Community Development Institute Southeast – Agenda – 2025
Time | Session | ||
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7:45am – 8:45am |
Registration and Breakfast (Lobby of Birmingham/Central) |
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8:45am – 9:00am |
Welcome and Announcements |
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9:00am – 10:00am |
Artificial Intelligence: Your Path to the Community of Tomorrow Dawn Horn, Lee Laska, Jason Miller – University of Alabama Birmingham Room |
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10:00am – 10:30am |
Break and Move to Classes |
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10:30 am – 12:00pm | Year 1 Classroom IntroductionsRetail is Community Development for Your City Lacey Bacchus Birmingham Room |
Year 2 Retail is Community Development for Your City Lacey Bacchus Birmingham Room
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Year 3 Classroom IntroductionsRetail is Community Development for Your City Lacey Bacchus Birmingham Room |
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm |
Lunch on Your Own |
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1:30 pm – 3:00 pm |
Tourism as Community Development Josh Rivers, Jasmine Rainey Birmingham Room |
Tourism as Community Development
Josh Rivers, Jasmine Rainey Birmingham Room |
Tourism as Community Development Josh Rivers, Jasmine Rainey Birmingham Room |
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm |
Break and Class Picture |
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3:15 pm – 4:30 pm |
Newtonia –A Real-World Simulation Jamie Dykes, Amanda Bergeron Nichols Room |
Marketing Your Community Jimmy Hart Birmingham Room |
Marketing Your Community Jimmy Hart Birmingham Room |
5:00 – 6:00 pm |
Social Meetup: |
Time | Session | ||
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8:00am – 9:00am |
Breakfast and Networking (Lobby of Birmingham/Central) |
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9:00am – 10:15am |
Year 1 Workforce Development Donny Jones Birmingham Room |
Year 2 Workforce Development Donny Jones Birmingham Room |
Year 3 Workforce Development Donny Jones Birmingham Room |
10:15 am – 10:30 am |
Break |
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10:30 am – 12:00 pm |
Understanding Community Economies Ahmad Ijaz Smith Room |
Strategies for Rural Community and Economic Development
Brenda Tuck, Carter Thomas Central Room |
Empowering Alabama: How Alabama Power’s “Make, Move, Serve” Strategy Fuels Economic and Community Development Karen Burklew Birmingham Room |
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch on Your Own | ||
1:30pm – 2:30pm |
Building Entrepreneurial Communities Brenda Tuck, Holle Smith Birmingham Room
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Building Entrepreneurial Communities
Brenda Tuck, Holle Smith Carter Thomas Birmingham Room |
Building Entrepreneurial Communities Brenda Tuck, Holle Smith Birmingham Room |
2:30pm – 2:45pm |
Break |
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2:45pm – 4:30pm |
Newtonia: A Real-World Simulation Jamie Dykes, Amanda Bergeron Nichols Room |
Wealth Gap Simulation
Dorothy George, Mary Patterson Birmingham Room |
Wealth Gap Simulation
Dorothy George, Mary Patterson Birmingham Room |
Time | Session | ||
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8:00 am – 9:00am |
Breakfast and Networking (Lobby of Mobile Room) |
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9:00am – 10:15 am |
Year 1 Jim Page Birmingham Room |
Year 2 Jim Page Birmingham Room |
Year 3 Jim Page Birmingham Room |
10:15 am – 10:30 am |
Break |
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10:30 am – 12:00pm |
Community Strategic Visioning and Planning Tim Climer Smith Room |
Business Attraction and Site Selection David Thornell Central Room |
Measuring Community Progress Mary Jackson Pollard Birmingham Room |
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm |
Lunch on Your Own |
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1:30 pm – 2:30 pm |
Identifying and Developing Stakeholders, Leaders and Volunteers Chance McDavid Smith Room |
Business Retention and Expansion David Thornell Central Room |
PCED Exam Review Mary Patterson Birmingham Room |
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm |
Break |
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2:45 pm – 4:30 pm |
Newtonia: A Real-World Simulation Jamie Dykes, Amanda Bergeron Nichols Room |
Teambuilding Nellie Christian Birmingham Room |
Teambuilding Nellie Christian Birmingham Room |
Time | Session | ||
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8:00 am – 9:00 am |
Breakfast and Networking (Lobby of Birmingham/Central Room) |
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9:00 am – 10:15 am |
Year 1 Chance McDavid Smith Room
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Year 2 Ben Baxter Birmingham Room
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Year 3 Problem Solving Ben Baxter Birmingham Room
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10:15 am – 1
Br0:30 am |
Break |
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10:30 am – 12:00 pm |
Community and Economic Development Practice David Thornell Smith Room
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Community and Economic Development Finance
Allison Brantley Central Room |
The Shameless Guide to Shameless Fundraising Mike Putman Birmingham Room |
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm |
Lunch on Your Own |
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1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Community Leadership Development
Martin Houston Birmingham Room |
Quality of Place
Allison Brantley Central Room |
Community Leadership Development
Martin Houston Birmingham Room |
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm | Break | ||
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm | Graduation
Birmingham Room |
Graduation
Birmingham Room |
Graduation
Birmingham Room |
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm | Debrief and Adjourn |
Phone Number: 205-348-7049
Email: professionaldevelopment@ua.edu