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HAPPY TUESDAY MORNING!
Please grab some coffee and breakfast.
GSI Partners is an initiative of the
Agenda
Time
Purpose
Presenter
Anna Shipp of
SBN’s
GSI Partners
Vicki Lenoci of
PWD’s
Plan Review Dept.
Outcome
8:30 am –
8:45 am
Welcome and
Introductions
8:45 am –
9:15 am
Plan Review and
Act 167
9:15 am 9:45 am
Q+A
Moderated
Discussion
9:45 am –
10:00 am
Break/Networking
n/a
Break/Networking
10:00 am –
10:25 am
GSI Partners
Update
Anna Shipp of
SBN’s
GSI Partners
Update on the activities of the GSI Partners
since the July meeting; info on upcoming
activities, and other ways to get involved.
Closing
Anna Shipp of
SBN’s
GSI Partners
Thank you and next meeting announcement.
10:25 am –
10:30 am
Introduce hosts, presenters, and attendees
Overview of the regulatory changes
anticipated with Act 167 implementation
PWD’s Plan Review Process
Moderated Discussion: Q + A
“How does this information relate to my
business?”
Update
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Rebranding: Complete!
Strategic Planning
Local Community of Practice
Training Funds
Business Participation
Upcoming Events and Activities
Closing
Rebranding: Complete
Thank you!
Level 4 SBN Member
HUMID Creative Agency
humidcreative.com
Phase I: Developing Leadership
Perspectives
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Stakeholder interviews (25) and executive
focus group (1)
A few of the questions
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Strategic Planning
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Who:
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Level 4 SBN Member
Strategy Arts
What are the key elements of a robust local
GSI industry?
What needs to happen for the region to
become *the* hub of GSI innovation?
What needs to happen to better facilitate GSI
being the driver for large scale job creation
and business growth in the region?
Phase II: Creating a Shared Vision
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Output:
Business-Informed
Strategic Initiatives that the
GSI Partners will implement
over the next several years
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A facilitated convening of 25 stakeholders to
agree on a shared vision for the above
questions
A survey to determine full range of
stakeholders’ desired role for the GSI
Partners
Phase III: Developing Action Plans and
Accountability
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SBN and GSI Partners staff develop
actionable goals and metrics
Context:
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Local Community of
Practice:
An Immersive
Focus Group
Goals:
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WHO:
8 small business leaders
committed to GSI and
growing their leadership
capacities
GSI Partners = SBN Initiative
Local Community of Practice = GSI Partners Initiative
Convened May 2013
Grow leadership capacities for participants –
individually, as a group, and for their businesses
Identify barriers for small businesses re: public and
private GSI contracts
Develop recommendations to present to PWD re:
improvements to process, policy, innovation and
more
So far:
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Two 2-day/1-night retreats
Three 2-hour breakfast meetings
Next Steps:
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Report to PWD
Develop structure for ongoing dialogue with PWD
“Next Step Planning Meeting” for LCoP participants
Examples of Courses that have
been funded:
Training Funds
WHY:
Provide continuing education
ops for biz and employees
WHAT:
$50k annually
- Up to $5k/biz/year Currently available for
fall2013/spring2014= $25k
Currently accepting requests
and updating course list
• Biofilters: A Natural Approach to Storm
Water Pollutant Removal
• Building Geodatabases
• AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Essentials for
Land Surveying
• Plant Disease Identification
• Project Management for Engineers
• Creating Design Storms for RainfallRunoff Models
• Customized Sales Training
• OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety
- for info –
[email protected]
Current Partnership Status
Business
Participation
WHY:
To have a big impact,
we need a big voice.
More voices together
= one big voice
So, more voices
= more better
June’s
numbers:
October’s
numbers:
In “Good
Standing”
32
49
Businesses
22
32
Design
8
17
Build
8
10
Maintenance
Material
Supply
2
2
2
3
Other
4
7
Keep up the great work referring businesses to
the GSI Partners.
Let’s keep increasing the number of participating
businesses AND strategizing balance of sectors
Upcoming Events
and Activities
Visioning meeting
½-Day visioning meeting that will be
facilitated by Strategy Arts to discuss
the themes from the 25 stakeholder
interviews, and envision how the GSI
Partners will move forward.
Wednesday December 4th
8:30 am – noon
SBN HQ
1617 JFK Blvd., Suite 1855,
Philadelphia
SBN’s Business Directory is being
updated with a section just for GSI
Partners!
The 2014 SBN/Grid Sustainable
Business Directory will include GSI
Partners!
Promote your business or non-profit to
30,000+ consumers interested in
supporting businesses who care about
profit, the planet, and its people. The
deadline to get included is October 30,
2014 so get listed today.
[email protected] to join us / get listed
Upcoming Events
and Activities,
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Coming in 2014:
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New: Committees
New: Roundtable discussions
New: Workshop series
Ongoing: dialogue with PWD and other policy-makers
Ongoing: quarterly meetings
Ongoing: monthly newsletter
Ongoing: continuing education funds
[email protected] for info / to participate
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Meeting Evaluation form
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Thank you to Julie @ TTF Watershed Partnership and Globe Dye Works
for graciously hosting us!
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Next meeting Save-The-Date:
GSI Partners Quarterly Meeting
Tuesday January 28th, 2014
8:30 am – 10 am
Location TBD
Who wants to host?
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Comments/questions/feedback on anything we talked about today?
Anna Shipp @ 215.922.7400 ext. 107 or [email protected]