Community Development Institute Southeast – Agenda – 2025

                                 Monday  – June 9
Time Session
7:45am – 8:45am

Registration and Breakfast (Lobby of Birmingham/Central)

8:45am – 9:00am

Welcome and Announcements

9:00am – 10:00am

Artificial Intelligence:  Your Path to the Community of Tomorrow

                                             Dawn Horn, Lee Laska, Jason Miller – University of Alabama

Birmingham Room

10:00am – 10:30am

Break and Move to Classes

10:30 am – 12:00pm Year 1
Classroom IntroductionsRetail is Community Development for Your City

Lacey Bacchus

Birmingham Room

Year 2
Classroom Introductions

Retail is Community Development for Your City

Lacey Bacchus

Birmingham Room

Year 3
Classroom IntroductionsRetail is Community Development for Your City

Lacey Bacchus

Birmingham Room

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch on Your Own

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

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:
Networking at a Legends Bistro – Hotel Capstone

Tuesday – June 10
Time Session
8:00am – 9:00am

Breakfast  and Networking (Lobby of Birmingham/Central)

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

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

 

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

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

Wednesday – June 11
Time Session
8:00 am – 9:00am

Breakfast and Networking (Lobby of Mobile Room)

9:00am – 10:15 am

Year 1
Keynote: Leading and Thriving Through Change

Jim Page

Birmingham Room

Year 2
Keynote: Leading and Thriving Through Change

  Jim Page

Birmingham Room

Year 3
Keynote:  Leading and Thriving Through Change

Jim Page

Birmingham Room

10:15 am – 10:30 am

Break

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

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

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

Thursday – June 12
Time Session
8:00 am – 9:00 am

Breakfast and Networking (Lobby of Birmingham/Central Room)

9:00 am – 10:15 am

Year 1
Community Asset Mapping and Assessments

                Chance McDavid

Smith Room

 

Year 2
Problem Solving

                     Ben Baxter

Birmingham Room

 

Year 3

                Problem Solving

Ben Baxter

Birmingham Room

 

10:15 am – 1

Br0:30 am

Break

10:30 am – 12:00 pm  

Community and Economic Development Practice

David Thornell

Smith Room

 

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

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