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Selected
Presentations
Learning
Communities
Participatory
Research
Measurement
Forest
Economy
General
Agriculture
Learning
Communities
Heartland
Center for
Leadership
Development. June 1996.
Presented workshops
on “Making
Indicators (That)
Matter: Using
Citizen Learning
Teams to Keep
Community
Development Ongoing
and On Track” and
“Creating and
Sustaining a
Learning Community
of Rural Development
Practitioners” at
the Cultivating
Community Success:
Strategic Lessons
from Community
Assessment
conference of the
Heartland Center for
Leadership
Development in
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Keynote
Speaker: New Mexico
Rural Economic
Development Forum. October
1997. Ms. Ratner,
Principal of YWA,
spoke on the topic
of "Creating
Learning
Communities" to
an audience of
economic development
practitioners and
elected officials.
The focus of the
forum was
"Build
Community Capacity:
Tools for Vitalizing
Our Rural
Economies." The
forum is an
accredited program
of the American
Economic Development
Council.
"Outstanding
speaker and subject
is critical -
(I'd) love to have
this intelligent,
talented woman work
with our town"
-Member of the
audience in Clovis,
New Mexico
Keynote
Speaker: Northeast
Sustainable
Communities Project
Annual Retreat 1997.
November
1997. Ms. Ratner
spoke on the topic
of "Creating
Learning
Communities" to
community
development
practitioners in six
communities who have
been working for
four years to
promote community
sustainability.
Participatory
Research
Participatory
Evaluation of the
Empowerment Zones
and Enterprise
Communities. January
1996. Presented
results of the
training in
participatory
evaluation developed
in conjunction with
the Community
Partnership Center
of the University of
Tennessee and the
Heartland Center for
Leadership
Development as well
as information on
indicators of
sustainable
communities to
Washington staff
from USDA, NCAT and
HUD.
“Thanks
again for the
excellent work both
yesterday and the
preparation for
yesterday.
I think we
have made a real
breakthrough in
terms of potential
impact and learning
at USDA.”
-John Gaventa,
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Sociology, University
of Tennessee
Measurement
2005 National Conference on Community Economic Development and the Social Economy. May 7, 2005. Gave a presentation on You Get What You Measure for the Canadian Community Economic Development Network. Workshop participants evaluated the usefulness of the workshop in their work by giving a score of 4.33 out of 5 (5 = excellent).
Canadian Community Economic Development Network
Maine Rural
Development Council
Forum on Community
Capacity Building. September
1995. Presented a
report on the
concept of capacity
building and the
measurement tool for
community capacity
building developed
by the Aspen
Institute Rural
Community Capacity
Building Learning
Cluster to a
cross-section of
practitioners and
community members.
Forest
Economy
Northern
Forest Alliance
Annual Meeting.
November 2003.
Shanna Ratner spoke
as a panelist on the
subject of economic
forces shaping the
Northern Forest
Region and the
region’s place in
an increasingly
global economy.
“Thanks
for being a part of
the day one doings.
People very much
appreciated your
perspective/comments.”
-George Gay,
Executive Director,
Northern Forest
Alliance
Farm Credit Training
Course
In The Wood Products
Industry. October
1992.
Speech
given at the
Northern New York
Training Seminar.
Wood
Products Strategy
Presentations. 1991-1993.Presented
the Wood Products
Development Strategy
for Northern New
York to Utilization
and Marketing
Foresters from
across the United
States at the
Vermont Wood Energy
and Recycling
Conference, Farm
Credit Bankers from
across the
Northeast, the
Adirondack Park
Agency, the
Adirondack North
Country
Association's Annual
Membership Meeting,
and the North
Country Professional
Development Series.
"I
was impressed with
your presentation at
Ray Brook last week,
and would like to
congratulate you on
the fine, detailed
job you have done on
the wood products
study."
-James R. Kanik,
Executive Director,
Development
Authority of the
North Country
Forest
Trust. January
1994. “Regional
Economic Development
based on the Wood
Products Industry”
was presented to a
conference of The
Forest Trust in
Washington, DC.
Vermont
Forest Resources
Advisory Council.
June
1996. Presented
“Forest Products
Markets and
Marketing” to the
Rural Economic
Development Work
Group of the Vermont
Forest Resources
Advisory Council.
New
England Society of
American Foresters.
March
1994. Presented
“The Canadian
Connection in the
Northeast Wood
Products Industry”
to the New England
Society of American
Foresters.
The talk
incorporated recent
research into global
economic trends
affecting the forest
industry, log
exporting, and the
US-Canada softwood
lumber trade
dispute.
Wood
Products Industry
Conference.
September
1998.
Gave
a presentation
titled, “Adding
Value From Stump To
Mill and Beyond.
General
FairPlay
(citizens group),
Town of Harpswell,
Maine.
February, 2004.
Shanna Ratner
presented the
findings of YWA’s
study of the
potential economic
and fiscal impacts
of a proposed liquid
natural gas import
terminal on the Town
of Harpswell, Maine
to an audience of
over 150 people in a
public meeting. Ms.
Ratner also
participated in a
question and answer
call-in show at the
Harpswell public
access television
station.
New
York State
Association of Towns
Annual Training.
February 2004.
Shanna Ratner and
Ann Ruzow Holland
co-presented a
session on Green
Technology and
Infrastructure for
Towns. What is in it
for My Community?
“You
were so professional
and well-prepared.
This was the best
workshop I went to
at the entire
conference.”
-Workshop
participant.
Vermont
Community
Development
Association Fall
Conference. October,
2003. Shanna Ratner
spoke as a panelist
responding to a
series of
presentations on
changes in
demographics,
transportation,
settlement patterns,
and employment. Her
assignment was to
address the
question, “So
what?”
Looking
Forward 30 Years –
Adirondack Park
Conference presented
by the Government
Law Center of Albany
Law School and the
New York State Bar
Association
Environmental and
Municipal Law
Sections.
October 2003. Shanna
Ratner participated
in a panel
discussion on
directing
development to
“acceptable
areas.”
Linking
Biological Diversity
and Sustainable
Economic Development
in the Adirondacks.
May
1992.
Presented
“Perspectives On
Sustaining Economic
Development In The
Park In Balance With
Nature - What’s
Needed Here” at
the Adirondack Park
Centennial Forum.
Addison
County Vermont
Regional Planning
Commission. March
1997. “What
Towns Can Do to
Support Local
Economic
Development”
presented to the
Addison County
Regional Planning
Commission Board
meeting.
Agriculture
Agricultural
Opportunities
Seminar and Trade
Show.
March 1993.
Presented
“Is There a Market
for My Product?”
at this day-long
seminar for farmers
and agricultural
developers in
Washington County,
New York.
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