Transcript Title Master

Accessible Transportation
Coalitions Initiative
Team Name
Event Dates
WWW.PROJECTACTION.ORG
Welcome
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Congratulations!
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One of ten teams selected
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You are directing the action
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Be open and honest
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Listen with an open mind
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Housekeeping
• Start and end times
• Lunch
• Restrooms
• If it has an on switch, thanks for turning it off
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Accessible Transportation Coalitions
Initiative Framework
1. Establish a sense of urgency
2. Create a clear vision
3. Develop an accessible transportation plan
4. Grow your coalition
5. Structure your coalition
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Step 1: Establish a Sense of Urgency
• Introductions
• List the most urgent issues faced by your community
– Defines what this group will work to address
• Add to Step 1 Handout: Introduction & Urgent Issues
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Consensus Building
• Majority does not rule!
• Always find the common ground on which to move
forward!
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Pizza Order
• Divide into groups
• Complete the Pizza Order handout
• Listen to each other
• Decide where you must stand your ground
• Determine where you can give in to reach consensus
• Resist the urge to vote
• Order pizza pies as instructed
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Consensus Building
• What process did you use to reach consensus?
• Who had the knowledge to lead the group and why?
• Who had the skill to lead the group to consensus and
why?
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Step 2: Create a Clear Vision
• To direct the coalition’s efforts
• To establish a common ground from which to work
• To understand the dynamics of the group
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Vision Statement Process
• Clearly define the parameters of your coalition
• Determine the core principles of the coalition
• Use this information to craft a clear vision statement
to guide the coalition’s efforts
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Define Your Coalition
• As a group, answer the following questions:
– Who are you as a coalition (how does your
coalition fit in considering other groups in the
community working on accessible transportation)?
– What will be your scope of work?
– What geographic area will you cover?
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Break
Please be in your seats and
ready to begin in 15 minutes.
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Core Principles
• Principles:
– Form the foundation for our plan
– Capture our passion and fuel our motivation to
lead the change
– Are not short term
– Will have a tremendous influence on decisionmaking and the way we allocate resources in the
future
– Are best created when we free our imaginations
and dare to dream
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Determining Core Principles
• Divide into two groups
• Select a recorder
• Talk about the principles that should guide your
community
• Record words and phrases on the Step 2 Handout: Core
Principles
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Vision Statement Basics
• What a vision statement is
• Why you need a vision statement
• What a vision statement is not
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City of Madison, Wisconsin Vision Statement
• The vision for the City of Madison is to be a safe and
healthy place to live, work, learn and play. Madison
will be a place where:
– Diversity is valued;
– Freedom of expression is encouraged and
protected;
– Everyone has the opportunity to realize his/her full
potential;
– The beauty of the urban environment and natural
environment is preserved.
Source: http://www.cityofmadison.com/trafficEngineering/documents/PedTransPlanChap4.pdf
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City of Charleston, West Virginia Vision
Statement
• A healthy economy, a lively downtown, prosperous
business centers and strong neighborhoods where
citizens have a variety of lifestyle options and access
to the resources they need.
Source: http://www.cityofcharleston.org/government/city-departments/planning
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Ford Motor Company Vision Statement
• To become the world's leading consumer company
for automotive products and services.
Source: http://www.csrglobe.com/login/companies/ford_motor_company.html
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City of Charleston Core Principles
• What are the core principles for the City of
Charleston?
– A healthy economy, a lively downtown,
prosperous business centers and strong
neighborhoods where citizens have a variety of
lifestyle options and access to the resources they
need.
Source: http://www.cityofcharleston.org/government/city-departments/planning
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Create a Clear Vision
• Write 1-2 sentences using words from the Step 2
Handout: Core Principles
• Volunteer to read your statement
• View the sentence on the screen
– State your response: I accept that statement.
– State your response: I’d like to suggest an edit.
Here is my proposed change.
• View the edited sentence on the screen
– State your response: I accept that statement.
– State your response: I’d like to suggest an edit.
Here is my proposed change.
• Reach consensus
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Prioritizing Urgent Issues
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Read through the list of urgent issues
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Identify the three most important issues to you
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Write the numbers associated with your top three on
the card (ex. 1, 4, 6)
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Lunch
Please be in your seats and
ready to at 1:00 p.m.
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Step 3: Develop an Accessible Transportation Plan
• Review how to write measurable objectives
• Write objectives for the top urgent issues
• Use group consensus to finalize your accessible
transportation plan
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A Measureable Objective Includes:
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The condition under which the objective is to be met
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An action verb that identifies the specific action to be
taken and is an observable behavior
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The criteria for determining how well and when the
objective is accomplished
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…in Laymen’s Terms That Means:
• What’s your goal? (make sure it’s specific)
• How are you going to accomplish that goal?
• When will you know that you’re done?
• A measureable objective is a sentence that clearly
answers those questions
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Objectives vs. Steps
• Objective = What
• Steps = How
• Identifying what you’re going to do comes first
• Listing steps breaks down how you’re going to do it
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Example Objective
• When the temperature drops below 25 degrees
Fahrenheit and you plan to be at a bus stop, put a
coat and booties on Farlow.
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Example Objective (cont.)
 Condition: When the temperature drops below 25
degrees Fahrenheit and you
plan to be at a bus stop,
 Action verb: put
 Criteria: a coat and
booties on Farlow.
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What’s missing from this example?
• Extend service into Montgomery County
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How can it be improved?
• Through collaboration with Montgomery County
government and with a financial commitment, extend
fixed-route service to serve the General Hospital.
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Examples of Objectives
• Using a web-based form, capture data on unmet
transportation needs in the County.
• Working within the coalition’s members, we will
compile and update an inventory of existing
resources.
