Schedule for 2020
February 28, 2020
Griswold, Iowa
Southwest Iowa Community and Economic Development Forum
Keynote Speaker
Spring, 2020
Sisseton, South Dakota
Embedded Community Experience
March 26-27,2020
SMTulsa Conference
Tulsa, Oklahoma
April 8, 2020
Sac County, Iowa Annual Dinner
Keynote, Denison, Iowa
April 22-23, 2020
Wisconsin Rural Partners Summit
Keynote and Workshop
April 30-May 1
Minnesota Brownfield Conference
Keynote Speaker
June 11, 2020
Northeast Community Action Conference
Hannibal, Missouri
October 19-23, 2020
Grundy County, Illinois Embedded Community Experience
Grundy County, Illinois
Pending:
Bartlett, Texas Embedded Community Experience
Brownfield/Main Street West Virginia Conference
2021 British Columbia EC Summit
Previous Speaking Appearances include:
- International Economic Development Conference
- TEDx Brookings
- Western Area Chamber Executives Conference, Los Angeles
- Radically Rural Conference, Keene, New Hampshire
- Colorado Hospital Association Annual Conference
- Michigan Association of Planners Annual Conference
Schedule for 2019
February 1, 2019
Kansas State Research and Education
Webinar: Marketing in a Small Town
available online after February 4
February 19 to 26, 2019
Sebring and Columbiana, Ohio
Embedded Community Experience
March 7-13, 2019
SXSW
attending in Austin, TX
March 18-20, 2019
Nebraska Catalyst Program
Embedded Community Experience
York, Nebraska
March 28-29, 2019
Tulsa, Oklahoma
SMTulsa
April 10-16, 2019
Paulding, Ohio
Embedded Community Experience
May 6-13, 2019
Clay County in North Texas
Embedded Community Experience
July 1-3, 2018
Oblong, Illinois
Embedded Community Experience
July 4-5
Timberville, Virginia
Historical visit with Ned Overton
September 6, 2019
webinar
K State Research and Extension Webinar
Filling Empty Buildings
September 27, 2019
She Is Conference
Emmetsburg, Iowa
October 13-14, 2019
Missouri Community Betterment Conference
October 19-22, 2019
National Association of Development Organizations Annual Training
Reimagining Regional Development:
Building Capacity, Building Regions
Reno,NV
October 28, 2019
Annual Celebration Legacy Learning Boone River Valley
“Who rides a bike from Canada to Mexico?”
Guest speaker Ben Weaver
November 20, 2019
Embedded Community Experience and
Idea Friendly presentation for small towns
Webster City, Iowa
December 11-13
Keynote for National Brownfields Training Conference
Los Angeles, California
December 10-20, 2019
Cruise through Western Mexico
Everyone should take a vacation!
2020
Wisconsin Rural Partners Summit
Keynote and Workshop
April 22-23, 2020
Northeast Community Action Conference
Hannibal, Missouri
June 11, 2020
Pending:
SMTulsa Conference, March 26-27,2020
Sisseton, SD spring 2020
Other Speaking Appearances:
- Rural X Summit
- Misfit Conference
- 140 Character Conferences – NYC, Iowa, and Small Town
- Regards to Rural Conference, Portland, OR
- Michigan Small Town and Rural Development Conference
- Mid America Chamber Executives (MACE)
- The Future of Rural Conference, Klamath Falls, OR
- Historic Preservation Summit Iowa
- Iowa Byways
- Women’s Business Conference, Kearney, NE
- MidStates Economic Development Conference
- Stuart, Iowa Chamber Dinner
- Building Communities Conference, Surf Ballroom, Iowa
- Rural Arts and Culture Summit, Morris Minnesota
- Central Iowa Tourism
- Southern Illinois Economic Development Conference
- Western Iowa Tourism
- Missouri Community Betterment Association Conference (twice)
- Milbank, South Dakota
- Monroe Economic Development Conference, Monroe, Wisconsin
- Iowa Museum Association Annual Conference
- Rural Business and Innovation Summit, Klamath Falls, OR
- Rural That Works Annual Conference
- Social Media Breakfast, Mason City, Iowa and Albert Lea, Minnesota
Embedded Community Experiences:
- Akron, Iowa
- Belle Fourche, South Dakota
- Ritzville, Washington
- Avon, Minnesota
- Cold Springs, Minnesota
- York, Nebraska
- Rock Valley, Iowa
- Bennettsville, South Carolina
- Forest County, Pennsylvania
- Ohio RCAP Project: Minerva, Carrollton, Columbiana, Sebring, Fostoria, and Paulding, Ohio
- Roscommon County, Michigan
- Estherville, Iowa
- Webster City, Iowa
Webinars:
- Rural Economic Development Webinar – Blaine, Canada and Pro Learning Laboratory
- SaveYour.Town Videos Monthly with Becky McCray
- National Realtors Association Webinar with Tyler Abens
- K State Research and Extension Webinar Marketing Your Small Town
- K State Research and Extension Webinar Filling Empty Buildings