5th Annual Rural Community Development Training Conference

St. Louis, Missouri June 5-7, 2001

Agenda

Monday June 4th

3:00 - 6:00

  

Pre-Conference Registration

  

Tuesday June 5th

7:00 - 10:00

  

Conference Registration

  

8:00 - 9:30

  

Plenary 1: Official Opening of the Conference

Welcoming Address

Keynote Address: Honorable Jo Ann Emerson, M. C. (8th-MO)

  

9:30 - 10:00

  

Break

  

10:00 - 11:30

  

Plenary 2: America's Rural Economy in the 21st Century

Chuck Fluharty, Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI), University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

  

11:30 - 1:00

  

Lunch

  

1:00 - 1:50

Regional Meetings with OCD Desk Officers & Staff:

Southwest - Sharon Colbert, Desk Officer/NCE Staff

Northeast - Lori Grandison, Desk Officer

Mid-East - John Nester, Desk Officer/NCE Staff

Western - Jack Shaw, Desk Officer/NCE Staff

Southeast - Nathan Carter, Desk Officer/NCE Staff

Mid-West - Jim Jacobs, Desk Officer/NCE Staff

2:00 - 3:00

  

Plenary 3: Getting to Sustainability

Dr. J. Norman Reid, Deputy Administrator, Office of Community Development

  

3:00 - 3:30

  

Break

  

3:30 - 4:20

Workshop Session 1:

  • Incorporating Agricultural and Service Cooperatives Into Your EZ/EC Program Margaret Bau, Cooperative Specialist, WI Cathy Coyle, Cooperative Specialist, MN Tim O'Connell, Cooperative Specialist, HI PowerPoint (70 KB)

  • American Indian\Native American Working Group    William Davis, Community Development Program Director, North Dakota State Office, David Gibson, RD Coordinator, Wisconsin State Office, Pat Gross, Program Director, South Dakota State Office Handouts (232 KB) Bob Parsley, State Coordinator, Montana State Office

  • Attending State Directors Meeting Dr. J. Norman Reid, Deputy Administrator, OCD Dr. Rick Wetherill, Director, Empowerment Programs Division, OCD

  • National Centers of Excellence Working Group National Centers of Excellence

  • EZ/EC Business and Tax Incentives Fred Van Dyck, Business Incentive Director, Ryan & Company Inc.

  • Rural Tourism Anthony Tighe, Intergovernmental Affairs Specialist, National Endowment of the Arts

4:30 - 5:30

Workshop Session 2:

  • State EZ/EC Program Directors/Coordinators Mtg. Dr. J. Norman Reid and Dr. Rick Wetherill, OCD

  • Setting Up Your Website Suzette Agans, Program Assistant, Office of Community Development Patrick Landers, Macon Ridge Enterprise Community PowerPoint (located on EC's website)

  • Using Technology to Bridge Distances Among Rural Communities Mike Hayes, Kentucky Highlands Empowerment Zone PowerPoint  (68.5 KB) Kenneth Kuchno, Director, Eastern Area, USDA Rural Utilities Service, Telecommunications Program Tamara Lopez, City of Watsonville EC, CA

  • Staffing Grant Seeking Jack Ware, Rural Development, OR Louise Dix, Josephine County EC Handout (27 KB) OR Art Carter, Accomack-Northampton EC, OR

  • Stemming Job Loss Michael Kirchoff, Executive Director, Jacksonville Area Economic Development Council

7:30 - 8:30

  

  • Becoming An EZ: Applying for Round III Karen Murray, Deputy Director, Empowerment Programs Division, Office of Community Development

  

Wednesday June 6th

8:00 - 8:50

  

Plenary 4: OCD State of the Union and Legislative Update

State of the Union - Dr. Rick Wetherill, Director, Empowerment Programs Division, Office of Community Development (PowerPoint, 507 KB)

Tim McNeilly, Acting Director, Legislative and Public Affairs Staff, Rural Development, USDA

  

9:00 - 10:00

Workshop Session 3

Carol Weisman, President, Board Builders.  Hyperlink includes free course on "No-Snooze Meetings" 

Sheldon Keyser, RD State Coordinator, IL 

  • Financial Management Module 1  

Ron Walker, Managing Partner, Walker & Company, LLP

Cortland Forrester, Walker & Company, LLP

  • Finding Your EZ/ECs Role in Local Education: Examples of the National Centers of Excellence 

Kim Collins, Director, California Center for Border and Regional Economic Studies, San Diego State University. -PowerPoint (178 KB)

