Presentations

Each of these informative, interactive, and diverse programs will offer value-packed content. A variety of training formats will be used including lectures, roundtable and panel discussions, and interviews. Informative program topics and features will include:

Thursday, March 7, 2019


Are Probation and Parole Systems Marked by High Stakes and Missed Opportunities? (Part 1)

This session will provide an opportunity for participants to review and discuss the current national dialogue pertaining to the size, function, and perspective of community corrections. MORE INFO »

Presenters: Barbara Broderick and Brian Lovins, Ph.D.

Structured Decision Making

Let's talk about accuracy in determining credibility, remorse, and accountability and examine the need for structured decision-making tools. MORE INFO »

Presenter: Brandon Mathews, Ph.D.

Building a High Functioning Work Culture

An organization that is poised to do great things must have a culture where ideas and performance flourish. This kind of culture does not happen by chance. MORE INFO »

Presenter: Mark Carey, President of The Carey Group

Leading with Purpose and Inspiring Your Team

Regardless of industry or vocation, today's leaders must think differently about what it means to lead and how best to inspire others. MORE INFO »

Presenter: Brian Riggs, CEO of Riggs Enterprise

The Politics of Things: Maintaining Positive Relationships

Effective leadership requires strong relationships with key stakeholders at multiple levels of government. MORE INFO »

Presenter: Teresa May, Ph.D., Allen Nance, and Jerry E. Powers

Why Should Executives Care About Technology?

Technology is changing at such a fast pace that executives often find it difficult to keep up. MORE INFO »

Presenters: Ana M. Bermudez, Esq., Maria Cardiellos, and Ashwini Jarral

 

Friday, March 8, 2019


CC-Suite Leadership Challenges

This session will focus on executive leaders’ experiences and challenges in leading and overseeing community corrections agencies at the federal, state, and local levels. MORE INFO »

Presenters: Leighton Iles, Marcus Hodges, Cherie Townsend, Kathryn Liebers, Molly Gauntner, and J. Kristopher Steele

No Excuses, EBP Is the Professional Standard

While the community corrections field has improved in its practices since 2002, more closely aligning them with research evidence, it would be inaccurate to say that evidence-based practices are routinely administered effectively across the country. MORE INFO »

Presenter: Mark Carey, President of The Carey Group

Evidence-Based Practices: Where to Start?

Has your agency adopted new strategies to improve the lives of justice-involved individuals? A risk assessment? EPICS? A substance abuse curriculum? Thinking for a Change? MORE INFO »

Presenter: Brian Lovins, Ph.D.

Learning from Domestic and International Partner

Perhaps surprising to many within the United States, our initiation to the nature and implementation of evidence-informed (or evidence-based) policies and practices was imported from Canada. MORE INFO »

Presenters: Doug Dretke and George Keiser

Funding. Training. Research. Programs. Federal Agency Showcase and Dialogue.

Join representatives from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), National Institute of Corrections (NIC), National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) in an informative session to learn more about their agencies’ efforts to provide state and local community corrections agencies with relevant training, research, and funding opportunities that can enhance practice. MORE INFO »

Breakout Session Facilitators: Holly Busby, Ruby Qazilbash, Angela Moore, Ph.D., Danielle Kaeble, and Mariel Alper, Ph.D.

Are Probation and Parole Systems Marked by High Stakes and Missed Opportunities? (Part 2)

This session will provide an interactive discussion of how to develop a long-term plan for restructuring the purpose and footprint of community corrections. MORE INFO »

Presenters: Barbara Broderick, Brian Lovins, Ph.D., and Megan Quattlebaum