Agenda - Community Development Institute Southeast

Community Development Institute Southeast

**Monday – June 10**
Time	Session
7:45am – 8:45am	Registration and Breakfast (Lobby of Mobile Room)
8:45am – 9:00am	Welcome and Announcements
9:00am – 10:00am	Keynote: Navigating Change as an Economic Developer Greg Canfield
10:00am – 10:30am	Break and Move to Classes
10:30 am – 12:00pm	Year 1 Classroom Introductions Roadmap to Community Prosperity Robert Pittman, Ph.D. PCED Mason Room	Year 2 Classroom Introductions Business Attraction and Site Selection Justice Smyth, Executive Director, TCEDA Mobile Room	Year 3 Classroom Introductions Historic Preservation
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm	Lunch on Your Own
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm	Understanding Community Economies Ahmad Ijaz, Executive Director CBER Mason Room	Quality of Place–Creating a Development-Ready Community Robert Pittman, Ph.D. PCED Mobile Room	Building Bridges Between Communities
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm	Break and Class Picture
3:15 pm – 4:30 pm	Newtonia –A Real-World Simulation Jamie Dykes, Jessica Kimbrough Mason and Thames Rooms	Miller County Simulation Mary Patterson, CPA, PCED Mobile Room	Healthy Communities
5:00 – 6:00 pm	Social Meetup: Networking at a Legends Bistro – Hotel Capstone

**Tuesday – June 11**
Time	Session
8:00am – 9:00am	Breakfast and Networking (Lobby of Mobile Room)
9:00am – 10:15am	Year 1 Workforce Development Donny Jones, Executive VP Chamber of Commerce of West AL, Executive Director, West Alabama Works! Mobile Room	Year 2 Workforce Development Donny Jones, Executive VP Chamber of Commerce of West AL, Executive Director, West Alabama Works! Mobile Room	Year 3 Establishing and Managing CBOs
10:15 am – 10:30 am	Break
10:30 am – 12:00 pm	Strategies for Rural Community and Economic Development Ted Clem, Director, Business Development, Alabama Dept. of Commerce Mobile Room	Strategies for Rural Community and Economic Development Ted Clem, Director, Business Development, Alabama Dept. of Commerce Mobile Room	Grant Writing and Funding Sources
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm	Lunch on Your Own
1:30pm – 2:30pm	Community Strategic Visioning and Planning Tim Climer, PCED, Manager of Programs and Services, Community and Rural Development, MS Development Authority Mason Room	Community and Economic Development Finance David Thornell, CEcD Emeritus, EDFP, IOM,SEDC HLM Founder, Small Town Solutions Mobile Room	Workforce Development
2:30pm – 2:45pm	Break
2:45pm – 4:30pm	Newtonia: A Real-World Simulation Jamie Dykes, Jessica Kimbrough Thames Room	Miller County Simulation Mary Patterson, CPA, PCED Mobile Room	Retail Development

**Wednesday – June 12**
Time	Session
8:00 am – 9:00am	Breakfast and Networking (Lobby of Mobile Room)
9:00am – 10:15 am	Year 1 Community and Economic Development Practice David Thornell, CEcD Emeritus, EDFM, IOM, SEDC HLM Mason Room	Year 2 Business Retention and Expansion David Rodgers, CEcD, V.P., Economic Development, Mobile Chamber of Commerce Mobile Room	Year 3 Marketing Your Community
10:15 am – 10:30 am	Break
10:30 am – 12:00pm	Community Asset Mapping and Assessments Chance McDavid, IOM, PCED, Project Director, John C. Stennis Institute of Government and Community Development, Mississippi State University Mason Room	What Does a Successful Community Look Like? Wiley Blankenship, President/CEO Coastal Alabama Partnership Mobile Room	Measuring Impact
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm	Lunch on Your Own
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm	What Does a Successful Community Look Like? Wiley Blankenship, President/CEO, Coastal Alabama Partnership Mason Room	The Power of Building a Powerful Network David Thornell, CEcD Emeritus, EDFM, IOM, SEDC HLM Mobile Room	Community Leadership Development
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm	Break
2:45 pm – 4:30 pm	Newtonia: A Real-World Simulation Jamie Dykes, Jessica Kimbrough Thames Room	Miller County Simulation Mary Patterson, CPA, PCED Mobile Room	Productive Conflict for Communities

**Thursday – June 13**
Time	Session
8:00 am – 9:00 am	Breakfast and Networking (Lobby of Mobile Room)
9:00 am – 10:15 am	Year 1 Identifying and Developing Stakeholders, Leaders and Volunteers Chance McDavid, IOM, PCED, Project Director, John C. Stennis Institute of Government and Community Development, Mississippi State University Mason Room	Year 2 Building Entrepreneurial Communities Dr. Theresa Welbourne Executive Director, Alabama Entrepreneurship Institute, Will and Maggie Brooke Professor in Entrepreneurship Culverhouse College of Business University of Alabama Mobile Room	Year 3 Tour of The Edge
10:15 am – 10:30 am	Break
10:30 am – 12:00 pm	Community and Economic Development: Leading, Living and Learning Transformation (with an emphasis on Entrepreneurship) Mike Dow, M.B.A. Mobile Room	Community and Economic Development: Leading, Living and Learning Transformation (with an emphasis on Entrepreneurship) Mike Dow, M.B.A. Mobile Room	Tourism as Community Development
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm	Lunch on Your Own
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm	Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Alisa Burleson, FRA-RA, FCPP-CPTED, Community Redevelopment Agency, City of Fort Walton Beach, FL Mobile Room	Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Alisa Burleson, FRA-RA, FCPP-CPTED, Community Redevelopment Agency, City of Fort Walton Beach, FL Mobile Room	Neighborhood Development
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm	Break
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm	Newtonia: A Real-World Simulation Jamie Dykes, Jessica KimbroughMason Room	Miller County Simulation Mary Patterson, CPA, PCED Mobile Room	Review of PCED Exam
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm	Debrief and Adjourn

For questions about this agenda, please contact Mary Patterson, CPA, SHRM-CP, PCED
Phone Number: 205-348-7049
Email: professionaldevelopment@ua.edu