Terry Fleming, Assistant Director, National Center of Excellence, California State University, Fresno. 
-PowerPoint (256KB)                 
-Handout (Word, 82KB)

10:00 - 10:30

  

Break

  

 

10:30 - 11:30

Workshop Session 4:

SJ Sethi, Director, National Center of Excellence, The University of Texas-Pan Am

  • Community Development Without Fear or Federal Funding: The Tulare County, CA Champion Community Example  

Christina Sundstrom, EZ/EC Program Director, CA 

Carolyn Rose, Executive Director, C-Set-Tulare County

  • Financial Management Module 2  

Ron Walker, Managing Partner, Walker & Company, LLP  

Cortland Forrester, Walker & Company, LLP

Karen Murray, Office of Community Development 

Jane Ferguson, Georgia State Office 

Nancy Brewer, Pennsylvania State Office 

Sean LeBlanc, Belle Chasse, Louisiana Area Office

11:30 - 1:00

  

Lunch

  
       

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:00 - 2:00

Workshop 5:

  • Community Development Professionalism William Davis, Community Development Program Director, North Dakota State Office David Gibson, RD Coordinator, Wisconsin State Office

  • Celebrating Your Success: Effective Public Information Strategies Lynn Callaly, Project Manager, Johnson C. Subzone, SIDEZ

  • Strategies for Long-term Sustainability: Planning for EZ/EC SSBG Grant Close-out and New Opportunities for Local / State Collaborations to Enhance Support Services for Working Families Jim Gatz, Director, EZ/EC Program, HHS

2:00 - 2:30

  

Break

  

2:30 - 3:20

Workshop 6:

  • Effective Annual Report Writing Jerry Sizemore, Executive Director, Central Appalachia EC, WV Terri Anderson, Executive Director, Halifax/Edgecombe/Wilson EC, NC Dr. Rick Wetherill, Office of Community Development

  • Financial Management Module III Ron Walker, Managing Partner, Walker & Company, LLP Cortland Forester, Walker & Company, LLP

  • Microenterprise Development Don Macke, Project Director, Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
  • PowerPoint (191 KB)

3:30 - 4:30

Workshop 7:

  • Local Foundation Sources  
    Scott Paterson, USDA Natural Resources and Conservation Service
    Don Macke, Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
    Scott Long, Rural Community Foundation Handout JPEG (709 KB)

  • Financial Management Module IV Ron Walker, Managing Partner, Walker & Company, LLP Cortland Forester, Walker & Company, LLP

  • Tribal Structure, Culture and Citizen Participation Mark Sansaver, Executive Director, Fort Peck EC

Thursday June 7th

8:00 - 8:50

  

Plenary 5: Asset Based Community Development

John "Jody" Kretzman, Co-Director, ABCD Institute, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

  

9:00 - 10:00

Workshop 8

  • Starting a Local Foundation Mark Wax, RD North Dakota Kevin Dvorak, Director, North Dakota Community Foundation

  • Back to Basics: Creating and Reviewing Existing Benchmarks John Johnston, Center for Community Futures

  • Effective Meetings: The Key to Board Management Carol Weisman, President, Board Builders
  • PowerPoint (80 KB)

  • Internet Resources: Researching Foundations and Seeking Grant Funds Tedd Buelow, RD Specialist, Office of Community Development
  • PowerPoint (648 KB)

10:00 - 10:30

  

Break

  

10:30 - 11:30

Workshop 9:

  • Dealing with Entrenched Politics or "Business as Usual Lamar Norton, Georgia Power Co. Community and Economic Development; MO Miranda Duncan, Cooperative Extension Agent, St. Louis, MO Ron Martinez, La Jicarita EC, NM

  • Knowledge Management: Update on Current Developments in OCD's Information Technology Projects J. Norman Reid, Deputy Administrator, Office of Community Development J. Michael Grisby, Consultant, Office of Community Development St. Louis IRM Staff

  • Youth Wellness and Entrepreneurship Tim Potts, RD Director, SD Pat Gross, Program Director, SD Mark Piccirilli, Native American National Advisory Committee Dan Lewis, Chairman, Native American National Advisory Committee

11:30 - 1:00

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00

Workshop 10:

  • Building Human Resource Capacity in Rural Communities: Finding, Developing and Retaining Qualified Staff Kim Collins, Director, California Center for Border and Regional Economic Studies, San Diego State University Jim Anderson, RD State Coordinator, West Virginia State Office Terry Fleming, Assistant Director, USDA National Center of Excellence, California State University, Fresno

2:15 -

  

Plenary 6: Annual Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks

  

 

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