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"What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." Aristotle
Steve Langerud is a counselor, facilitator and executive coach. He currently is the assistant dean of the University of Iowa College of Law and serves as a consultant for the Larned A. Waterman Iowa Non-Profit Resource Center. Prior to joining the College of Law, he was the dean of experiential education at Grinnell College. He works with individuals and groups to improve their skills in communication, team-building, leadership and strategic thinking. He has worked with over 15,000 people to facilitate effective professional development, career and life decisions and improve organizational relationships.
Langerud has been cited by publications including The National Law Journal, LawJobs.Com, ABA Journal, The New York Times, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News and World Report, and The Des Moines Register for his work in education and integrated career and life transition programs. As an author, Steve has contributed work to such publications as Iowa Commerce, Journal of College Student Development, Grinnell Magazine, and Experiential Education. He is also the co-author of an award-winning guide to making career decisions.
The context for his work comes from his experience as an archaeologist, street performer, carpenter, and president of a bicycle company. An intrepid bicyclist, he and his partner, Karen Veerhusen, were featured in nationally syndicated articles about their year-long independent bicycle tour through the United States, Mexico, New Zealand and Australia.
Selected clients include:
Government: Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service, Iowa Rural Development Council, Department of Housing and Urban Development, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, Iowa Department of Economic Development, Iowa School-to-Work Office, Iowa Division of Tourism
Business and Industry: Pioneer Hibred, Inc., American Bar Association, ADVENTIS, Iowa Medical Group Management Association, Alliant Energy, CertainTeed Corporation, Pella Corporation, Surgical Associates, Iowa Association of Business and Industry, American Institute of Banking, American Institute of Architects
Non-Profit: Humanities Iowa, Grinnell Area Arts Council, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Cedar Rapids GLBT Resource Center, Women’s Food and Agriculture Network, Iowa Association of Electrical Cooperatives, Iowa Chamber of Commerce Executives, Mothers and More, Iowa Society of Association Executives, Leadership Iowa, Midwest Tandem Association, Imagine Grinnell, Wallace House Foundation
Education: Carleton College, Iowa Association of Independent College’s Annual Fund Directors, Big Green Summer, Grinnell Community School Foundation, Colorado College, DePauw University, Pacific Lutheran University, Des Moines University Medical School, Drake University, Hollins University, Associated Colleges of the Midwest, Iowa State University Extension Service, Drake University School of Law, Cornell College, Grinnell College
Recent Professional Activities:
In September 2008, he will facilitate a three day retreat for faculty and second-year students at Grinnell College on vocation and the liberal arts. The retreat is sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Faculty Fellows at Grinnell College and the Lilly Endowment.
Facilitate the opening session of the Floyd County Leadership Program in Charles City, Iowa in September 2008. Topic will be alternative leadership styles.
Presented the keynote address on best practices in connecting vocation and the liberal arts at a visioning retreat for the senior administration and board of alumni visitors at DePauw University.
Working with the Grinnell Area Arts Council on a visioning plan for the arts and arts administration in Grinnell, Iowa.
Facilitated a visioning retreat for the board of directors of Humanities Iowa. Humanities Iowa is the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Presented two invited addresses at the January 2008 at the Association of American Law Schools Conference in New York City. His topics were “Career Counseling with Alumni: Integrated Strategies for Recruitment, Retention and Fundraising” and “Squares, Hippies and Slackers become Philanthropists: Intergenerational Strategies for Fundraisers”
Facilitated a strategic planning session for the Cedar Rapids Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center.
Moderated panel on opportunities in international law at the Public Interest and Law Conference in Washington, D.C. in conjunction with the National Association of Law Placement.
Facilitated a visioning and strategic planning retreat for Imagine Grinnell, a quality of life nonprofit in Grinnell, Iowa.
Facilitated the opening retreat for the Iowa Association of Business and Industry's Leadership Iowa program. Leadership Iowa is an issue awareness program for emerging leaders in business, non-profits, government and education. His topic was alternative leadership styles.
Facilitated the opening retreat for the Poweshiek Leadership Program. His topic was teambuilding and communication.
Participated in a $26 million initiative to redefine career planning and the liberal arts at Carleton College.
Conducted strategic planning sessions for the development of a new Volunteer Centers Association through the Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service. The Centers are part of the Points of Light Foundation
Served as strategic planning consultant to the Grinnell Community Schools Foundation Board of Directors in February of 2007. The foundation was developed to provide private financial support to the Grinnell-Newburg Community Schools.
Facilitated a visioning session for the Iowa Rural Development Council. The council is a cooperative venture between the public, non-profit, and State and Federal agencies focused on quality of life issues in Iowa.
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