leaders for 2007-08 at the Annual Meeting on May 5 in Minneapolis.  BOARD

LOOKING BACK....

The 2006 fall planning retreat took place in New York City on October 18-20, 2006.  Highlights included the new Strategic Plan, the 2007 Conference, and a meeting with the Ford Foundation.  PHOTOS

Officers and board members for 2006-07 were elected at the 2006 Annual Meeting in Toronto on May 6th, 2006.  READ MORE

The Board gathered in Jacksonville, Florida on October 27-28, 2005 for the annual planning retreat.  PHOTOS


Member E-Newsletter

NAPC has launched an e-newsletter. 

Staff and board members of member agencies are encouraged to subscribe.

This replaces the frequent e-bulletins NAPC formerly forwarded to our members from many national sources.  Members who wish to continue to receive that information, please click here

Sample issues:  Summer 2007  Spring 2006


NAPC Distinguished Service Award

NAPC was pleased to present the 2006 Distinguished Service Award to Fred Butler, Executive Director of The Community Action Network (CAN) in Austin, Texas.  The surprise presentation was made at the Annual Meeting in Toronto on May 6th, 2006. 

Past honorees are John Begala, David Swain, and Nancy Findeisen

READ MORE


Welcome to NAPC's newest members!

A special welcome to these organizations and individuals who have recently become part of NAPC! 

To contact them, please go to "NAPC Members."

Congratulations and welcome to Nancy Johnson, new Executive Director of the Community Resources Council (Topeka, KS).  Best wishes to long-time Executive Director Jim Olson, who has retired.

Welcome, Cliff Grimes, Senior VP, Community Planning--United Way of Central Carolinas (Charlotte, NC), who is now representing his organization in NAPC.  Best wishes to former representative Kim Lewis, who left the United Way staff in December 2007.

NAPC welcomes the Health and Human Services Council of Pinellas County (St. Petersburg, FL), and Denise M. Groesbeck, Executive Director.

Welcome to Dan Merenda who has joined the Council of Community Services (Roanoke, VA) as Vice President of Planning and Consultation.

NAPC welcomes Ann Barringer Spaeth, Executive Director of the Port Chester Rye Town Council of Community Services (Port Chester, NY).

Northway Community Trust (Minnesota) has become a member of NAPC; Allan Malkis served as local host of the 2007 NAPC conference in Minneapolis in May.

Welcome to Cindy Arenberg Seltzer, President /CEO of the Children's Services Council of Broward County (Fort Lauderdale, FL).

NAPC welcomes Vanessa Sarria, new Executive Director, Community Action Network (CAN) (Austin, Texas).

Mission West Virginia has joined NAPC.  Long-time member Paul Gilmer is MWV's new Executive Director.

NAPC welcomes Kathryn Basile, Executive Director of the Children's Services Council of St. Lucie County (FL).  Everyone enjoyed meeting Kathryn at the 2006 conference.

Welcome to John Campey, Executive Director of the Community Social Planning Council of Toronto (Ontario, Canada) -- host of the 2006 conference and now NAPC's first international member.

Welcome to Gregory D. Arcaro, Executive Director of the Community Planning Council of Yonkers (NY).

NAPC welcomes the United Way of the Bay Area (San Francisco, CA), represented by long-time NAPC colleague Ed Schoenberger.

Welcome to Derrick Gibson, Executive Director of the East End Family Resource Center (Charleston, WV).

NAPC welcomes Christina Carrillo, Director of Office of Health Promotion Community Health Improvement (Santa Fe, NM).

Welcome to Kathleen Schlather, new Executive Director of the Human Services Coalition of Tompkins County (Ithaca, NY).

Welcome to the United Way of Central Ohio (Columbus, OH).  Lynnette Cook, Director of Evaluation Support, attended the May 2005 national conference and subsequently joined NAPC.

NAPC welcomes Elizabeth Schmidt, a planning consultant from Williamsburg, VA, as an individual member.

NAPC welcomes The Children's Trust (Miami, FL), which will be represented by Ted Castellanos.

Welcome to new member Laurie Lewis, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Texas (Austin, TX)

The Alliance for Human Services (Miami, FL) has chosen Mark Buchbinder as Executive Director ... welcome!  Press release

NAPC welcomes Greg Brown, new Executive Director of The Center for Community Solutions (Cleveland, OH) (press release); former Executive Director John Begala will continue as senior fellow focusing on health and social policy and leadership issues

NAPC welcomes Patrick Linnane, Executive Director of the Planning Council for Health and Human Services, Inc.  (Milwaukee, WI)

Welcome to the Vision Action Network (Beaverton, OR); Sia Lindstrom is Executive Director

NAPC welcomes John Ballengee, president of the United Way of Central West Virginia (Charleston, WV)

Welcome to Prince George's County Department of Family Services (Camp Springs, MD); Carol Lynn Snowden is their representative to NAPC

