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Male, Richard; Schulz, Lee; Jones, Darrell Lynn; Buppapong, Raweewan; Langbehn, Kristy; George, Carri; Petty, Richard; Heinsohn, Dawn – 2002
The participant's manual contains training materials for a national conference on mobilizing resources and fund raising in agencies concerned with promoting independent living for people with disabilities. Preliminary materials include the conference agenda, background information about the trainers, organizational information on Independent…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Adults, Agencies, Case Studies
Burnett, Jennifer; Kemp, Janine Bertram; Williams, Brad; Jones, Darrell Lynn; Buppapong, Raweewan; Langbehn, Kristy; Petty, Richard; Heinsohn, Dawn – 2002
The participant's manual contains training materials for a national conference on cultivating media relations in agencies concerned with independent living for people with disabilities. Preliminary materials include the conference agenda, background information about the trainers, organizational information on Independent Living Research…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Advertising, Advocacy, Agencies
Huitzing, D. A., Ed. – 1988
The efforts of national organizations, whether governmental or voluntary, to promote conservation and to develop public awareness and sympathy will be successful only in proportion to the extent that people identify these efforts with their own quality of life. This report focuses on the main theme of the conference held in May, 1985, by the North…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Support, Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment)
Corthell, David W., Ed. – 1991
The purpose of this book is to aid vocational rehabilitation professionals in maximizing human resource capacities. It is intended to help build a delivery system based on needed skills and attitudes among its work force, through integration of various human resource components. The book proposes that in order for rehabilitation agencies to…
Descriptors: Adults, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Cultural Differences
Beach, Robert H.; And Others – 1984
Educational quality and the organizational structure of the nation's educational system are examined in relation to the call for reform in American public education in this symposium paper. In "Introduction and Problem Statement," Robert H. Beach states that problems in American education stem from a structurally dysfunctional system,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Thomas, Nancy E., Ed.; Friesen, Barbara J., Ed. – 1990
The Next Steps Conference was one of a series of meetings held for the purpose of increasing the capacity of family members, professionals, and other interested citizens to work together on behalf of children who have serious emotional disorders and to shape an agenda for improved services. The conference was organized around four major issues:…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Child Advocacy, Child Custody
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2000
This publication contains materials from a forum on the changing nature of work (CNW) that brought together researchers and research users to hear how to use findings to improve vocational education and training (VET) in Australia. An overview of the program and biographical information on presenters and panel members follow. The next section…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Education, Developed Nations, Dislocated Workers
Dill, David D., Ed.; Sporn, Barbara, Ed. – 1995
This collection of 11 papers provides a review of the changing environment of major universities in Europe and the United States, with emphasis on changes in public policies, and examines the implications of this new environment on the internal organization of universities. The book is cross-national in scope and in the perspective of each…
Descriptors: College Environment, Economic Development, Educational Change, Educational Demand
Glowacki-Dudka, Michelle, Ed. – 2000
These proceedings consist of 44 presentations in these categories: distance education and evaluation; community issues and research; multicultural issues and research; teaching and learning; research methods; and organizational development. The papers are "Philosophical Foundations of Andragogy and Self-Directed Learning" (Alfred);…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning