Building a State Conference
November 7, 2024 | 12:30 PM–2:00 PM EST
Webinar recording
Presentation
Presenter: Kendall Friend, MA
State Coordinators are often tasked with planning a state conference for treatment practitioners to improve knowledge in the field and to allow networking. Planning a state conference requires time, capacity, and known resources that may not be readily available to state coordinators. However, there are a variety of resources available to state coordinators, as well as varying formats. In-person conferences each year are the dream, and you can get there, but what options do you have to get there? This session will explore various formats of state conferences, association partnering tips, and resources available to maximize budgets to help state coordinators meet their conference goals.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify methods of state conferences.
- Acquire the benefits of establishing or working with an association.
- Pinpoint resources to assist in maximizing your budget in state conference planning.
- Learn how other states troubleshoot specific challenges.
Kendall Friend, MA, is a Senior Court Management Consultant in the Court Consulting Division. Since joining the NCSC in 2024 her project work has focused on Adult Treatment Court state-based technical assistance and outcome evaluation. She earned a Masters in Criminal Justice from Slippery Rock University of PA, Grant Writing Certification from Temple University, a Bachelors in Criminal Justice and Psychology from Lycoming College and she is currently obtaining a Master’s in Public Administration from Murray State University. Prior to NCSC, Kendall was a Project Director at All Rise for five years where she managed the state conference planning project and served as a subject matter expert in Adult Treatment Court standards, and community supervision. She began her career in treatment courts in 2014 as an adult probation officer at Fayette County Court of Common Pleas in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, where she had the opportunity to supervise veterans court and mental health court intermediate punishment participants. She transitioned to a position as the court coordinator of Fayette County’s mental health court and veteran’s court. In that role, she worked with community partners to implement Fayette County’s adult drug court. In 2018, she became the court coordinator for Pierce County District Court’s adult drug court and veterans’ treatment court programs in Tacoma, Washington, where she helped the treatment court teams implement a veterans treatment court.