A GATHERING
representing all voices equally,
focused on creating a conversation on
DESIGNING OUR FUTURE TOGETHER.

YOUR EMCEES for C&P Tampa 2019

Brianna Brokow

Brianna Brokaw is a Tampa native and the Development Manager at Instruments 4 Life, where she helps provide music lessons for youth in the inner city of Tampa. Brainna is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer who served in the Philippines as an English teacher, Trainer and Grants Coordinator. She has over 7 years of experience teaching English as a foreign language in multiple countries and can speak English, Spanish, Tagalog, and Portuguese. Brianna is committed to her community, and spends many hours volunteering to help others live their best lives!

Vanessa Cahuas

Vanessa Cahuas is a USF graduate in Mass Communications. She worked with WUSF TV and ABC Ch 28, and produced and hosted several amazing TV shows, some of them award winners in categories like Community Events and Ethnic. Vanessa became an outreach for the Spanish community and through her media platforms, she connects and informs the community. Vanessa is the author of the book “License to Be Happy”, which she was inspired to write because of the number of teens and middle school children with depression. Vanessa currently serves as the CEO of Licencia Para Divertirse video production and marketing company and is a Federal Court interpreter and the founder of Interpreter Tampa.

Russell Johnson

Russell T. Johnson founded God’s Pedal Power Ministries, serving over 6000 residents with bicycles, bibles, and helmets. He currently serves Young Life working with inner city teens introducing them to Christ and walking alongside them. Russell’s passion and drive is developing urban leadership within the inner city, and breaking the cycle of generational poverty. Russell and his wife, Leslie, foster a 16 year African American male. Russell serves as a volunteer on the Hillsborough Education Foundation, New Springs Development Board, Hillsborough County Healthy Start Coalition and as a co-chair with the Oasis Board.

Sartura Shuman Smith

Sartura Shuman Smith is a native of Tampa, FL, and has spent her entire career working in the non- profit arena in early and elementary education, community outreach, fundraising and leadership. Sartura currently serves as the Director of an after school STEAM-based enrichment program for girls ages 5-14 at the Centre for Girls, a program of the Helen Gordon Davis Centre for Women. Sartura is also the owner of her own business, JAS Consulting – a firm that specializes in providing quality, high level workshops/trainings in professional development for teachers, childcare providers and caregivers. She currently serves on the Commission on the Status of Women and the Hillsborough Alliance of Black School Educators (HABSE).

EVENT DETAILS

SCHEDULE

Monday, November 4^th: 9:00am – 4:30pm

Tuesday, November 5^th: 9:00am – 4:30pm

Wednesday, November 6^th: 9:00am – 1:00pm

What Do I Need to Bring?

Just you. We will provide all of the materials you need. Be prepared to work – this will not be a lecture, but a working session that needs your voice.

What Do I Need to Wear?

Dress comfortably. Keep in mind the Convention Center will be cold.

Guide to Parking >

How to Stay Connected

ComNexus is the cloud-based application for Appreciative Inquiry summit collaboration.

As a Connect and Propel Summit attendee, we have created a ComNexus account for you. Summit attendees will be using the application Post-Summit. A computer, laptop or tablet is NOT required, nor necessary, for the summit. However, you can access ComNexus via your phone at any time.

Essential: PLEASE LOGIN AND CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD as soon as possible. Instructions on login in have been emailed to participants.

If you experience any problems, email support@pif.zendesk.com. Include the following in your email:
Name/Telephone#/Type of Phone/Browser Using to Access ComNexus/Detailed Description of Issue

ComNexus support can also be accessed on their website, by selecting the Support Question link.

SUMMIT AGENDA

DAY ONE
Discovering & Dreaming as a Connected Community

“There is no collective power greater than a community discovering what it cares about.”– Meg Wheatley

8:00 to 9:00 a.m.: Registration and Breakfast

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.: MORNING SESSION

Welcome to Connect & Propel Tampa

Voices from our Community – Pre-Summit Interview Video
Story of our Summit Journey | Our Values & Purpose

Overview of our Appreciative Inquiry Summit Methodology

Facilitators: Dr. David Cooperrider, Dr. Lindsey Godwin, and Pru Sullivan

Discovery Part One: Paired Interviews

Exploring the strengths and assets of Tampa, and our visions for connecting and propelling Tampa into the future, including our biggest hopes for this summit.

Discovery Part Two: Roundtable and Plenary Dialogues (max-mix groups)

Mapping the positive core of past, present, and future capacities of Tampa as a foundation for building into the future together.

Speaker: Propelling Connections through Tri-Sectoral Collaborations

Jens Molbak, CEO of Win Win

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.: LUNCHEON

1:00 p.m. to 4:30 pm: AFTERNOON SESSION

Dream Part One: Cross-Sector/Intergenerational Groups

Imagine Tampa 2030…a community of the future that you most want to work toward. In mixed stakeholder groups we will be envisioning and sharing our visions of what Tampa will look like in 2030.

Dream Part Two: Sharing our Dreams

Plenary sharing from working groups of our emerging visions of Tampa in 2030

Summary & Reflections on Our Work

Steering group leaders and others

DAY TWO
Moving from DREAM to DESIGN

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
– Peter Drucker

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 am: Breakfast & Gallery Walk

Refueling with food & reconnecting with other participants and the work done in DAY ONE through our graphic recordings (hung on walls)

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.: MORNING SESSION

Opening Welcome

Strategic Opportunities

Working on what you find most exciting from Day One’s Future Images and moving into the “Design Studios” of your choice.

Design Part One

“How might we…?” Forming new, self-organizing and self-selected working groups and beginning the designing process through brainstorming actionable ideas.

