ICEA Conference History
| First Annual Conference | Date: February 25-26,1982 Location: Airport Hilton Inn, Des Moines Theme: Building Better Communities Keynote Speakers: Dr. Jack Minzey; Dr. Robert Manley; Dr. Gene Weber |
General Workshop Agenda: How to Plan for Advisory Council Development Organizational Management of Advisory Councils Inter-Agency Collaboration: How to Do It Effectively Learning to Understand Community Needs Recruiting Volunteers for Advisory Councils Using Evaluation for Planning Public Relations: Building Community Support and Understanding Effective Use of Limited Time Block Grants: What’s the Impact for Community Education Sharing Local Perspectives on Community Education |
| Second Annual Conference | Date: February 18-19, 1983 Location: Downtown Ramada Inn, Des Moines Theme: Council Effectiveness Training Keynote Speakers: Dr. Chuck Porter; Gene Wilhoit; Carrie Berglund |
General Workshop Agenda: Advisory Councils in Action Community Education: National Perspective Raising Funds for Community Education Citizen Planning Conferences and Community Needs Community Dialogue to Increase Agency Communication New Training Materials for Local Advisory Councils |
| Third Annual Conference | Date: April 25-26, 1984 Location: Howard Johnson’s, Des Moines Theme: Association Networking: Meeting Community Needs Keynote Speaker: Lt. Governor Robert Anderson |
General Workshop Agenda: Effective Utilization of Citizen Involvement Innovative Public and Private Sector Cooperation Community Needs Identification/Problem Solving Promoting the Community Education Concept Association Networking |
| Fourth Annual Conference | Date: October 25-26, 1984 Location: Jumer’s Castle Lodge, Bettendorf Theme: Networking for the Future Keynote Speakers: Jim Bauer; Dr. Robert Benton; Dr. George Kliminski |
General Workshop Agenda: Effects of Television on Children and Adults Advisory Councils: Who, What and How? Tradition, Convenience or Human Needs Recreation/Community Education National Community Education Day/NCEA Working Together Intergenerational Education Making Community Education Work in Rural Iowa Computer Application in Community Education Interagency Cooperation Forging Business/Education Partnerships |
| Fifth Annual Conference | Date: September 19-20, 1985 Location: The New Inn, Lake Okoboji Theme: Partnerships for Progress Keynote Speakers: Dr. Helen Morten; Chuck Offenburger; Mary Brubaker |
General Workshop Agenda: Afternoon Connection: An After School Care Program Rural/Small School Partnerships Dealing Effectively with the Press Business/School Partnerships Panel discussions Videotape presentation Advantages of combining resources Expanding K-12 Curriculum Through the Arts Experiencing Life: Intergenerational Programming in Our Schools Public Schools and Day Care: A Natural Adult Education Computer Registration Techniques Understanding Community Power Structures |
| Sixth Annual Conference | Date: March 19-20, 1987 Location: University Park Holiday Inn, West Des Moines Theme: Let’s Do It Together Keynote Speaker: Steve Parsons, Ed.D. |
General Workshop Agenda: Agency Cooperation Facility Scheduling Programs Advisory Council Idea Fair |
| Seventh Annual Conference | Date: October 27-28, 1987 Location: Des Moines Area Community College, Ankeny Theme: Communities At Work Keynote Speakers: Dr. Marilyn Kerns; Wayne A. Begg |
General Workshop Agenda: Parade of Projects Growing Up/Growing older PaceSetters Skills for Adolescents County Pride Week Academic Recognition Youth Charrette Iowa Academic Decathlon Dollars for Scholars Volunteers in Public Schools High School Native Talent Volunteer Program Educational Improvement Project Keep Improving District Schools Life Your Spirits, Write! The Afternoon Connection Agency Cooperation |
| Eighth Annual Conference | Date: October 20 and 21, 1988 Location: Des Moines Area Community College Conference Center, Ankeny, IA Theme: none Keynote Speakers: Dr. William Lepley, Director, IA Dept. of Education and Dr. Ray Pugh |
Sample of General Sessions: Award Project Presentations (wellness, special events, advisory council structuring, marketing CE, funding CE, and overview of CE models) |
| Ninth Annual Conference | Date: October 19 and 20, 1989 Location: Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center, Waterloo, IA Theme: “School/Community Programs: Success Keys for At-Risk Students” Keynote Speakers: Ex. Dir. of NCEA, Dr. Starla Jewell-Kelly |
Sample of General Sessions: Youth at Risk-State Standards and Guidelines Early Childhood Issues Writing a District At-Risk Plan Student Assistance Teams Programs/Services for At-Risk Students Law-Related Education: A Success Key for At-Risk Students Preventative and Remedial Program Considerations School/Community Partners A Model for At-Risk Program Development Round Tables on Before/After School Programming, Intergenerational Programming, School/Community Relationships, Assessment of school Community Needs, Development of Advisory Councils, and Funding for Community Education |
| Tenth Annual Conferences | Date: October 17-18, 1990 Location: Drake University Olmsted Center, Des Moines, IA Theme: “Energizing for Change: Home, School and Community Working Together” Keynote Speakers: Dr. George J. McKenna III, Pat Edwards from Mott Foundation |
