News and Upcoming Events

Join us April 3 for Cross-Sector Collaboration to Promote Sustainability & Security: What Role for the Military?

Join faculty and senior officers of the U.S. Army War College,* Humphrey School, and Dickinson College for a wide-ranging examination of the benefits and challenges of cross-sector collaborations to promote long-term security.

Panelists for this discussion will be:
Colonel John Vermeesch, Army War College
Lt. Colonel Warren Curry, Army War College
Dr. Michael Fratantuono, Dickinson College
Dr. John Bryson, Humphrey School
with moderator Mark Ritchie (MN Secretary of State)

The US Army War College is engaged in a wide-ranging examination of the benefits and challenges of cross-sector collaborations to promote long-term security. Humphrey School of Public Affairs professors Dr. John Bryson and Dr. Barbara Crosby have been part of this discussion through a special War College program.

*Part of the War College's Eisenhower Series College Program, which encourages dialogue on national security and other public policy issues between students of the Army's senior educational institution and the public at colleges and universities through the U.S.

Local Govt Innovation & Redesign Guide Updated

Our Local Government Innovation (LGI) & Redesign Guide has been updated as of January 2013. Written by Dr. Jay Kiedrowski, the guide offers strategies and specific tools and suggestions for innovation and performance management.

Download a copy of the newly revised Guide here.

 

 

Humphrey School's Nonprofit Management Program Rated #3

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."

Quick Awarded Paper of the Year

The PNLC and Humphrey School are proud to announce that Dr. Kathy Quick and her co-author Dr. Martha Feldman were recognized with the Chester Rapkin Award for the Best Paper in the Journal of Planning Education and Research. Quick and Feldman received the award for their paper Distinguishing Participation and Inclusion, published in the Fall 2011 (Vol. 31, No. 3) issue of the journal.

Congratulations, Kathy!

Past Events + Conferences

• Nonprofit Leadership Conference
  Disciplining the Poor: Neoliberal Paternalism & Persistent Power of Race
• The Non Nonprofit: For-Profit Thinking for Nonprofit Success
Strategic Planning Panel Discussion
• Social Impact Financing Forum
• Philanthropy and Public Policy Luncheon
• Philanthropy for Extraordinary Times:  Reflections, Ideas, and Action
• 2011 Local Government Innovation Awards
• Six Ways to Rock Your Public Affairs Career
• Leadership and Management Lunch Forum:  Mission Convergence and the (Un)making of an ‘Inclusive’ World Class Delhi
• Perspectives on Public Affairs
• Collaborative Leadership in Transportation
• Creating Policy Spaces with Civil Society: Challenges of Inclusiveness, Accountability and Representation
• The Dynamics of Performance Management:  Constructing Information and Reform
• Humphrey Institute Panel on the Impact of the Financial Crisis
• Center for Integrative Leadership Conference:  Crossing Boundaries for the Common Good
• Future of Leadership Conference
• Exploration of Nonprofit Mergers
• The Opportunities and Challenges of Nonprofit Advocacy