NAPC welcomes Kings County Local Child Care Planning Council (Hanford, CA); Cindy Crose Kliever, J.D., is Coordinator

Welcome to Skip Cramer, new Executive Director of Jacksonville Community Council, Inc. (JCCI) - Jacksonville, Florida

Welcome back to the Clarksville/Montgomery Council of Community Services (Clarksville, TN); former NAPC member Pete Stoddard is a member of the board

The DuPage Federation for Human Services Reform (Villa Park, IL) has joined NAPC; Candace King is Executive Director

The Children's Services Council of Martin County (Stuart, FL) joined NAPC in April; harry a. yates is Executive Director

Farewell and best wishes to Alexandria Douglas Bartolone, former Executive Director of the Alliance for Human Services (Miami, FL)

Denise Liebel is new Executive Director of Community Council of St. Charles County (St. Peters, MO)

The Beaufort County Alliance for Human Services (Beaufort, SC) has joined NAPC; Susan E. Milne is Executive Director

April Veneracion, National Community Development Institute (Oakland, CA), has joined NAPC

Joseph Ferreira at MIT (Cambridge, MA) has become an Individual Member

Paul Gilmer is now Executive Director of the West Virginia Research League (Charleston, WV), which joined NAPC in March

Judy Crider, Executive Director, LINKS Community Collaborative in Scottsdale, AZ, joined NAPC in January

Mary L. Thomas, Senior Program Officer of The Spartanburg County Foundation in Spartanburg, SC, joined NAPC in January 2004

Also from Spartanburg: Katherine A. Dunleavy, President, United Way of the Piedmont, joined NAPC in the fall of 2003

Roberta F. Garber, Executive Director of Community Research Partners in Columbus, Ohio, joined NAPC in November; Michael Banish has represented them at NAPC's most recent events

Judy Panullo, Executive Director of the Suffolk Community Council in New York, has joined NAPC; "welcome back" to this Council, active in NAPC in previous years

"Welcome back" also to Bob Spinks, President of the United Way of Central Oklahoma; Bob formerly served on the NAPC Board when he was Executive Director of the Community Council of Central Oklahoma, in Oklahoma City; the Council and United Way merged in the summer of 2003, and the combined organization has become a member of NAPC 

Donna Sines, Executive Director of Community Vision in Kissimmee, Florida, joined NAPC during the fall '03 membership campaign  

Karen Patterson, with the National Fatherhood Initiative in Austin, joined NAPC as an individual member after finding NAPC online and attending the 2003 conference

The Human Services Coalition of Cayuga County, in Auburn, NY, has become a member; NAPC welcomes Barbara Bowen, HSC Administrator

Michelle Grosz has joined NAPC as an individual member; she attended the 2003 conference and is Partnership Administrator for the Northwest Area Foundation in St. Paul, Minnesota

RegionWise in St. Louis, MO has recently joined NAPC; welcome to Barbara Holmes, Ph.D., Executive Director

Eleanor Brilliant has joined NAPC as an Individual member; a professor of social work at Rutgers University, she is a nationally known expert on the history of planning councils, United Way, and related social movements and issues, and was a keynote speaker at a prior NAPC conference

Northwest Hennepin Human Services Council in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, has joined NAPC; welcome to new Executive Director Susan Blood

Four long-time valued NAPC members who previously represented organizations have recently joined NAPC as Individual members:  David Swain, Judy Rothbaum, Stephanie Ross, and Joseph W. Lapilio III

NAPC welcomes Carrie Garnett, Executive Director of One Voice for Volusia, in Daytona Beach, FL


Passages

Best wishes to long-time NAPC Board member and friend Elaine Andersen, who retired on April 3, 2007 as Executive Director of the Human Services Council of Mid-Fairfield (CT).  She writes:  "I feel so fortunate to have been with this wonderful agency for the past 26 years doing what I love to do.  How many people get the chance to spend their careers working in a profession they adore at an organization they admire so much.  I have been truly lucky.  As I am moving on to a new life passage, I want to thank all of my friends at NAPC for enriching my life over the past years and for being such wonderful like minded supporters.  I wish everyone every happiness and know our paths will cross again soon.  Please stay in touch.  My home email is elaineandersen@optonline.net  I will look forward to hearing about future NAPC projects and news about your councils and your lives.  Au Revoir and thank you for everything."  NAPC is pleased that Elaine has joined as an Individual Member.

Very sad news:  NAPC has lost a valued long-time colleague.  Judith Rothbaum (Oklahoma City) died in July 2007, following a courageous six-month battle with cancer.  Many NAPC members will remember Judy's good work in her own community as well as her contributions in the early years of NAPC's social indicators work.  She was well-respected and will be greatly missed.  Her website offers insights and resources:  http://www.judithrothbaum.com/index.html  

Congratulations to NAPC Board member Browning Spence on his promotion to the position of Deputy Director of the Juvenile Welfare Board--the Children's Services Council of Pinellas (Florida).


