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Once again the PNLC joins the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN) to co-sponsor the annual Nonprofit Leadership Conference. The theme of this year's conference is Stakeholder Engagement and Group Action.
This year's conference will be held at the beautiful Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chanhassen. Click here for more information about and directions to the arboretum.
U.S. News and World Reports has named the Humphrey School's Nonprofit Management program #3 among all Public Affairs graduate schools for 2012. Last year the program rated #4. Overall, the Humphrey School is tied with six other schools for graduate public affairs education.
"We're really pleased with and proud of this #3 ranking," notes Jodi Sandfort, PNLC faculty member and chair of the Humphrey's Leadership & Management Area. "It's great to be recognized for our hard work, and to know our efforts to recruit top students and top faculty are paying off. Humphrey alumni are working around the world to improve the common good. The PNLC and Humphrey prepare them to be successful."
Assistant Professor Kathy Quick was a presenter at the 2012 Hennepin-University Forum on Community Engagement, held on March 9. (Click here to view a video of her presentation; a copy of her slides are available here, also.) Kathy spoke on the current state of public engagement, posed key questions for organizing engagement, and presented some of her most recent research conducted with fellow Humphrey faculty members John Bryson, Barbara Crosby, Carissa Schively Slotterback, and Jerry Zhao.
Following presentations by Quick and other speakers, audience members took part in conversations facilitated by Art of Hosting trained volunteers, including PNLC research assistant Nick Stuber, with Center for Integrative Leadership staff Leah Lundquist and Merrie Benasutti.
(l to r) Stuber, Lundquist, Benasutti, with Beverly Anglum
Explore Field RealignmentThe Minnesota Council of Nonprofits is partnering with the PNLC, Charities Review Council, MAP for Nonprofits, and the Nonprofits Assistance Fund on an Impact Initiative.
The Impact Initiative partners seek nonprofit leaders in specific activity areas to explore opportunities for a realignment of their field, resulting in new ways of thinking and providing services to meet growing demands in health and human services. This project is a “coalition of the willing,” where interested leaders--nonprofit executive leadership and board members--will have an opportunity to engage in a structured process, stimulating new thinking and actively transforming the way they do their work.
To nominate a nonprofit leader or field for the Initiative, please click here. Nominations are due by March 30 at 5:00 p.m.
Associate Professor Jodi Sandfort, Chair of the Humphrey School's Leadership & Management Policy Area, participated in a discussion about nonprofit fundraising on Minnesota Public Radio's The Daily Circuit show on Tuesday, March 6th. Formerly known as MPR's Mid-Morning show, The Daily Circuit is hosted by Kerri Miller and Tom Weber. It is broadcast between 9:00
am and noon weekdays.
Click here to listen to a podcast of the discussion.
Crosby Delivers Keynote Speech for Multi-Sectored ForumAssociate Professor Barbara Crosby was the keynote speaker for the Multi-Sectored Forum on the Theory and Practice of Leadership February 24 in Colorado Springs. She spoke about “Integrative Leadership: Leading across Boundaries for the Common Good” and presented the campaign against homelessness in Hennepin County as a prime example of integrative leadership. The conference was jointly sponsored by the Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence at Indiana University and the Center for Creative Leadership.
Kevin Gerdes is New PNLC DirectorKevin Gerdes joined the PNLC as Director on January 9th. He brings a distinguished record of public service and will be a wonderful addition to our school-wide community.
Kevin has served in a variety of leadership positions with the Minnesota National Guard over his 32 year career, including Commander at the Company, Battalion, and Brigade levels; while currently serving as Deputy Commander of the 34th "Red Bull" Infantry Division. He completed a tour of duty in Iraq as a Commander and returned in 2006 to help establish Minnesota's "Beyond the Yellow Ribbon" reintegration program that works with community based organizations to assure that service men and women feel supported by their communities when they return from active duty. The Minnesota program became the model upon which national policy is now based. He completed his full-time career in October as the Chief of Staff for the The Adjutant General and continues his service with the Minnesota National Guard as a Brigadier General.
Kevin attended St John's University where he completed ROTC. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Management from Upper Iowa University and a Master's Degree in Strategic Studies from the US Army War College. He is currently finishing his PhD in Leadership Studies at the University of St. Thomas. Kevin and his wife Mickey live in Mahtomedi and have two sons.
The Local Government Innovation Awards ceremony is one of many special events the center sponsors each year
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