Schedule for this evening 5:45 – 6:40 Dinner and Hospitality 6:40 – 6:45 Welcome 6:45 – 6:50 Why are We Here? 6:50 – 7:50 Who’s in the Room? 7:50 – 8:00 Learn & Do 8:00 – 8:20 Mapping your MCLA Journey 8:20 – 8:35 Citizen Engagement…Montgomery Style! 8:35 – 8:45 Learn and Do Put to Action 8:45 – 8:55 What Struck You about What You Heard? 8:55 – 9:00 What’s Ahead? Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Presenters for this evening Chris Dobrozsi, Mayor Montgomery Senior Staff Matthew Vanderhorst, Community and Information Services Director Ray Kingsbury, Director of Citizen Engagement Faith Lynch, Communications and Engagement Coordinator Kristy Felss, MCLA Class of 2016 Benny Miles, MCLA Class of 2015 Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Montgomery Citizens’ Leadership Academy The Best Community Experience You’ll Ever Have! Civic Engagement Initiative Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Montgomery Strategic Plan • “Foster 2-way communication between the City and the Community” Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Building Community Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
What is Community Building? • Inform and educate about possibilities • Harvest the experience dividend • Empower citizens and organizations • Create opportunities Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Community Building Objectives • Build relationships and connections • Evolve from entitlement to ownership • Reach beyond the “usual suspects” • Foster on-going dialogue Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
“Harvest the Experience Dividend” Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
What is Social Capital? Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
What is “Social Capital?” • Collective value of all social networks, associations or organizations in a community • Inclinations for those networks to help each other Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Why is Social Capital Important?
Soul of the Community Knight Foundation Research conducted in 26 communities across the United States with populations ranging from very large to medium/small Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Attitudinal Loyalty The overall contentment of residents with their community, their likelihood to stay and to recommend the community to others Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Passion The pride and enthusiasm residents have towards their community, its outlook for the future, and their place in it. Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Pushing the Right Citizen Engagement “Buttons” Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Montgomery Citizen Engagement How Should We Accomplish That in Montgomery? Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Community Conversations Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Role of Government • Government should not be at the center, but rather help facilitate, the building of community • Community building efforts ultimately need to be self-sustaining Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Montgomery Citizens’ Leadership Academy Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Connected Montgomery Montgomery Neighborhood Associations Montgomery Montgomery Ministerial Woman’s Association Club Montgomery School City PTO/PTA’s Government Blue Ash/ Rotary Club of Montgomery North East Symphony Cincinnati Orchestra Communication Montgomery Montgomery Citizens’ Boards & Leadership Commissions Academy Alumni Who Else Montgomery Should be Chamber of at Commerce The Table? Montgomery Montgomery Historic Moms Preservation Association Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Montgomery Citizens’ Leadership Academy The Best Community Experience You’ll Ever Have! Learn and Do! Put to Action
Connect Montgomery Objectives of Connect Montgomery – The attraction of new/younger members – Increased volunteerism – Enhanced fundraising – Effective communications across the community Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Montgomery Food Share 17 neighborhoods Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Montgomery Food Share Currently working with 19 neighborhoods
New Resident Welcome Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
New Resident Engagement New Resident Engagement 16 15 14 13 12 10 9 9 9 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 MCLA participants Volunteers Number of new residents/households per year: 2008 - 129, 2009 -142, 2010 - 143, 2011 - 123, 2012 - 182, 2013 – 191, 2014 -182, 2015 -193, 2016 - 201 Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Business Community Collaboration Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Neighborhood Leaders Forum & Community Leadership Forum Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Outcomes of Neighborhood Leaders Forum • Reached 90% of neighborhoods through representation present at forums • Had 15% follow-up actions on specific topics – Home safety inspections – Property maintenance – Block parties – Property maintenance – Questions/requests for more information Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Social Media #MCLAOhio #MCLAOhioClassof2017 Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
MCLA Alumni Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
MCLA Alumni Engagement % of MCLA Alumni Engaged in At Least One Volunteer Opportunitty Not engaged, 7% Engaged, 93% Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Wrap up & Questions and Answers Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
Thank You! A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm." -- Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright Providing superior services and engaging with you to enhance our community!
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