The National Association
of Planning Councils

NAPC is a national non-profit organization which seeks to improve the human condition through encouraging research-based community planning and action.

Planning councils bring people together to identify needs and work toward solutions, mobilizing community involvement, developing and coordinating services, advocating for informed decisions by funders and policy makers, and linking people with community resources.  NAPC's annual conference builds knowledge and networks.

Above: NAPC as a visual image...created by
2009 conference speaker Sunni Brown, BrightSpot Info Design

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The conference was outstanding!
Sincere thanks to all the speakers, planners, and participants.

Presentations and photos will be on the website soon.

NAPC's 2012 conference - May 4-6, 2012
Embassy Suites - Old Town Alexandria, Virginia

Community planning leaders and practitioners from across the U.S. and Canada
gathered to learn from top experts and exchange real-life experiences and insights.

Program, speakers, registration

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Join NAPC! ... benefits and membership categories; 2012 Membership Form

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The NAPC Judith Rothbaum Award
Recognizing excellence in using social indicators for community action

Congratulations to Mary Dodd,
recipient of the 2012 Rothbaum Award!
Mary was honored for her work at the
Community Action Network in Austin, Texas.
Photos and details will be on the website soon. 

The 2011 award was presented on April 16, 2011 to
Joe Ahern, The Center for Community Solutions (Cleveland, Ohio)
at the annual meeting during the NAPC Conference in Alexandria, Virginia

More photos, and details about the award and Joe Ahern's work

The award is supported by the United Way of Central Oklahoma 

Judith Rothbaum, her work, and the award
Past honorees

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Ben Warner is honored with the
2010 NAPC Distinguished Service Award

Read more

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NAPC Celebrates 20th Anniversary!

Founding members Nancy Findeisen and Phil Dessauer described NAPC's early history and led the anniversary celebration at the 2009 Annual meeting.

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NAPC's Initiatives:

Annual Conference - 2012; 2011; 2010; past conferences

Judith Rothbaum Award  Read more

          Recognizing excellence in using social indicators for community action

NAPC Forward / Emerging Leaders

Focus:  engaging and connecting tomorrow's leaders in community planning, and assuring an excellent future workforce in our field

Recruitment and Retention of a Mature Workforce for the Nonprofit Sector

Background and report

Topical Conference Calls

Latest topic:  Disaster Preparedness for Organizations and Communities 
Online:  materials and resources on disaster preparedness

Consulting Services...available to members and other organizations
 

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About Community Planning and Planning Councils: 

Quality community-based planning

Planning councils' values, core competencies, roles, history

Community building: the contribution of community planning councils
 

About the National Association of Planning Councils (NAPC):  

NAPC News ... recent events, activities and plans, coming events, services, links

NAPC Members ... roster, with links to their websites and e-mails

Testimonials ... what our members value most about NAPC

Join NAPC! ... benefits and membership categories; 2012 Membership Form

NAPC Distinguished Service Award Honorees

NAPC Social Indicators Report 2006; 2005  Measuring What's Important; Making a Difference...Social Indicators as Tools for Community Action

Support NAPC   NAPC Brochure   NAPC E-Newsletter: subscribe
 

Looking back...NAPC's past national conferences:

2011 Alexandria, Virginia Conference
"Communities in Transformation"
April 15-17, 2011 - Alexandria, Virginia

The economy...health care...immigration...the nonprofit sector...and more.  Latest national updates and what local communities are doing.

Available online:  Videos of sessions and speaker interviews  .  Blog posts  .  Tweets  .  Photos  .  Speakers' PowerPoints  .  Speakers' Bios & Photos  .  Flyer

2010 Alexandria, Virginia Conference
"Community Planning for the New Normal"
April 16-18, 2010 - Alexandria, Virginia

2009 Austin Conference
"Community Planning in Turbulent Times...Staying On Top when the Bottom Falls Out"
March 2-4, 2009 - Austin, Texas
More information...speaker presentations...conference photos

2008 Florida Conference: "Global Trends, Local Impacts"
May 7-9 - Clearwater Beach, Florida
Online photo albums: conference, annual meeting/member recognition

2007 Minneapolis Conference
May 3-5, 2007 - Minneapolis, Minnesota
"Making A Difference and Making It Stick: The Challenge of Building Community Infrastructure for Sustaining Positive Change"

2006 Toronto Conference
NAPC members joined planning council colleagues from all across the U.S. and Canada for NAPC's first international conference, co-sponsored with the Social Planning Network of Ontario.   

2005 NAPC/Community Indicators Consortium Conference, Washington, DC

Other NAPC conferences:  2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998