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.: LUNCHEON

1:00 p.m. to 4:30 pm: AFTERNOON SESSION

Design Part Two

Rapid Prototyping the initiatives for the future we want. Developing scenarios & early prototypes that later will be refined.

Sharing Prototypes

Group Sharing for feedforward on ideas – In clusters of 4-6 working groups, each group presents to the others an overview and logic of their main proposal along with any prototypes being developed. You will receive feedforward for next iterations.

Design Part Three

Rapid Prototyping continues, incorporating the feedforward from others into the ongoing evolution of the prototype idea.

Summary & Reflections on Our Work

Steering group leaders and others

DAY THREE
Moving from DESIGN TO DEPLOYMENT of our Vision

“We would literally astound ourselves if we did everything we are capable of doing.” – Thomas Edison

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m: Breakfast

9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.: MORNING SESSION

Opening Welcome

Prototype Presentations to Plenary

Selected prototypes (informed by everyone’s input on our online portal) will present to the plenary to begin showcasing the portfolio of projects emerging.

Deployment & Action Planning Part One

Initial action planning and aspiration statements for each working group will be created

Aspiration Statement Sharing

Each working group will share their call to action and purpose statement with the plenary

Deployment & Action Planning Part Two

Continued action planning, building a 90-day plan for next steps and beyond

Closing Reflections, Gratitude, and Pledges for Action

We invite you to join the conversation.

Have you ever looked at an issue like ensuring equity for all transit (WG2), promoting diverse business enterprises (WG6), creating a stronger community, promoting racial healing, or starting a memorial garden and thought…

“If I had more time, I’d get involved in something like that.” Or, “I don’t know enough to add anything to the solution, and I wouldn’t know where to start.”

Well…START HERE. TODAY.

Connect & Propel Tampa 2019 was a community gathering with hundreds of diverse voices throughout Tampa Bay that came together for 2.5 days and discussed what we wanted for the future of Tampa. Twenty-one Workgroups and eight subgroups were formed to talk about what a positive future looks like and where we wanted to start working to make that a reality. These workgroups are on all topics from a vision for the City, to creating a canned foods and clothing drive for a community.

And, you can jump in and join a workgroup at any time!

Find Your Tribe

The graphic shows the categories with the workgroups assigned to them:

ENVIRONMENTAL
CULTURE TOGETHER
EDUCATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PLANNING
WELLNESS
RESOURCES & TRISECTOR

Click for larger view.

How much time is required?

You determine how much time you have to work on the project.

How do workgroups meet?

They meet in person and virtually.
See Event Calendar below.

Who can I ask if I have a question?

You can email Sherri Sutton at connectandpropeltb@gmail.com.

Our community collaborates using ComNexus, a cloud-based Appreciative Inquiry Summit Collaboration Platform.

On ComNexus:

Workgroup Membership and Communication
Create, Upload and Store Documents
Organize with Tasks and Checklists
Calendar Events
Post and Share Success

Summit attendees were pre-registered before the summit and have received an email with login information.

For Summit attendees that were NOT pre-registered, simply go to ComNexus and select Create an Account.

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Connect & Propel Tampa 2019 Events

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Get motivated... excited... INVOLVED!

Join a Workgroup

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Find your tribe on ComNexus.

Go to ComNexus

Donate

Your donation can create a positive future for the City of Tampa.

Make a Donation

Be a Sponsor

Interested in becoming a sponsor? You and/or your organization can support a positive future for Tampa.

Invest Now

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A GATHERING representing all voices equally, focused on creating a conversation on DESIGNING OUR FUTURE TOGETHER.

What Do I Need to Bring?

What Do I Need to Wear?

Guide to Parking >

How to Stay Connected

SUMMIT AGENDA

Welcome to Connect & Propel Tampa

Overview of our Appreciative Inquiry Summit Methodology

Discovery Part One: Paired Interviews

Discovery Part Two: Roundtable and Plenary Dialogues (max-mix groups)

Speaker: Propelling Connections through Tri-Sectoral Collaborations

Dream Part One: Cross-Sector/Intergenerational Groups

Dream Part Two: Sharing our Dreams

Summary & Reflections on Our Work

Opening Welcome

Strategic Opportunities

Design Part One

Design Part Two

Sharing Prototypes

Design Part Three

Summary & Reflections on Our Work

Opening Welcome

Prototype Presentations to Plenary

Deployment & Action Planning Part One

Aspiration Statement Sharing

Deployment & Action Planning Part Two

Closing Reflections, Gratitude, and Pledges for Action

We want input from every person on what makes Tampa great and how we can improve upon it going forward.​

We believe building a strong, positive image based on the communities' opinions is the best possible preparation for ongoing success!

We invite you to join the conversation.

Have you ever looked at an issue like ensuring equity for all transit (WG2), promoting diverse business enterprises (WG6), creating a stronger community, promoting racial healing, or starting a memorial garden and thought…

Well…START HERE. TODAY.

Find Your Tribe

How much time is required?

How do workgroups meet?

Who can I ask if I have a question?

On ComNexus:

Connect & Propel Tampa 2019 Events

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Get motivated... excited... INVOLVED!

Join a Workgroup

Attend the Summit

Donate

Volunteer

Be Interviewed

Be a Sponsor

Connect & Propel Tampa 2019 Sponsors & Community Partners

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Interviews

Thank you for your interest in participating in an interview!

Online Interview

In-Person Interview

Meet Up at an Event

A GATHERING
representing all voices equally,
focused on creating a conversation on
DESIGNING OUR FUTURE TOGETHER.

We want input from every person on what makes Tampa great and how we can improve upon it going forward.