• Through a strategic plan, make five non-accessible
bus stops ADA-compliant.
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Objectives ~ Steps ~ Timelines ~ Coalition Members
• Find the Step 3 Handout: Accessible Transportation
Plan
• Select top urgent issue
• Write:
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Objective
Steps
Timeline
Coalition members and allies
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Objective Ideas
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Consider the urgent issues
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Agree on 4-5 ideas for objectives
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Focus on work for the next year
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Think about what will have the greatest impact
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Propose Objectives
• Condition, action verb and criteria
• Give feedback such as: "That's really good, and I’d
like to suggest that you add or change …”
• Do not offer your feedback as a question
• Don’t defend; ask for input
• Once finished, the coalition will select two objectives
to work on
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Providing Helpful Feedback
• Give feedback such as:
“That’s really good, and I’d like to suggest that you
add or change …”
• Do not offer your feedback as a question
• Don’t defend; ask for input
• Avoid getting bogged down in the details
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Facilitator Roles and Urgent Issues Groups
Facilitators will not:
• Offer advice or technical assistance
• Solve the challenge for you
• Write your objective and steps
Facilitators will:
• Create a list of resources that we believe can assist
you
• Provide this information following your discussions
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Summary of Day 1
• What we have accomplished:
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Learned about the ATCI framework
Practiced consensus-building skills
Established our urgent issues
Created a vision for the coalition
Started an action plan
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Debrief
• What went well?
• What are your wishes for Day 2?
• Please share your thoughts with us.
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Homework
• Write down names of individuals who should be in
the coalition
• Think about questions you have regarding potential
solutions
• Reflect on things we may have missed today
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Preview of Day 2
• Step 4: Grow your coalition
• Technical assistance from ESPA
• Continue working on your accessible transportation
plan
• Step 5: Structure your coalition
• Wrap-up and next steps
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Welcome to Day 2
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Welcome back!
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Please sign-in
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Find your name tent
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Sit in a different spot than yesterday
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Review of Day 1
• Established a list of urgent issues
• Learned the importance of consensus building
• Listed urgent issues
• Agreed on your core principles
• Wrote a vision statement
• Started your accessible transportation plan
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Your Vision Statement
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Homework Review
• Did we miss any important things yesterday?
• Who can enhance the coalition’s work?
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Step 4: Grow Your Coalition
• Will need others to further your efforts
• Make a list of potential agencies/organizations
• List specific individuals to contact
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Technical Assistance
• Resources compiled for your coalition
• What else can we provide?
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Review Urgent Issues
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Divide into Two Groups
• Based on objectives
• Keep a fair mix of advocates and providers
• Select a recorder - Use Handout 3: Accessible
Transportation Plan
• Wordsmith the objectives ensuring that each has a
condition, action verb and criteria
• Develop objectives with steps, timelines and
responsible members
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Group Challenges
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Challenge 1: A discussion filled with statements,
opinions and stories
– Sharing stories is important
– Offering suggestions is critical
Challenge 2: A group without a leader
– Hoping that someone else will take the lead is
common
– Taking the lead and moving the discussion along
is critical
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Facilitator Roles and Urgent Issues Groups
Facilitators will not:
• Offer advice or technical assistance
• Solve the challenge for you
• Write your objective and steps
Facilitators will:
• Create a list of resources that we believe can assist
you
• Provide this information following your discussions
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Work on Your Plan
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Continue to work in small groups on your plan
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Facilitators may roam the room to observe and/or
they may be directly involved in facilitating your
small groups.
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Find a facilitator if you have questions regarding the
process of developing the plan and/or if you would
like them to research a question for you (with
answers to be provided at a later date)
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Plan Presentations and Feedback
• Present the objective and steps from your small
group effort
• Give feedback such as:
“That’s really good, and I’d like to suggest that you
add or change …”
• Do not offer your feedback as a question
• Don’t defend; ask for input
• Avoid getting bogged down in the details
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Improvements to Objectives
Based on group feedback:
• Modify the plan
• Complete steps and timeline, and choose responsible
members
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Lunch
Please be in your seats and
ready to begin at 1:00 p.m.
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Step 5: Structure Your Coalition
• Key to coalition success
• Communicating the coalition’s vision and purpose
• Decide how you will operate
• Defining leadership and communication
• Sustaining the viability of the coalition
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Break
Please be in your seats and
ready to begin in 15 minutes.
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ESPA’s Commitment is to:
• Serve as a sounding board
• Check on your progress
• Hold and pay for conference calls to facilitate
discussions
• Connect you with others
• Promote your success via our newsletters or website
• Guide you to other resources that could benefit your
community
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Your Commitment to ESPA
• Thanks in advance for staying in touch
• Respond when we reach out to you
• Tell us about your success
• Complete our surveys
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Next Steps
ESPA staff support is:
Rik Opstelten
[email protected]
(800) 659-6428
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Next Steps (cont.)
Within the next few days:
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Complete the session evaluation for this event
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Sign up for the ATCI forum
– http://espa-ncst.communityzero.com/atci
One month out:
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Rik will touch base with the team to discuss
progress made on the action plan
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Next Steps (cont.)
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Meetings will be scheduled by Rik every three
months (at three, six, nine, and twelve months post
event)
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Rik will also meet with the coalition at any other time
upon request
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Proclamation Ceremony & Group Photo
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Now it’s time to proclaim your commitment to the
vision and the accessible transportation plan you
collectively designed during this event.
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Let’s celebrate this by enacting this proclamation
and taking a coalition group photo.
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Krystian Boreyko, Rik Opstelten,
Kristi McLaughlin, & Donna Smith
Easter Seals Project ACTION
1425 K Street, NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
(800) 659-6428
TDD (202) 347-7385
[email protected]
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