FrameWorks Institute: Changing the Public Conversation about Social Problems

March 9, 2010: Framing Youth Development for Public Support
Live Webinar hosted by PEAR-Program in Education, Afterschool and Resiliency
Speakers:  Lynn Davey and Jane Feinberg
By Invitation Only

March 7-10, 2010: How Americans Think About Child Mental Health: A Cognitive Approach to Policy Communications
23rd Annual Research and Policy Conference for Children's Mental Health
Tampa, FL
Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor
By Invitation Only

March 2, 2010: A Social Science Approach to Communicating Science
Alberta Family Wellness Initiative
Advancing Science-Policy-Practice in Addiction
Washington, DC 
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales and Nat Kendall-Taylor
By Invitation Only

February 22, 2010: Nellie Mae Education Foundation : Framing Education for Public Understanding
Presentation sponsored by Maine Council on Excellence in Education
Portland, Maine
Speakers: Lynn Davey and Jane Feinberg
By Invitation Only 

February 19, 2010: Using Strategic Frame Analysis to Advocate for Oral Health Policy Change
Sponsored by the DentaQuest Foundation
Tampa, FL
Speakers: Kate Vaughan and Wendy Frosh
By Invitation Only

February 19, 2010: American Chambers of Commerce Executives: Communications for Social Change Workshop
Alexandria, VA
Speaker: Tiffany Manuel
By Invitation Only

February 18, 2010: Using Strategic Frame Analysis to Advocate for Oral Health Policy Change
Sponsored by the DentaQuest Foundation
West Palm Beach, FL
Speakers: Kate Vaughan and Wendy Frosh
By Invitation Only

February 16, 2010: Using Strategic Frame Analysis to Advocate for Oral Health Policy Change
Sponsored by the DentaQuest Foundation
Jacksonville, FL
Speakers: Kate Vaughan and Wendy Frosh
By Invitation Only

February 5, 2010: Considering Communications
Norlien Foundation Staff and Trustees
Calgary, AB
Speaker: Susan Nall Bales
By Invitation Only

Febraury 4, 2010: Framing Early Childhood Development and Children's Mental Health
Norlien Foundation Study Circle
Calgary, AB
Speakers: Diane Benjamin, Moira O'Neil and Susan Nall Bales
By Invitation Only

January 26-27, 2010: Exploring Structures and Change
Institute for Community Peace and W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Washington, DC 
Speakers: Tiffany Manuel and Susan Nall Bales
By Invitation Only

January 22, 2010: Framing Children’s Oral Health Workshop
Sponsored by the DentaQuest Foundation            
Tampa, FL
Speakers: Kate Vaughan and Wendy Frosh  
By Invitation Only

January 21, 2010: Framing Children's Oral Health Workshop
Sponsored by the DentaQuest Foundation
West Palm Beach, FL
Speakers: Kate Vaughan and Wendy Frosh
By Invitation Only

January 19, 2010: Framing Children's Oral Health Workshop
Sponsored by the DentaQuest Foundation
Jacksonville, FL
Speakers: Kate Vaughan and Wendy Frosh
By Invitation Only

January 15, 2010: Framing Lessons
Ford Fellowship for Regional Sustainable Development
Alexandria, VA
Speaker: Susan Nall Bales
By Invitation Only

January 14, 2010: Strategic Frame Analysis Workshop
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
Washington, DC
Speakers: Lynn Davey, Tiffany Manuel and Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor
By Invitation Only

December 4, 2009: Strategic Communications and Messaging Race, Ethnicity and Culture
Sponsored by Grantmakers Income Security Taskforce
Washington, DC
Speaker: Frank Gilliam, Senior Fellow
By Invitation only

December 3, 2009: Disrupting the Poverty Script
Joint Meeting of the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and National Forum on Early Childhood Program Evaluation, Harvard University
Washington, DC
Speaker: Tiffany Manuel
By Invitation only

December 2, 2009: Workshop on Telling the Core Story of Development
Joint Meeting of the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and National Forum on Early Childhood Program Evaluation, Harvard University
Washington, DC
Speakers: Lynn Davey and Jane Feinberg
By Invitation only

November 30, 2009
Workshop for Staff of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Boston, MA
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales and Jane Feinberg
By Invitation only

November 19, 2009:  Reform What? Why They Don't "Get It": Reframing our Messaging About Public Education
Sponsored by the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation
10am-2pm
Hamden, Connecticut
Speakers: Jane Feinberg and Moira O'Neil
By Invitation Only

November 7, 2009: Framing the Message: Talking Values
Schott Foundation: Annual Opportunity to Learn Conference
2009 Education Summit
Washington, DC
Speaker: Tiffany Manuel

