2005 NLPES Fall Training Conference

Agenda
NLPES/LRL Fall Training Conference
“Adding Value to the Legislative Process”
Tallahassee, Florida / October 27 – 30, 2004

Wednesday, October 27

1:00 – 5:00	Surveying in the Public Sector Mary Stutzman, Florida State University, Florida
1:00 – 5:00	Team Building and Interpersonal Communication Dan Vicker, Florida State University, Florida
1:00 –5:00	Report Writing: Moving from Data to Message Stanley Stenersen, SCS Writing Workshops, Washington
5:30 – 7:00	Opening Reception

Thursday, October 28

7:30 – 8:30	Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 10:15	Opening Plenary Session: “Transformation Challenges” David M. Walker, Comptroller General, Washington, D.C.
10:30 – Noon	Keeping Kids Healthy Deborah Parker Junod, Minnesota Wayne Kidd, Utah Fred Knapp, Florida
10:30 - Noon	Staying Ahead of No Child Left Behind G. Christine Chavez, New Mexico Alan Endicott, Washington, DC Dewayne Matthews, Colorado
10:30 – Noon	Downtown Goes Uptown: Issues in Evaluating Redevelopment Programs Patricia A. Berger, PA Becky Richardson, CO Shunti Taylor, FL
10:30 – Noon	Has Anyone Read Your Report? Steve Hendrickson, California Steve Hopson, TX Rakesh Mohan, ID
Noon – 1:30	NLPES Lunch and Business Meeting
1:30 – 3:00	National Data Sets: Better than Buried Treasure Roger Buchanan, MD Kathy Padgett, FL Jay Pfeiffer, FL Beatrice Piddock, GA
1:30 – 3:00	Understanding and Working with Legislative Leadership P.K. Jameson, FL Representative Henry “Kiki” Saavedra, NM George Schroeder, SC Terry Shoffstall, FL Phil Twogood, FL
1:30 – 3:00	No A for Effort: How States Measure Student Performance Cassie Conn, FL Hal Greer, VA Russell Moore, TN
1:30 – 3:00	Child Support Guidelines: If No One is Happy, Have You Done It Right? David McPherson, FL Carol Preston, FL Jane Venohr, CO
3:15 – 5:00	Issues in Nursing Home and Long-Term Care Brian Armentrout, WV Lori Parham, FL Jill Shelley, KS
3:15 – 5:00	College for All: Reducing the Cost of Postsecondary Education Aris Bearse, VA Dan Cohen-Vogel, FL David Greer, LA
3:15 – 5:00	Understanding and Working with Fiscal Committees Amy J. Baker, FL Cynthia Kelly, FL Katherine Schill, MN Jean S. Vandal, LA
3:15 – 5:00	Putting Roofs Over Their Heads: Affordable Housing Programs Priscilla Truitt Anderson, SC Russell Moore, TN Nancy Muller, FL
3:15 – 5:00	Judging Court Effectiveness Ethel Detch, TN Chief Justice Petra Jimenez Maes, NM Manu Patel, NM
6:00 – 9:30	Dinner / Social Activity Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science

Friday, October 29

7:30 – 8:30	Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 10:15	Privatizing Government Programs: Success and Pitfalls David Arner, GA Shan Hayes, AZ Jan K. Yamane, HI
8:30 – 10:15	Developing the Next Generation of Managers Byron Brown, FL Tim Osterstock, UT Joyce C. Stewart, FL
8:30 – 10:15	Surveying Tools That Get Results Katrin Osterhaus, KS Mary Stutzman, FL
8:30 – 10:15	The ABC’s of Evaluating School Choice Programs Deborah Parker Junod, MN Lindsey L. Ladd, OH Sharon Smagala, CA
10:30 – Noon	Privatized Child Protection: Success and Failure LeNee Carroll, FL Will Counihan, TX Marcia Maheu, FL
10:30 – Noon	Developing Thinking Skills John Turcotte, FL
10:30 – Noon	Evaluation and Domestic Security Norma Rabkin, Washington, D.C. Phil Ramer, FL
10:30 – Noon	Technology Tools That Can Enhance Our Work Brian Doss, TN Debbie Gilreath, FL Dot Reinhard, AZ
Noon – 5:00	Networking Social Activities
6:00 – 7:30	Reception Museum of Florida History, R.A. Gray Building

Saturday, October 30

7:30 – 8:30	Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 10:15	Drugs for Less: Controlling Prescription Drug Costs Noah Browning, WV Michael W. Garner, FL Kevin Krushenski, TN
8:30 – 10:15	Putting Money in the Classroom: The Role of State Evaluators Paul Headlee, ID Joanne Salas, TX Jane Thesing, SC
8:30 – 10:15	Making Qualitative Data Count: Skills in Collecting and Analyzing Qualitative Data Glenn Mitchell, FL
8:30 – 10:15	Finding and Keeping the Best Employees Trish Bishop, VA Glen Fowler, CA Karen Latta, TX
10:30 – Noon	Roundtable: Challenges in Legislative Program Evaluation Wade Melton, FL
10:30 – Noon	Increases in State Employee Health Insurance Costs: Manageable or Out-of-Control? Paul Hollis, GA Edwin Hustead, VA Barbara Rogers, WY
10:30 – Noon	Water Program Issues Ernie Barnett, FL David K. Greer, LA Greg Spradley, TN
10:30 – Noon	Steve Harkreader, CA

For additional information about the 2004 NLPES/LRL Fall Training Conference or to receive conference hand-outs and other meeting materials, please contact Bob Boerner, NLPES Staff Liaison, National Conference of State Legislatures, (303) 364-7700.

AgendaNLPES/LRL Fall Training Conference“Adding Value to the Legislative Process”Tallahassee, Florida / October 27 – 30, 2004

Agenda
NLPES/LRL Fall Training Conference
“Adding Value to the Legislative Process”
Tallahassee, Florida / October 27 – 30, 2004