Conference Schedule
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9am – 12pm
2pm – 8pm
Opening Plenary Session
NCE Board of Directors Meeting
Making Space for Innovation and Hope
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Beth Mount, Capacity Works
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
Possibilities for people with disabilities and their families have never
been more hopeful. Th e person-centered organizational environment
9am – 5pm Registration
required to sustain and grow these possibilities requires multi-level
adaptive responses that emerge from listening to people, their families,
10am – 4pm Pre-Conference Training community members, and care givers. However, the system-centered
requirements of corporate compliance oft en distract and deplete the
Community Building for the Future of The Arc personal and organizational capacity needed to sustain positive practice
Gregory Galluzzo, Founder & CEO, The Gamaliel Foundation
and hope. Beth Mount, Ph.D., has spent the past 35 years working with
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people, families, communities, organizations, and systems to create the
In today’s world of individualism and isolation, organizing around com-
conditions that generate innovation and lead to deep change in the lives
mon needs and interests is increasingly critical. Organizations such as
of people with disabilities and their allies. She will outline nine orga-
Th e Arc must expand their horizons to meet the challenges and em-
nizational practices that create space for adaptive learning that lead to
brace the opportunities of the future. To bett er prepare leaders of Th e
personal and social transformation.
Arc, Mr. Galluzzo will frame the importance of organizing in today’s
climate. He will discuss the concept of power, address self-interest, “the
12pm – 115pm Lunch on your own
medium of exchange in the public arena” and provide a systematic tool
130pm – 245pm Concurrent Sessions
to build public relations. Mr. Galluzzo will help leaders to understand
the distinction between public and private relationships and “the fl aw
Auditing the Corporate Compliance Policy Manual
of organizing around friendships,” He will conclude by discussing how
Moderator: Lawrence R. Faulkner, General
to engage in eff ective actions to address issues and build a collective will
to eff ect change.
Counsel and Director of Quality Assurance, Westchester Arc
Participants: Tania Seaburg, Associate Executive Director for Cor-
430pm – 7pm
porate Compliance, NYSARC, Inc., Kirk M. Lewis, General Counsel,
Schenectady ARC
Opening Reception @ Westchester Arc BRIARCLIFF 2
Transportation will depart from the main lobby of the hotel at 430pm. At- Th e workshop will review the essential components and implementa-
tire for the event is business casual. Sponsored by Career Builders.com. tion of a corporate compliance program. Th e necessary policies and
what they should cover, as well as recent experiences with compliance
Friday, August 1, 2008
audits, will be reviewed. In addition, the eff orts by a local chapter to
implement policies, provide staff training and have staff “internalize”
7am – 5pm Registration
compliance standards will be reviewed. Workshop participants will be
encouraged to share their experiences with instituting corporate com-
730am – 845am Continental Breakfast pliance programs and the relationship between corporate compliance
and quality assurance.
Identifying, Sharing and Replicating
Best Practices in The Arc
Imagine the Possibilities II ― Part I
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Presenter: Dr. Joseph Plummer, Columbia University
Join Peter V. Berns, Executive Director of Th e Arc of the United States, YORKTOWN
and other members in your region for a morning of sharing. What is it Imagine that your chapter of Th e Arc will be prepared for the changes
you are doing in your chapter that you are really proud of? Do you think and challenges on the horizon in the broader area of “healthcare” and
this would be a good model for other chapters? What are the diff erent prepared to fully take advantage of the opportunities! Th is session will
methods and mechanisms that can be used to spread successful prac- cover the major paradigm shift occurring globally with focus on the
tices throughout Th e Arc’s network? Peter V. Berns will facilitate the changing healthcare arena moving from illness to prevention to well-
overall session and visit with each region throughout breakfast. ness. Implications for Th e Arc’s eff orts will be discussed.
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