October 28, 2009: A Mixed Methods Approach to Communications Research
6:00-8:00pm
George Washington University: Department of Media and Public Affairs
Washington, DC
Speaker: Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor
By Invitation Only

October 21, 2009: Unifying Narratives
Workshop on Race and Inclusion
Sponsored by the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice
Harvard Law School
White Oak, FL
Speaker: Tiffany Manuel

October 1, 2009: Catholic Health Ministries: "How To Talk About Health Care Reform" Strategic Frame Analysis Workshop
Austin, Texas
Speakers: Jane Feinberg and Diane Benjamin
By Invitation Only

September 29, 2009: Nellie Mae Education Foundation Northern New England Regional Study Circle: Framing Children's Issues, Workshop #3
Portsmouth, NH
Speakers: Kate Vaughan and Lynn Davey
By Invitation Only

September 22, 2009: Kansas Action for Children: How Americans Think About Budget and Taxes: A Framing Perspective
Kansas City, Kansas
Speakers: Jane Feinberg and Nat Kendall-Taylor
By Invitation Only

September 17, 2009: How Americans Think About Budget and Taxes: A Research Briefing
2009 KIDS COUNT Annual Conference
Baltimore, MD
Speakers: Tiffany Manuel and Lynn Davey
By Invitation Only

July 31, 2009: How Americans Think about Education: From a Framing Perspective
Ford Foundation
New York, New York
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales, Tiffany Manuel and Nat Kendall-Taylor
By Invitation Only

July 23, 2009: Webinar: Framing Child Abuse and Neglect for Public Engagement and Support
Host: Prevent Child Abuse America; *70 national colleagues of PCAA participated in this webinar
Presenters: Susan Bales and Lynn Davey

July 9, 2009: Changing the Public Conversation about Education Reform:  Framing Effective Messages for Social Change
9 am - 1 pm
Babson Executive Conference Center
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Speakers: Tiffany Manuel, Jane Feinberg and Kate Vaughan
By Invitation Only

June 25, 2009: Nellie Mae Education Foundation Northern New England Regional Study Circle: Framing Children's Issues, Workshop #2
Portsmouth, NH
Speakers: Kate Vaughan and Lynn Davey
By Invitation Only

June 23, 2009:  National Scientific Council on the Developing Child: "Refining the Core Story of Development: New Insights and Implications from Framing Research on Health, Gene-Environment Interaction and Executive Function"
San Francisco, CA
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales, Nat Kendall-Taylor and Tiffany Manuel
By Invitation only

June 23, 2009: Catholic Health Ministries: "How To Talk About Health Care Reform" Strategic Frame Analysis Workshop
Austin, Texas
Speakers: Jane Feinberg and Diane Benjamin
By Invitation Only

 

June 19, 2009: Communicating to Constituents: Constructing the Right Frame: Ford Fellowship for Regional Sustainable Development
Baltimore, MD
Speaker: Susan Nall Bales
By Invitation Only

June 18, 2009: Why Framing Matters to Issues of Education and Race
Institute for Community Peace-Washington, DC
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales
By Invitation Only

June 17, 2009: Changing the Public Conversation about Early Childhood: Framing Effective Messages for Social Change
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Seminar for the Thrive in Five Coalition
Boston Children's Museum
Speakers: Jane Feinberg, Tiffany Manuel, Kate Vaughan

June 1-3, 2009: Norlien Foundation: "Framing Child Mental Health and Early Child Development: Lessons for Alberta from the US"
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales, Nat Kendall-Taylor and Tiffany Manuel
By invitation only

May 15, 2009: American Chambers of Commerce Executives: Communications for Social Change Workshop
Baltimore, Maryland
Speaker: Lynn Davey
By Invitation Only

May 5, 2009: Framing Early Child Development for Public Understanding and Support Workshop
2009 National Smart Start Conference
Greensboro, NC
Speakers: Lynn Davey and Jane Feinberg
By Invitation Only

May 4, 2009: Pew Charitable Trust, "Talking Early Child Development Using Evidence-Based Communications"
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales, Nat Kendall-Taylor and Tiffany Manuel
By Invitation only

April 28, 2009: Nellie Mae Education Foundation Northern New England Regional Study Circle: Framing Children's Issues, Workshop #1
Portsmouth, NH
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales, Lynn Davey and Kate Vaughan 
By Invitation Only

April 23, 2009: Catholic Health Ministries: "How To Talk About Health Care Reform" Strategic Frame Analysis Workshop
Austin, Texas
Speakers: Jane Feinberg and Diane Benjamin
By Invitation Only

