Hi, last night I had Hamline Professor Ellen Dosdall (and City of Minneapolis manager) speak in my Organization Theory class. She spoke on professional associations for Non-Profit and Public Administration students; as well as ways for students to get jobs in these difficult economic times…

Hi everybody, from 4-5 pm., I was on a White House teleconference about GLBT Seniors issues with 30 people around the country…

This month, Wally has been working on teaching 3 classes—an online hybrid and traditional “Organization Theory/Behavior” class at Hamline University, and an online “Ethics and Social Policy” class at Walden University. He has a wonderful group of students, and he enjoys every minute of his teaching opportunities…

I was at Metropolitan Community Church last night for a potluck and presentation by Soulforce, a group that uses non-violent protest to ensure that students have the right to be themselves at their schools…

I’m going to Las Vegas at 5:00 pm to attend American Society for Public Administration conference and present a paper (from the new M.E.Sharpe book) on ‘Cultural Competency in Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity’ plus kick off ASPA section status for the brand-LGBT section.

Susie Brown, Public Policy Director of Minnesota Council of Non-Profits spoke at Hamline "Organization Theory" class that I'm teaching.

I attended the “Minneapolis 2025” presentation of the Downtown Council as a member of the Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association today.

I am at joint Minnesota Council of Non-Profits and Minnesota Council of Foundations legislative and constitutional amendments preview session today.

I spent most of the afternoon today (Wednesday, January 25th) working on a redesign of a traditional (not online) course on “Organization Theory and Behavior” for Hamline University, especially with Christiane Reilly and Thomas Walkington.

Wallace Swan has recently been named as a member of the Board of Directors for the American Society for Public Administration’s new LGBT Section. He will be attending the first meeting of the section at the ASPA conference on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 10:45 a.m.in Las Vegas.