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The Inclusive Voice

Date: October 16, 2021

Listen to Institute for InterGroup Understanding Chair and CEO George C. Halvorson discuss workplace diversity, the importance of continuously improving health care, and more during his SoundCloud interview on The Inclusive Voice.

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HIMSS21 — Global Health Conference

Date: August 9, 2021

George Halvorson, Chair and CEO of the Institute for InterGroup Understanding, accepted the HIMSS Changemaker Lifetime Achievement Award.

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AHIMA International Conference

Date: March 24, 2021

Institute for InterGroup Understanding Chair and CEO George C. Halvorson was the closing keynote speaker, delivering a talk titled “Using Data and Information to Improve Health."

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The Quest for Health Equity

Date: February 23, 2021

This event showcased the significance data interoperability has to eliminate healthcare disparities in the country and highlighted data-centric solutions that have emerged to support and encourage health equity.

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WEDI 2020

Date: May 4, 2020

On May 6, 2020, Institute Chair George C. Halvorson spoke at WEDI 2020 Virtual, which featured 9 sessions over 3 days and offered healthcare professionals the latest information to aid them in resolving current data exchange-related roadblocks and pushing the industry toward administrative automation.

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HiMSS — "HEALTH - The Digital Leaders"

Date: November 5, 2019

Institute Chair George C. Halvorson was Keynote Speaker at the HiMSS annual innovations meeting of executives and decision makers in German healthcare.

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Champions for Children

Date: October 16, 2019

A series of special events featuring early childhood advocate, author and founder of Three Key Years — George C. Halvorson.

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SEIZING THE MOMENT FOR PEACE IN A DISRUPTED WORLD

Date: October 2, 2019

The Institute for InterGroup Understanding sponsored PeaceCon 2019. Together, we continue to work toward addressing the most pressing issues in the peacebuilding field and elevating our policies and innovative practices.

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GUIRR Group Meeting

Date: June 11, 2019

Opening speaker George Halvorson discussed how accessible data can help eliminate health care disparities in America.

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The Institute Sponsored the Alliance for Peacebuilding's Annual Conference

Date: October 24, 2018

The Institute focuses on inter group understanding, and the sad truth is that we are tribalizing as a nation and as a world in dangerous and damaging ways. We need to understand both why that is happening and what we can do to create inter group Peace in our settings, rather than seeing an expansion of inter group anger, inter group distrust, and various levels of intentionally evil inter group behavior in multiple settings.

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Politicon 2018

Date: October 20, 2018

Institute Chair George C. Halvorson presented his Medicare Advantage for All proposal in response to other speakers advocating for Medicare for All.

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Decoding the nonverbal language of babies

Date: October 19, 2018

Institute Chair George C. Halvorson introduced Dr. Beebe’s presentation on her pioneering research, which was followed by a discussion with AEI’s Katharine B. Stevens.

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The Special and Most Honored Days of Our Peace Coalition and Peace Agenda

Date: January 1, 2018

Four important, special, and explicitly honored days anchor the annual calendar for the Coalition for Ethical and Enlightened Instinctivism as a movement and as a working agenda for the people who want to work together to achieve win/win. Peace is — at its core — an enlightened, noble, and even sacred mission, and it makes sense to have designated days to celebrate and honor that mission, and to affirm that commitment and understanding by the people who want to make Peace a reality for our communities and our country.

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Parents as Teachers Annual Conference

Date: November 29, 2017

Institute for InterGroup Understanding CEO and Chair George C. Halvorson provided material and encouragement for the Parents as Teachers 2017 International Conference.

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Second Annual Bright Futures Begin at Birth

Date: November 29, 2017

Institute for InterGroup Understanding CEO and Chair George C. Halvorosn attended the event and signed copies of his paramount book on early childhood education and brain development, "Three Key Years."

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Social Capital Markets Conference

Date: October 10, 2017

Institute Chair George Halvorson spoke at SOCAP to help charitable foundations that grant making social services better understand the importance of brain development for children in their first three months and first three years of life.

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Alameda County Fatherhood Action Summit

Date: September 22, 2017

Jointly sponsored by Alameda County's Fathers Corps, First 5 Alameda County, and the Alameda County Interagency Children's Policy Council, the action summit brought together leaders from public systems and community based organizations to discuss strategies to increase and improve services and identify needed policy shifts, to better support Alameda County fathers.