Community planning ... international focus

NAPC President Ben Warner represented NAPC and made a presentation in Brussels at an international conference in the fall of 2007.  Theme:  "Beyond GDP: how to measure progress" using indicators including economic sustainability and social well-being.  More than 100 countries were represented, with 650 people attending.

NAPC's first international conference took place in Toronto in May 2006, with participants from the U.S., Canada, and other countries as far away as Scotland and Australia.  This laid groundwork for continuing cooperation toward shared goals across national boundaries.

www.communityplanning.net was created in the UK and features information and resources relevant for communities worldwide.  NAPC is included as a contact in the U.S.


NAPC's logo and website design

Thanks to NAPC Board members Nancy Findeisen and Mary Louis Campbell for overseeing the creation of NAPC's new logo (above) and website design. NAPC appreciates the assistance of Bojana Tufekcic and Karen Rike for redesigning the "look" of communityplanning.org, and Roy Underwood for technical assistance. And thank you to NAPC Administrator and webmaster Sharon Clark for website content and production. 

Please email anytime with suggestions for web additions and enhancements.


Looking back: past conferences

2007 Conference:  Minneapolis, May 3-5 

"Making A Difference and Making It Stick:
The Challenge of Building Community Infrastructure for Sustaining Positive Change"

     More about the 2007 c
onference   

Co-chairs:  Patrick Linnane (Exec. Director, Planning Council for Health and Human Services, Milwaukee, WI) and Greg Brown (Exec. Director, The Center for Community Solutions, Cleveland, OH). 

Local host:  NorthWay Community Trust
 

2006 Conference:  Toronto, May 4-7

     More about the 2006 conference

Planning council colleagues from all across the U.S. and Canada gathered for NAPC's first international conference. 
 

NAPC and CIC Co-Sponsored the 2005 National Conference:   Washington, DC, May 12-14

"Indicators and community practice working together"

NAPC joined forces with the Community Indicators Consortium (CIC) to present this conference in the nation's capital.  More about the 2005 conference 


Please visit the  2004 Conference page and 2004 online photo album ... the 2003 Conference page (featuring downloadable presentations) and the 2003 Conference Online Photo Album.  Also available online: information and photos from past conferences -- 2002, 2001, 1999, 1998
 


NAPC's National Social Indicators Initiative

In 2007, Ed Pulido became chair of NAPC Social Indicators Committee.  Please contact him with questions or suggestions, or to become involved in NAPC activities related to social indicators:  epulido@unitedwayokc.org.

NAPC and CIC Co-Sponsored a 2005 National Conference May 12-14, in Washington, DC: 
"Indicators and community practice working together"

NAPC joined forces with the Community Indicators Consortium (CIC) to present this conference in the nation's capital.  More about the conference

. 2005 Conference page (featuring downloadable presentations) and online photo album
. Community Indicators Consortium
. NAPC's involvement in social indicators

NAPC also co-sponsored CIC's 2005 conference December 1-3, in Burlington, VT

At the conference, NAPC's indicators team leader Ben Warner (Associate Director, JCCI - Jacksonville, FL; Board Member, NAPC) presented NAPC's indicators initiative and members' work using indicators a tools for action in communities around the country: 

"The NAPC Leading Social Indicators:
Measuring What's Important; Making a Difference"

NAPC Social Indicators Report  PowerPoint

NAPC's social indicators website, www.socialindicators.com, was featured at the international indicators conference in Reno in March 2004, and at the NAPC national conference in May 2004 in Norfolk.

Download the flyer on socialindicators.com

Dennis Andrulis' national indicators and NAPC's core indicators are highlighted. 

Leadership for this initiative was provided by The Center for Community Solutions (formerly the Federation for Community Planning) in Cleveland, Ohio.

Background on NAPC's involvement in social indicators

NAPC co-sponsored a major 2004 international conference on community indicators, March 10 - 13, in Reno, Nevada.

NAPC joined the National Community Indicators Consortium in sponsoring a major cross-sector conference in March 2004. NAPC members presented a series of sessions on using indicators effectively in a context of positive community action. Longtime NAPC member David Swain was one of the conference coordinators and NAPC Board member Fred Butler coordinated plans for NAPC's involvement. NAPC launched socialindicators.com. NAPC is participating in planning for upcoming Consortium activities.

CIC's next conference was December 1-3, 2005 in Burlington, VT.

A 2007 international conference is planned for March 7-9 in Jacksonville, FL.  http://www.communityindicators.net/

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2004 RENO CONFERENCE

REPORT: 2004 CONFERENCE PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTS

UPDATES SINCE THE CONFERENCE

MAY 2005 JOINT NAPC/CIC CONFERENCE


Archives

The NAPC Archives page provides information from past years.


Website notes

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Please email anytime with suggestions for web additions and enhancements.


 

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