Sample of General Sessions: Site visits to Ankeny, Des Moines, Urbandale, and West Des Moines Successful At-Risk Models in Iowa An Iowa Success Story of Educational Reform A Multi-Cultural/non-Sexist In-Service-An Experience in Accepting Diversity Parents as Partners in Education Mentoring – the Caring Connection Stress Management Community Service Learning Crisis Response Plans Global Education Tough love School and Family Counseling Symptoms of Substance Abuse and What to Do with Them Business-Education Partnerships Conflict Manager program – Kids Can Solve Their own Problems Creative Volunteerism + School volunteers = A new Solution Smoother Sailing Drug Prevention Counseling program Family Structure Issues in Education Self-Esteem issues in Education Parent/Community Invovelment |
| Eleventh Annual Conference | Date: October 3 and 4, 1991 Location: Des Moines Area Community College Conference Center, Ankeny, IA Theme: The World Game Keynote Speakers: Dr. George Otero |
Sample of General Sessions: Site Visit in Ankeny Starting CE Programs in Your Community Facility Usage World Game Session |
| Twelfth Annual Conference | Date: October 29 & 30, 1992 Location: River Center and Blackhawk Hotel, Davenport, IA Theme: “Creating Community Collaboration…Today’s Challenge” Keynote Speakers: |
Sample of General Sessions: Theory and Skills for Working Well with Groups Leadership Styles Effective Advisory Council School Volunteer Programs that Enrich Curriculum Diversity and Inclusive collaboration Business Partnerships that Work Citizens’ Planning Conference Model Teaming Together for Children |
| Thirteenth Annual Conference | ||
| Fourteenth Annual Conference | State Conference not held as ICEA and Des Moines were host site the NCEA Conference Date: November 9 – 12, 1994 |
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| Fifteenth Annual Conference |
1995 | |
| Sixteenth Annual Conference |
1996 | |
| Seventeenth Annual Conference |
1997 | |
| Eighteenth Annual Conference |
Date: October 27 and 28, 1998 Location: Hotel Fort Des Moines, IA Theme: Building Community for the 21st Century Keynote Speakers: Mark Sargent, Communications Director of the George Lucas Educational Foundation; GregAlan Williams, actor, author, Des Moines native; Hal Urban, author; Robert D. Ray, president of Drake University; and Dr. Donald Dreyer, Search Foundation |
Sample of General Sessions: Summer Success Mentoring AmeriCorps Fostering Resilience Workshop School-to-work Grantwriting Planning a Community Service Day FAmily Resource Centers Diversity Media and Community Betterment TLC for Non-Profit Boards |
| Ninteenth Annual Conference |
1999 | |
| Twentieth Annual Conference |
2000 | |
| Twenty-first Annual Conference |
Date: October 23 and 24, 2001 Hotel Fort Des Moines, IA Theme: Community and Schools: Stronger Together Keynote Speakers: Steve Constantino, Pres., Family Friendly Schools and Tom Jackson, Director of the Active Learning Foundation, Utah |
Sample of General Sessions: Importance of Family Involvement Habits of the Herat: Building Character Teens Teach Internet Skills Assets 101 Communities in Schools Generation Integration Getting Kids to Talk School Volunteers are not Free Conducting a Communication Audit Service Learning Asset Building |
| Twenty-second Annual Conference |
Date: October 22 and 23, 2002 Best Western Regency Inn, Marshalltown, IA Theme: Stronger Together: Communities and Schools Keynote Speakers: Michael Josephson, founder and president of CHARACTER COUNTS!, Dan Cady, Ex. Dir., National Center for Community Education, and Chris Pack, Program Director for Community Matters, CA |
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| Twenty-third Annual Conference |
Date: October 29 and 30, 2003 |
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| Twenty-fourth Annual Conference |
Date: October 19 & 20, 2004 Location: River Center and Blackhawk Hotel, Davenport, IA Theme: “Schools and Communities: Stronger Together ” Keynote Speakers: Kathleen Kovner-Kline, MD "Hardwired to Connect" and Steve Siemens "An Inside Look at an outside Dream" |
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| Twenty-fifth Annual Conference |
Date: October 26 & 27, 2005 Location: Adventureland Inn, Altoona Theme: "Communities and Schools: Our Challenge, Our Promise, Our Future" Keynote Speakers: Dr. Steve Parson, Ex. Director of the National Community Education Association (NCEA) and Dr. Peter Benson, President of Search Institute |
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| Twenty-sixth Annual Conference | Date: September 27 & 28, 2006 Location: Holiday Inn NW, Des Moines Theme: "Community Education: A Powerful Idea That Works!" Keynote Speakers: Pam Shelton, NCEA President; Joseph Herrity, IA Dept. of Education; and Kevin Koester, Ankeny Community Education |
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| Twenty-seventh Annual Conference | Date: November 15 & 16, 2007 |
Sample of General Sessions: Sharing Community Facilities Building Civic and Community Engagement Together Making a Positive Difference in a Negative World Living with a Grande Passion Mobilizing Communities with Character Development Trim Kids-Battling Childhood Obesity Fighting World Hunger Adding to Your Bottom Line: Grant Writing Building Teams for Change |