Past News Updates...

2006 May 01 - Burgess articles published in Australia
 Top Australian journals have published recent articles by Phil Burgess on management issues in the down-under. "On selling tickets to a chook raffle...and other lessons from the AGM" appears in Keeping Good Companies, (May 2006), pp 200-207, published by the Chartered Secretaries of Australia Ltd. Phil's "Regulating to greatness...and other fables and quaint ideas for economic development" appears in Australian Chief Executive (May 2006), pp. 8-11, published by Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA).

2005 Jun 01 - Phil Burgess keynotes the Tennessee Summit on Digital Government
 "Sniffers and Triggers: The Use of Sensornetics in the Management of the Engineered World" is the title of the keynote delivered by Phil Burgess to the opening plenary on "Trends and Issues in the Digital Culture" at the Tennessee Summit on Digital Government. The Summit was convened by the Government Technology Executive Leadership Forum in Nashville on June 1-2, 2005.

2005 Feb 21 - Burgess co-authors Clapham Bulletin focusing on suffering and the Asian tsunami
 "A Mid-Winter's Night Tragedy: The Asian Tsunami and God's Hand in Suffering," The Clapham Bulletin, Annapolis: The Clapham Institute, January 2005 (with Mike Metzger).
2005 Feb 21 - Burgess co-authors Clapham Bulletin on the origin of Halloween
 "Trick or Treat...or Treacherous: Celebrating...or Scorning Halloween, Fairies, and Ghouls," The Clapham Bulletin, Annapolis: The Clapham Institute, January 2005 (with Mike Metzger).
2004 Nov 19 - Burgess provides management advisory services to Baltimore inner-city organization devoted to helping kids achieve their full potential
 Phil Burgess and Ray Sydnor, former NFL star with the Philadelphia Eagles and founder and president of Mentoring Academic-Athletic Partnerships (MAAP), based in Baltimore, worked together with The Clapham Institute to prepare a program plan that outlines MAAP's approach to foster personal responsibility, nurture leadership and build communities in inner-city neighborhoods.

2004 Sep 02 - Burgess works with Georgetown-based Evermay Society to develop a non-profit center to serve emerging leadership
 Phil Burgess has been retained by Georgetown-based Evermay Society to help design a center to support emerging leadership in the Washington area and to provide a venue for established leadership, both public and private, to meet to address issues of common concern. The final report was delivered to Evermay Society president Harry Belin on August 24, 2004.

2004 Jul 25 - Burgess delivers paper on teaching from a worldview perspective to the annual meeting of Christian Schools International (CSI) in Washington, D.C.
 Phil Burgess and Annapolis Area Christian School superintendent Larry Kooi delivered "Worldview Thinking/Worldview Teaching: An Evaluation of a Pilot Summer Institute for Teachers in Christian Education," at the annual meeting of Christian Schools International (CSI) in Washington, D.C., July 23-24, 2004 (with Mike Metzger, Larry Kooi and Dave Castle).

2004 Jul 25 - Burgess co-authors curriculum for Summer Institute on Worldview Thinking/Worldview Teaching
 Working with colleagues from The Clapham Institute (TCI) and the Annapolis Area Christian School (AACS), Phil Burgess produced Worldview Thinking/Worldview Teaching, A curriculum for the Summer Institute for Teachers at the Osprey Point Leadership Center, June 2004 (with Mike Metzger, Larry Kooi and Dave Castle). The Summer Institute was held on June 21-25, 2004.

2004 Jun 13 - Burgess delivers 2004 commencement address to the Annapolis Area Christian School
 Institute president Phil Burgess delivered Engaging the World, Expanding Frontiers: Leading a Purposeful Life as the Commencement Address for the Annapolis Area Christian School on June 12, 2004.

2004 Jun 13 - Burgess delivers annual senior fellow lecture at UCLA on the role of non-profits in policy innovation
 Institute president Phil Burgess presented Embers, Firecrackers and Bunker Busters: Non-Profits and Policy Innovation in America to faculty, staff and students at the School of Public Policy & Social Research at UCLA, where he also serves as a Senior Fellow and Visiting Professor, teaching in the graduate program on communication and culture.

2002 Jan 15 - Burgess to keynote Government Technology magazine's Executive Leadership Forum in Lexington, Kentucky
 Institute president Phil Burgess will keynote at Government Technology Magazine's Executive Leadership Forum: Government Service in a Changed World, to be held in Lexington Kentucky on April 23 - 24, 2002. Dr. Burgess will speak on trends and issues in the digital culture.

2002 Nov 15 - Phil Burgess Named President Of National Academy of Public Administration
 Annapolis Institute President Philip M. Burgess has been named president of the National Academy of Public Administration.

A news release from the Academy describes Burgess as "a 'bridge-builder,' former academic, business executive and western regional leader [who] will head the Academy in an era of rapid growth and new demands for assistance."