April 7, 2009: Learning Institute, "Creating Messages That Work!"
2009 Annual PCAMN Conference, Prevention Works: Generations of Spirit, Hope and Action
St. Cloud, MN
Speaker: Diane Benjamin
For more information: 1.800.621.6322

April 3, 2009: American Chambers of Commerce Executives: Communications for Social Change Workshop
Baltimore, MD
Speaker: Lynn Davey
By Invitation Only

April 1, 2009: Healthy Development: A Summit on Children's Mental Health
University of Denver
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales, Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor and Tiffany Manuel

March 30-31, 2009: Ocean Change Education Aquarium Network Climate Change Communications Training
New England Aquarium
Boston, MA
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales, Lynn Davey and Jane Feinberg
By Invitation Only

March 29, 2009: Wagner School of Public Service, New York University, "Navigating Complex Conversations in the Era of Obama"
New York City
Speaker: Frank Gilliam
By Invitation only

February 25, 2009: The Science of Early Child Development: Implications for Social Policy
Mississippi Kids Count 2nd Annual Summit at Mississippi State University Riley Center
Speaker: Lynn Davey
For more information, contact Dr. Linda Southward (Linda.Southward@SSRC.MsState.edu)

February 24, 2009: All Day Workshop on FrameWorks' research and recommendations on early child development
Mississippi State University Riley Center sponsored by Mississippi Kids Count
Speaker: Lynn Davey
For more information, contact Dr. Linda Southward (Linda.Southward@SSRC.MsState.edu)

February 11, 2009: Framing Public Health Workshop
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Women's and Children's Health Policy Center
Baltimore, MD
10:00-4:00 pm
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales, Lynn Davey, Diane Benjamin, Tiffany Manuel
By Invitation Only

February 2, 2009: Changing the Public Conversation about Social Problems: Framing Effective Messages for Social Change
Lecture to graduate students at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, Professor Ron Ferguson's "Youth Development & Education Policy" course
Cambridge, MA
11:40-1:00 pm
Speaker: Jane Feinberg
By Invitation Only

January 27, 2009: Harvard Framing Conferral
Cambridge, MA
12:00-3:00 pm
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales and Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor
By Invitation Only

January 19 - 21, 2009: Suzuki Stonehouse Summit
Vancuver, BC, Canada
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales and Frank Gilliam
By Invitation Only 

January 8-9, 2009: Working Group on Early Childhood Science and Policy
Los Angeles, CA
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales and Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor
By Invitation Only

January 7, 2009: The National Education Association's Public Relation Council of the States Annual Meeting/Plenary and Workshop
Palm Springs, CA
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales and Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor
By Invitation Only

December 16, 2008: Toward a New Discourse on Race
1-4pm, Raleigh, NC
Speaker: Lynn Davey
Hosted by Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina
By Invitation Only

December 15, 2008: WKKF Strategic Direction Workshop
10:30-1pm, BattleCreek, MI
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales, Frank Gilliam, Diane Benjamin, Roxanna Harlow
By Invitation Only

 

December 3, 2008: Changing the Conversation about Health Care
Framing Health Care Issues
10-2pm, Concord, NH
Speaker: Lynn Davey
By Invitation Only

November 25, 2008: Engage Maine: FrameCheck Workshop
12:00-3:00, Brunswick, Maine
Speaker: Lynn Davey
By Invitation Only

November 20, 2008: Center for the Developing Child at Harvard University:
Framing Child and Mental Health Issues
3 – 5pm, Boston, MA
By invitation only.
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales and Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor

November 19, 2008: Nellie Mae Education Foundation Staff Training
Boston, MA
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales, Jane Feinberg
By invitation only

November 10,2008: Prevent Child Abuse America Annual Conference
Framing Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention
Minneapolis, MN
Speaker: Lynn Davey
By Invitation Only

October 30th: Spokesperson Training
Watch Your Mouth
Speakers: Kate Vaughan and Wendy Frosh
By invitation only

October 29th: Framing Communications for Social Change
Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire as part of their Policy Leadership Initiative
Speaker: Lynn Davey

October 29: San Diego Convergence Partnership
San Diego, CA
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales and Franklin Gilliam
By invitation only

October 24th: Spokesperson Training
South Carolina Study Circle
Spartanburg, SC
Speakers: Kate Vaughan and Jane Feinberg
By invitation only

October 24, 2008:  A.L. Mailman Foundation Board of Trustees Meeting
New York, NY
Speaker: Susan Nall Bales
By invitation only

October 20, 2008: Oral Health Foundation: Children's Oral Health: Understanding What the Research Says & Watch Your Mouth: History and Experience
Boston, Massachusettes
Speakers: Kate Vaughan and Wendy Frosh
By Invitation Only

