Special Events

Sustainable Design in Affordable Housing

Workshop held Dec. 17, 2009 – Speaker Presentations

KPAA’s winter membership meeting, co-sponsored by Kauai Association of Architects featured four guest speakers discussing progressive practices that are being used in community planning, building design and building materials to make housing more affordable. Download the presentations below:

Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho
Kauai’s Need for Affordable Housing
Peter J. Arsenault, AIA, Architect and Sustainability Consultant
Designing and Building Sustainably for Affordability
David Rockwood, Associate Professor, University of Hawaii-Manoa School of Architecture
Designs for Affordable Housing in Hawaii
Michael H. Tresler – Sr. Vice President, Grove Farm Company, Inc.
Developer’s Realities in Building Affordable Housing

Win-Win Transportation Solutions for a Sustainable Kauai

Workshop held August 11, 2009

Todd Litman, Executive Director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute, presented a one-day workshop that offered new ways of looking at transportation, land use, and smart growth policies. His presentations, along with a list of great resources, follow.


Building Capacity in Kauai Nonprofits

Conference held March 4, 2008 – Post Conference Update and Materials

Executive Directors and Board Members attended a one-day conference to help increase their organization’s effectiveness to better achieve their nonprofit’s mission. The conference was sponsored by the Annie Sinclair Knudsen Memorial Fund, with support from Grove Farm Foundation and was presented in partnership with Kauai United Way, Kauai Chamber of Commerce and Leadership Kauai.

Speaker Presentations
David LaPiana – Elements of a Healthy Nonprofit , Fundraising and Leveraging Resources
Judy Lenthall – Crafting the Message: Developing Your Communications Strategy
Jan Masaoka – Excerpts fr0m The Best of the Board CafĂ© – Ten Quick Ways to Invigorate Board Meetings, Masaoka-The CompassPoint Board Model for Governance and Support, Alligators in the Boardroom
Dr. Becky Rhoades – Nonprofit Staffing: Paid and Unpaid
Laura Wiley, CPA – Finance 101 and Beyond

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