A letter from Mort Downey, chairman of the Academy's Board of Directors, notes that Burgess will assume his new duties as Academy chief executive on December 1, 2002. Prior to that time, he will work actively with the Board, Fellows, and staff as part of the transition process. Burgess is a long-time Fellow of the Academy, having been elected in 1978.

The Academy, founded in 1967, was chartered by Congress to provide trusted advice on issues of governance and public management to leaders of governing institutions in the United States and internationally.

2002 Sep 20 - Phil Burgess is the featured speaker for the annual Holland & Hart Partnership Retreat at the Lodge at Vail on Friday, September 27th
 Institute president Phil Burgess< will speak to 130 partners of Holland & Hart, one of the West's leading law firms, headquartered in Denver with offices in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Burgess will lead a three-hour session, including a briefing on the "New West" and how it is changing economically, demographically, socially and politically -- and its importance as a business center for the nation, the Western hemisphere and the world. The group will meet in Colorado at the Lodge at Vail on Friday, September 27th.

2002 Jul 15 - Burgess commentary on homeland security appears in Rocky Mountain News
 Institute president Phil Burgess' latest commentary appeared in the Rocky Mountain News' Opinion Section on Saturday, July 13, 2002.

2002 Jun 20 - Burgess to speak at Council of State Governments - WEST Annual Meeting in Lake Tahoe, Nevada
 Institute president Phil Burgesswill speak and participate in a forum at 2002 Annual Meeting to be held in Lake Tahoe, Nevada convening July 16 - 19. His presentation, "Widening the Gap between the Rural and Urban West," will set the theme for forums convening on Thursday, July 18.

2002 Mar 25 - Burgess to speak at Progress & Freedom Foundation's E-Government conference in Chicago, Illinois
 Institute president Phil Burgess will speak and moderate a panel discussion at Progess & Freedom Foundation'sconference, "Breaking Barriers to E-Government: Developing Practical Approaches to Transformational Change", to be held in Chicago, Illinois on April 22, 2002. The panel is on "Homeland Security: When 'Tomorrow' Isn't Fast Enough."

2002 Jan 15 - Burgess to keynote Government Technology magazine's Executive Leadership Forum in Lexington, Kentucky
 Institute president Phil Burgess will keynote at Government Technology Magazine's Executive Leadership Forum: Government Service in a Changed World, to be held in Lexington Kentucky on April 23 - 24, 2002. Mr. Burgess will speak on trends and issues in the digital culture.

2002 Jan 25 - Burgess to participate on panel on issues related to security and commerce on the U.S.-Mexico border
 Institute president Phil Burgess will address the role of technology and management innovation to increase security while minimizing the burdens of congestion, intrusion and bureaucracy on trade, commerce and economic development. Burgess will focus on North-South transportation patterns and border gateway functions among the 10 states that straddle the U.S.-Mexico border. The panel, sponsored by the Council of State Governments-West and its Committee on the Southern Border, meets in San Diego on March 18-19, 2002.

2002 Jan 24 - New book on Utah and America's New Economy
 Utah and America's New Economy: Expanding the Winners' Circle is the fourth in a series of studies on the West led by Institute presidentPhil Burgess for the Denver-based Center for the New West. This latest study, co-authored by Burgess and Glenn Pascall, former business editor of the Seattle Times, shows how the New Economy is bringing benefits to almost everyone, almost everywhere, and certainly to Utah.

The book will be released in late January in time to provide a new perspective on Utah for visitors -- including the worldwide press corps -- to the Winter Olympic Games, beginning the second week in February, 2002. [January 23, 2002]

Review comment. Although the "winners circle" theme has an obvious Olympic allusion, the authors use it to make the point that the New Economy is not, as some have suggested, a "winner-take-all" world. Rather, this excellent study illustrates how the New Economy is spreading - geographically (i.e., beyond California, Massachusetts, Virginia and other high-tech hotspots to the rest of the nation) and from new industries (like computers and software) to traditional industries (like mining and agriculture). Utah is a prime example of this transformation, owing to its proximity to new markets, links to Silicon Valley, a strong system of higher education and a high quality of life - including natural amenities, a culture of community and personal responsibility, and aggressive civic and governmental leadership. This is also a story about Utah's land and people, its founding, its business and commerce, and other contemporary issues - all in a global perspective. It's a good read. [Excerpt from editorial review, October 14, 2001]

2002 Jan 02 - Burgess teaching at UCLA
 Institute president Phil Burgess has been appointed Visiting Professor of Policy Studies at UCLA's School of Public Policy and Social Research where he will teach in a new graduate program on Communications and Culture during the winter term this year -- from January 7 - March 25, 2002.

According to Dr. Barbara Nelson, Dean of the UCLA public policy school, "Phil Burgess combines 'outstanding teacher' citations with a solid record of research and publication from his years as a university professor and think tank executive, direct experience as a senior executive of a Fortune 100 telecommunications company, and deep knowledge and experience about the telecommunications revolution and its impact on our politics, economy and culture. He was our first choice to lead off our new graduate program in communications and culture. We are looking forward to his working in our community."