October 16, 2008:Oral Health Foundation: Strategic Frame Analysis^TM Workshop
Boston, Massachusettes
Speakers: Kate Vaughan and Wendy Frosh
By Invitation Only

October 14, 2008: St Luke’s Health Initiatives Study Circle
Phoenix, AZ
Speaker: Susan Nall Bales
By invitation only 

September 26th: South Carolina Study Circle Meeting
Spartanburg, SC
Speakers: Kate Vaughan and Jane Feinberg
By invitation only

September 24th: Framing Early Care and Education: New Research from FrameWorks Institute on Building Public Support For Early Childhood Policy
Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Annual Kids Count Conference
Baltimore, MD
Speakers: Lynn Davey and Diane Benjamin

September19th: North Carolina Early Childhood Study Circle Workshop
Raleigh, NC
Speakers: Lynn Davey and Jane Feinberg
By invitation only

August 20th: Study Circle Webinar: Context and Images
South Carolina Study Circle
Spartanburg, SC
Speakers: Lynn Davey and Kate Vaughan
By invitation only

August 15, 2008: WKKF-Forum for Children's Futures: "Let's Talk Children and Food: Conversations from the Past and Ideas for a Targeted Message in the Future" 
Sante Fe, New Mexico
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales, Diane Benjamin and Kate Vaughan
By Invitation Only

August 5, 2008: Framing Early Childhood and Youth
Bismark, North Dakota
Speakers: Diane Benjamin and Jane Feinberg
By Invitation Only

August 2008: UCLA Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services (CHIPTS) and the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH): "From Scalpel to Scale-up: Framing Perceptions of Male Circumcision"
Mexico City
Speaker: Frank Gilliam
By Invitation only

July 9, 2008: Alliance For a Clean and Healthy Maine: Domestic Toxins Workshop
Portland, Maine
Speaker: Lynn Davey
By Invitation Only

June 30, 2008: Framing As Storytelling
South Carolina Study Circle
Spartanburg, SC
Speaker: Susan Bales
By invitation only

June 25, 2008: Framing Early Child Development
Family Impact Seminars Summer Conference, Madison, Wisconsin
Speaker: Diane Benjamin
By invitation only

June 20, 2008: Strategic Frame Analysis Workshop
Augusta, Maine
Speaker: Lynn Davey
By Invitation Only

June 12, 2008: Study Circle Webinar: Seven Deadly Sins of Framing
South Carolina Study Circle
Speaker: Lynn Davey By invitation only

May 30, 2008: How To Talk About Government
FrameWorks Institute's Strategic Framing Study Circle on Government, sponsored by Engage Maine.
Pine Tree State Arboretum, Augusta, ME. 9:00 - 1:00pm. By invitation only.
Contact: Ben Dudley, Executive Director, Engage Maine, ben@engagemaine.org
Speakers: Kate Vaughan and Lynn Davey

May 29, 2008: Framing the Concept of Early Child Health
11:45 - 1:15 Washington, DC
Presentation to the Joint Meeting of the National Council on the Developing Child and the National Forum on Early Child Program Evaluation, Harvard University Center on the Developing Child Contact: Jack Shonkoff, Director, Center on the Developing Child
Speaker: Susan Nall Bales

May 20, 2008 at The Boston Foundation
10 am ­ 1:30 pm
Boston, MA
Talking the Walk: Communications Strategies that Advance Issues A Seminar for Philanthropic Leaders in Massachusetts
Studies show that influential Americans don¹t understand the work that foundations do, the issues they address, nor the solutions they put forward.
This session will help foundations learn how to create science-based messages that will help them move their issues more squarely onto the public agenda.
Contact: Miki Akimoto makimoto@agmconnect.
Speakers: Susan Nall Bales and Frank Gilliam, Jr.

May 7, 2008
8am – 12:30 pm
Rural People, Rural Policy 2008 Grantees Peer Learning 1 Session
Nebraska City, NE
Speaker: Diane Benjamin

April 29, 2008: Changing the Public Conversation about Children and Youth: Framing Effective Messages for Social Change
Boston Foundation, 75 Arlingon Street, Boston, MA
Contact: bfisher@frameworksinstitute.org
Speakers: Lynn Davey and Jane Feinberg

April 26, 2008 - "Framing Oral Health: Communications Strategies for Oral Health Advocates"
2008 National Oral Health Conference
Hilton Biscayne Hotel, Miami, FL
9:00 am to noon
Speakers: Wendy Frosh, Kate Vaughan

