2025 CDS Annual Conference

2025 CDS Annual Conference

2025 CDS Annual Conference
July 6-9, 2025 - Geneva, NY
Theme: Innovative Pathways for Thriving Communities
Sub-themes: Technological Integration, People-Driven Solutions, Place-Based Collaboration
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Steve Yoder

Purdue Extension

I am a NACDEP Member

West Lafayette, Indiana

https://extension.purdue.edu/cdext/about-us/our-team/profile/steve-yoder/steve-yoder.html

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Nonprofit Board Development
Facilitation
Grant Writing
Community Leadership

5:00pm EDT

New Member Orientation Bartlett Theatre - Coxe Hall

6:30pm EDT

Welcome Reception: Corridors of Community Vandervort Room - Scandling Center, 2nd FloorSusan Monagan • Catherine Price

7:30am EDT

PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP #6 (Registration Required) - How a Map Can Make a Difference: Understanding and Utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Community Programming - Lead Presenter: Josh Bowman Stern Hall - Room 301Josh Bowman

9:30am EDT

Opening Session with Plenary Session: Place-Based Development and Empowerment Vandervort Room - Scandling Center, 2nd FloorMaureen Ballatori • Gina Lee • Julia Hoyle • Sarah Gummoe

11:30am EDT

Boxed Lunch Pickup - 11:15am to 11:45am Scandling Center MOBILE LEARNING WORKSHOP #1 (Registration Required) - Artistic Expression Meets Economic Development

5:30pm EDT

Taste of the Finger Lakes Reception in Downtown Geneva Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship

8:30am EDT

Enhancing leadership development programs and impact through international collaborations Stern Hall - Room 201Sarah Hultine Massengale • Wilson Majee • Juliet Chipumuro • Mzameli Dikeni • Claire Wolff Rippel

9:45am EDT

Break: Research Posters, Silent Auction, Exhibitors Stern Hall Lobby

10:30am EDT

Rank's Place-based philanthropy: A Case Study Stern Hall - Room 204Janis Petzinger

11:45am EDT

Break: Research Posters, Silent Auction, Exhibitors Stern Hall Lobby

12:00pm EDT

Luncheon and Plenary Session: People-Based Approaches to Community Change Vandervort Room - Scandling Center, 2nd FloorSarah Kirk • Amie Hendrix • John Sipple • Craig Talmage • Frank Sykes • Steven Schultz • Cassandra Lundgren

1:30pm EDT

Break: Research Posters, Silent Auction, Exhibitors Stern Hall Lobby

1:45pm EDT

International Connections Session - Pilot for the CDS International Chapter Stern Hall - Room 201Kathy Lopez

3:00pm EDT

Break: Research Poster Presentation, Silent Auction, Exhibitors Stern Hall Lobby RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION: Compassion as a Form of Care for a Broken World, Theme of an Ethnographic Study at Willows Methodist Church (WMC) in Pretoria Stern Hall LobbyDiasonama (Dias) Bongo RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION: Building Places, Building Community Stern Hall LobbyLeigh Hersey • B. Kathleen Gallagher RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION: Everyone is talking about “belonging” but what does it really mean to be a part of a community? Stern Hall LobbyKatie Flowers

3:45pm EDT

In Pursuit of Place: Developing Resilient & Meaningful Communities Stern Hall - Room 204Todd Barman • Todd Johnson

6:30pm EDT

Awards Banquet & Live Auction Vandervort Room - Scandling Center, 2nd Floor

8:00am EDT

Conference Check-in Stern Hall Lobby (near Room 101)

9:15am EDT

Break Stern Hall Lobby

9:30am EDT

Outdoor Recreation Entrepreneurship Stern Hall - Room 204Neil Linscheid • Gwynn Stewart • Ami Choi • Kyle White Diné (Navajo) Research Approaches and Implications for Community Development Stern Hall - Room 103Tanner C. Knorr, Ph.D.