Applying Market Principles in the Social Economy: An Alternative Giving Strategy, Conference on Philanthropy, April 24, 2010

Addressing Societal Problems--Who Are the Real Experts? Rotary Club of Milwaukee, October 2, 2007

Reducing Youth Violence—The Community-Based Violence-Free Zone Initiative, White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Compassion in Action Roundtable, Washington, DC, January 16, 2007

Welfare Reform: A Decade of Experience, Heritage Foundation, August 17, 2006

The Underground Railroad of Self-Determination: Beyond Victimization, James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University, February 9, 2006.

Doers of the Word, Bradley Foundation Seminar on the State of Conservatism, February, 2006

The Faith-Based Initiative: Impacts and Recommendations, Testimony before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, June 21, 2005

Reducing Poverty: The Joseph Principle, Center for Vision and Values, Grove City College, April 4, 2005