Keynote speaker for rural conference:  I was a keynote speaker at the 25th anniversary  conference of the Center for Land and Theology, Dubuque, Iowa, in March 2005.  ELCA Bishop Mark Hanson also keynoted.  http://www.ruralministry.com/Conference/Conference.htm 

Workshops:

• Lutheran Services in American national convention, April 14 and 15, Washington DC  http://www.lutheranservices.org/AnnualConf.asp 
• Interim Ministry Network, silver anniversary convention,  June 6 - 9, Boston  http://interimministry.org/Conference/2005/2005%20home.htm 

Trained leaders in community economic development: 

• University and community leaders, Campus Compact, Vermont and New Hampshire  http://community.middlebury.edu/~vcc/
• State, rural and small city economic development professionals across the Northwest for the first-ever Economic Development Games 201 in Washington.
• Community development corporations and emerging organizations of people of color, Twin Cities Local Initiative Support Corporation, Minnesota.  http://www.lisc.org/twincities/ 
• Rural community development leaders in Oregon and north California for Rural Development Initiatives, Inc.  www.rdiinc.org 
• Community leaders in Houston, Minnesota for the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation.  http://www.smifoundation.org/ 

Facilitated faith coalitions:

• Clergy and lay leaders of a coalition of churches in the Quad Cities area, called the Illowa Lutheran Coalition.  http://illowa.home.mchsi.com/
• Clergy and lay leaders of the Omaha District of the United Methodist Church, for the Fire Seeds initiative.  http://www.omahadistrictumc.org/fireseeds/factsheet.asp
• Rural congregations in the Vermont Conference of the United Church of Christ, for the New Dollars/New Partners series sponsored by Partners for Sacred Places.   http://www.sacredplaces.org 
• Clergy and lay leaders from Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, for the Luther College Sense of Vocation program, right here in Decorah!  http://vocations.luther.edu/retreats_and_workshops/assetmapping.html 
• We had a great asset-based planning session in Baltimore with national social justice organizations like Lutheran Services of America and Lutheran World Relief, together with congregation-based community organizers, public advocates, and social ministry managers for the ELCA Public Church inititiative.