We hope you will join us for the 2008 Statewide Conference on Housing and Community Economic Development.
The Indiana Association for Community Economic Development (IACED), Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA), and the Indiana Coalition on Housing and Homeless Issues (ICHHI) sponsor the annual conference. The 2008 conference will take place August 27 and August 28 at the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis.
This conference is unequivocally focused on provding maximum value to the varied disciplines within our industry. We invite you to get involved, contribute, and expand your understanding of some of the most critical issues facing our trade today.
The 2008 conference will feature the ideas of Adaptive LeadershipTM. Adaptive LeadershipTM is a set of strategies and practices based on the following core beliefs:
- Leadership can be learned. It demands understanding and the practice of an enriched set of behaviors and actions. It is not simply an inherent set of traits such as charisma.
- Because adaptive change generates resistance, exercising leadership can be both difficult and dangerous. Those who lead must be well prepared for those difficulties and dangers.
- The adaptability of organizations depends on having widespread leadership that can come from anywhere within an organization, and not just from those in top positions of authority.
This year's plenary speaker is Jeff Lawrence, a principal with Cambridge Leadership Associates. The framework presented in Jeff's remarks will inform the rest of the conference agenda. Attend this year's conference to understand what it means to "get on the balcony," utilize "next practices," and engage in "disciplined experiments."
The 2008 Statewide Conference on Housing and Community Economic Development will present new ideas on exercising leadership and community development strategies in four main topic areas:
- Comprehensive Community Development
- Asset Generation and Preservation
- Ending Homelessness
- Providing Housing Opportunities
Comprehensive community development will focus on holistic strategies, which begin at the ground level with local people making the decisions that matter for their families and their communities. Asset generation and preservation will discuss strategies for succeeding in today's economy based on the ability to accumulate a wide range of assets including owning a home, pursuing a post-secondary education, starting a business, and securing a nest-egg for retirement. Ending homelessness will discuss strategies promoting collaboration to provide housing and services targeted to the homeless. The providing housing opportunities topic will discuss a variety of strategies for housing development.
Please join us as we celebrate with the presentation of the annual conference awards program. Please join us as we recognize outstanding professionals, projects, and organizations at the 2008 awards luncheon.
A sincere thank you to our conference sponsors for their continued support of the conference activities.
We look forward to seeing you at the conference!
If you need help with registration please contact Caroline Lampert with IACED (clampert@iaced.org) or Tommy Tabor (ttabor@ichhi.org) with ICHHI.