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2017 National Walking Summit

Date: September 13, 2017

America Walks was excited to announce the 2017 National Walking Summit held in St. Paul, MN from September 13-15, 2017.

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Helping Health Care Help Children

Date: May 15, 2017

At the 2017 Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) annual conference, InterGroup Institute Chair George C. Halvorson delivered a speech to inspire attendees, and demonstrate the many ways health IT has been so important to the success of HealthPartners and Kaiser, as well as provide recommendations for WEDI constituents to consider.

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National Medical Fellowships Reception

Date: November 28, 2016

InterGroup Institute Chair George C. Halvorson gave a special presentation as keynote speaker about supporting and helping every child in America as well as issues on ethnic conflict.

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Bright Futures Begin at Birth

Date: November 1, 2016

InterGroup Institute Chair and CEO George C. Halvorson was the keynote speaker at Bright Futures Begin at Birth, an event bringing together health care and public service providers, educators and parents to learn about successful, collaborative initiatives in California and here in Minnesota that focus on giving children the best start possible.

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Grand Opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture

Date: September 24, 2016

InterGroup Institute Chair and CEO George C. Halvorson and his lovely wife Lorie attended an event with President Obama prior to the museum's opening ceremony and celebratory dinner. The museum says it will open the doors with extended visiting hours and a three-day festival showcasing films, popular music, dance and other attractions. Museums around the country and in Africa also plan to host accompanying events at their locations as a welcoming salute.

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National Medical Fellowships Lifetime Achievement Award

Date: June 16, 2016

George C. Halvorson received a lifetime achievement award from the National Medical Fellowships in recognition of his efforts involving health care disparities in care delivery. The event will include a discussion of his book, Three Key Years.

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Alliance for Peacebuilding 2016 Annual Conference

Date: May 24, 2016

The Institute for InterGroup Understanding co-sponsored The Alliance for Peacebuilding’s annual 2016 conference on May 25 and 26 in Washington, D.C. The InterGroup Institute also provided copies of George C. Halvorson's book, "The Art of InterGroup Peace," to all attendees.

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The Annual Kaiser Permanente Community Service Leaders Summit

Date: May 5, 2016

The annual Kaiser Permanente community benefit leadership summit was held on May 5. The summit activities included awarding the first ever George Halvorson Community Benefit Leadership Award to a Kaiser Permanente staff member who has performed exceptional community service, either during the prior year or over the course of his or her career. The event included community benefit leaders from all Kaiser Permanente Regions.

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Diversity Inc.

Date: April 19, 2016

Luncheon Keynote George C. Halvorson spoke at Diversity Inc. April 19 for their Top 50 Event and Learning Session. More than 1,000 senior executives were there to network and build business relationships with key leaders of companies that have demonstrated leadership and commitment to diversity and inclusion.

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American Enterprise Institute Meeting

Date: March 22, 2016

George C. Halvorson spoke at the American Enterprise Institute's policy development meeting, which focused on Early Childhood Learning and included a discussion of his book Three Key Years.

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George C. Halvorson spoke at The Raising of America Panel Discussion

Date: January 13, 2016

The Raising of America series brings to life the classic economic studies of Perry Preschool and other initiatives conducted by Nobel laureate James Heckman, former Federal Reserve economist Arthur Rolnick, and others which illustrate how we can either invest early for success or pay more for failure later.

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Guru Retreat at The World Peace Center

Date: November 23, 2015

The meeting for authors of books on group culture was set up to talk about the role and context of culture in organizational settings. Each author has done diagnostic and culture implementation work, as well as writing about those issues in books and articles. Each author has insights into how cultures work and how they can be improved. The purpose of the retreat is to improve each author’s understanding of those key issues.

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Modern Health Care Awards Dinner

Date: October 29, 2015

Institute Chair George C. Halvorson gave a presentation to Health Care Leaders at the Modern Health Care Vision Summit about communication efforts relative to the Early Childhood Brain Development national public health campaign and about communications as a key tool for health care brand building.

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Ready Nation Annual Leadership Summit

Date: October 1, 2015

The Ready Nation coalition held their annual business leadership summit in New York City. Three Key Years was discussed and electronic copies were made available.

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Right Start Commission Decision Meeting

Date: September 25, 2015

Members of the California Right Start Commission met in San Francisco to discuss and approve their group recommendation about early childhood development and the California education and child support agendas to the people of California.

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