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Brown Bag Seminar Series

Check the AYSPS Calendar for details on these events. ALL ARE WELCOME.  Seminars take place from 12:30pm-2pm in Room 749 of the AYSPS Building on the GSU campus (At Five Points) unless otherwise indicated.

2008

  • Bonnie Koenig (Going International, Chicago Illinois) on “US Nonprofits Working Internationally,” April 22

  • Russell James (Dept. of Housing and Consumer Economics, University of Georgia) on “Health, Wealth, and Charitable Estate Planning:  A longitudinal examination of testamentary charitable giving plans,” April 15

  • Karen E. Gieseker (Institute of Public Health, GSU) on “International Public Health Work with NGOs,” March 25

  • John Knapp (The Southern Institute for Business and Professional Ethics and J. Mack Robinson College of Business) on "Ethics and Governance in Nonprofit Organizations," March 11

  • Janelle Kerlin (AYSPS) and Doug Ammar (Georgia Justice Project) on "Social Enterprise in Research and Practice," Tuesday, February 12

  • Bill Waugh (AYSPS) on "Nonprofit Role in Emergency Management" (Note time: 2:30-5pm) Tuesday, January 29

2007

  • Derek Shendell presented "The California Community Action to Fight Asthma Initiative (CAFA-I): Examples of Science-Based Policy Advocacy, Interventions, and Community-Based Participatory Research Planning," November 19, 2007
  • John Bare of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation presented “Risk Management and Social Change in the Nonprofit Sector” Tuesday, September 11, 2007
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  • Paul Ferraro presented “Empirical Program Evaluation: Are We Having An Impact?” 
    Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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  • Michael Owen, Emory University, presented "Ghettos, Government, and God: The Politics of Faith-Based Initiatives in Cities”
    Monday, April 9, 2007
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  • Jamil Zainaldin and Martin Lehfeldt presented “The History Of U.S. Southern Philanthropy”
    Tuesday, March 27, 2007
  • Sal Alaimo presented “Capacity For Program Evaluation In Human Service Nonprofit Organizations” 
    Tuesday, February 20, 2007
  • Andreas Ortmann, Charles University Economics Institute, Czech Republic, presented “Certification As Viable Quality Assurance Mechanism for Nonprofits”
    Wednesday, January 17, 2007
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2006

  • Jeff Brudney, Young-Joo Lee and Michael Wald presented "All in a Day's Work? Testing a Benefits-Costs Approach to Volunteering"
    December 15, 12:30-2pm, Room 749
  • Bruce Seaman presented “The Relationship Among Regional Economic Impact Models: The Case of Cultural Assets”
    November 28, 12:30-2pm, Room 749
  • Dennis R. Young presented "How Nonprofit Organizations Manage Risk"
    October 3, 12:30-2pm, Room 749
  • Gary Henry, Dana Rickman, and Kevin Fortner presented "The impacts of foundations on higher education policy"
    April 18, 12:30-2pm, Room 749
  • Susan Laury presented "Applications of experimental economics to nonprofit fund development"
    March 21, 12:30-2pm, Room 749
  • Harvey Newman presented "Faith and philanthropy in Atlanta"
    February 21, 12:30-2pm, Room 749
  • Eric Twombly presented "Privatization and devolution"
    January 17, 12:30-2pm, Room 749

2005

  • Dennis R. Young  presented "Understanding the Revenue Mix of Nonprofit Organizations"
    December 6, 12:30-2pm, Room 749
  • Michael Rushton presented “Is there an economic rationale for UBIT?”
    November 29, 12:30-2pm, Room 749
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