April 18, 2008 - Kick-off Workshop
FrameWorks Institute¹s Study Circle on Framing Child Development, sponsored by Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina and the Child Maltreatment Prevention Leadership Team. Raleigh, NC.
Speakers: Lynn Davey and Jane Feinberg

April 9, 2008: Strategic Frame Analysis: Framing Issues for Public Understanding and Support
Minneapolis, MN - Marquette Hotel
Contact: bfisher@frameworksinstitute.org for registration
Speakers: Diane Benjamin and Jane Feinberg

April 3, 2008: Workshop, "The Day After: Framing Strategy in Real Time"
Diane Benjamin and Susan Bales lead a workshop for the St. Luke¹s Health Initiative¹s Framing Project at the Fiesta Inn in Tempe, AZ, from 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. "The Day After: Framing Strategy in Real Time" is designed to walk participants through the framing process step-by-step to prepare them for the kinds of strategic considerations they will face in applying the framing research to real-world situations.
Contact: Jane Pearson, SLHI.

April 3, 2008: Private Enterprise in Public Schools: Communicating School Commercialization
Campaign for A Commercial-Free Childhood Annual Summit
Info here: http://www.commercialexploitation.org/events/2008schedule.htm

March 26, 2008: New England Regional Leadership Conference of the 21st Century
Community Learning Centers. Cambridge, MA
Speaker: Jane Feinberg

March 12, 2008 - "Strategic Communications and Racial Discourse: Implications for STD Prevention Advocacy"
2008 National STD Prevention Conference
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Speaker: Frank Gilliam

2008 National STD Prevention Conference
Contact: Judy Lipshutz, MPH Conference Coordinator
March 10-13, 2007
Chicago, IL
www.cdc.gov/stdconference

March 11, 2008 - Strategic Frame Analysis: Framing Issues for Public understanding and Support
Baltimore, MD
Contact: bfisher@frameworksinstitute.org
Speakers: Diane Benjamin and Lynn Davey

March 4-7 2008

Workshop, "Creating a New Public Agenda: Strategic Communications, and Early Child Development", Royal Children’s Hospital, University of Melbourne

Workshop, "Public Policymaking and Early Child Development", Department of Education and Early Child Development, Victoria, Australia

Workshop, "Building a Communications Research Agenda for Early Child Development", Centre for Community Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052 AUSTRALIA

Speaker: Franklin Gilliam

Contact: Professor Frank Oberklaid
Director, Centre for Community Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital
University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052 AUSTRALIA
phone: +61-3-9345 5350
www.rch.org.au/ccch

February 29, 2008 - Framing as Inquiry
Course: Berkeley Research Seminar C196W
Contact: Professor Michael Goldstein
Washington Program, University of California Berkeley
Speaker: Susan Bales

February 27, 2008 - Framing Public Issues
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Staff Retreat Washington, D. C.
Speaker: Susan Bales

February 25 - 29, 2008 - Framing Community Issues
Presentation to the Strategic Network for Community Philanthropy, comprised of the Ford Foundation's Community Philanthropy Grantees
In New Orleans; recorded session broadcast to the meeting
Speakers: Susan Bales and Frank Gilliam

February 20, 2008 - Framing Race Webinar
Annie E. Casey Foundation
By Invitation Speaker: Susan Bales

February 15, 2008 - "Framing Health Care Reform"
Course: Public Health 200B UCLA
Contact: Professor E. Richard Brown
School of Public Health, UCLA
Speaker: Franklin Gilliam

February 14, 2008 - Framing Race and Public Health
Presentation to the Program Staff of The California Endowment Los Angeles, CA
Speakers: Susan Bales and Frank Gilliam

February 8, 2008 - Framing and Sustainability
Presentation to the American Chambers of Commerce Executives program on sustainability, funded by the Ford Foundation
Dallas, TX
Speaker: Susan Bales

January 31, 2008- "A New Architecture of Racial Discourse in America"
Rothermere American Institute, Oxford University
Contact: Professor Scott Blinder, Department of Politics, Nuffield College, Oxford University
Speaker: Franklin Gilliam

January 30, 2008 - "Telling the Core Science Story: Strategic Communications and Early Child Development"
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London (UCL) in collaboration with
The Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH)
Contact: Professor Ruth Bell, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London (UCL)
Speaker: Franklin Gilliam

January 24, 2008 - Framing Food and Fitness
W. K. Kellogg Foundation Food and Fitness Grantees in Miami, FL
Speakers: Susan Bales and Diane Benjamin

January 16, 2008- Framing Race and Other Social Issues
W. K. Kellogg Foundation Staff and Board of Directors Battle
Creek, MI
Speakers: Susan Bales and Frank Gilliam