Prosperity prize scenario community

Workforce Leadership Project Prosperity Prize Scenario – Community Simulation 1

1

Welcome [As participants enter the room…]

FACILITATOR 1 & 2 hand to each participant an envelope containing the briefing letter and a nametag with role assignment.

FACILITATOR 3 passes out and collects sign-‐in sheet.

FACILITATOR 1: Thank you for coming to our community planning session. As you know, we need help from all quarters, and you [assign role] are a critical partner.

Here is your briefing material, please find a seat and sign-in.

We will get started in a minute.

FACILITATOR 2: I’m [facilitator 2] with the Prosperity Foundation. I’ve got a letter here that provides background on the prize and the expectation of the Foundation and the Mayor’s Office. Delighted to meet you and look forward to some good work ahead.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Briefing Begins [Facilitator 1 & 2 are at the front of the room.]

FACILITATOR 1: Thank you for coming to this important briefing.

I am [facilitator 1], Prosperity Foundation Program Manager and lead staff on Springfield’s P-Prize Project. My colleague is [facilitator 2 name], Mayor Simpson’s Make-It-Happen specialist and lead staff on the P Prize Project. [Facilitator 2] has been working with us at the Foundation to make sure citizens and community leaders have the opportunity to contribute to Prosperity Prize planning and implementation.

First let me say what an honor it is for the Prosperity Foundation to help you reimagine and rebuild prosperity in the City of Springfield. As a native of the city, I have watched as we grasped at one straw after another, never managing to channel sufficient resources into what were otherwise sound strategies for a better future. It is my hope and life’s ambition to make sure the P Prize fills that gap.

In this, the first of our community engagement sessions, we are going to solicit your input into our initial planning for transformation.


2

Most of you are from the City of Springfield, Lincoln County (in which the City is located), or Whalen County, our neighbor. We called you here for one of three reasons:

1. You were nominated by your neighbors, colleagues, and peers as “people in the know” about workforce development, a cornerstone of the P Prize approach.

2. You have demonstrated your capacity to organize communities around important work in your businesses, agencies, or organizations.

3. You are a metrics person – you know how to measure progress.

Today, we need your help. You will be divided into teams and asked to begin working on a five-minute briefing for City Leaders on next steps for the Prosperity Project.

But first, for those of you who missed either yesterday’s press conference or this morning’s newscast on your commute here, we have KWRK’s Alison Gash live in downtown Springfield.

[Facilitator 2], Do we have Alison?

FACILITATOR 2 responds and plays video.

FACILITATOR 1: In 20 minutes we will be linked to City Hall, where the Mayor, City Officials and Prosperity Foundation Trustees will want to hear from you. We will need each of your teams to provide a 5-minute briefing that addresses the following questions:

1. What are the most important goals we should aspire to in order to move us toward prosperity by 2016? Evidence?

2. What are the most essential workforce development/jobs/talent strategies we need to move us toward prosperity and why?

3. What are the most critical community engagement strategies we need to employ to insure our success and why?

Remember, you were asked here to share your experience and expertise. We invite you to be bold, courageous, and take a long view. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and City leaders and Prosperity Foundation Trustees are looking to you to help realize it.

Questions

FACILITATOR 1: Oh, I see a question from the audience?


3

FACILITATOR 3 (he/she is a plant) asks the following questions and FACILITATOR 1 responds. Q: Is there anyone else we can contact right now for help?

A: No, city leaders seek your input (and cell phones don’t work in this room).

Q: Can we leave the room?

A: No, we need your full attention on this task.

Q: Can we break into smaller groups to work?

A: You will notice that you have numbers on your nametags. In the event that we had a significant turnout, and we do, we assigned each of you a number, and each number a place in the room to work. Please break up into your assigned groups to get started. After that, you may organize yourselves in any way you see fit.

Okay, we need to begin. You have 20 minutes. [Facilitator 2] and I will be making sure you have what you need and are available to help if you get stuck. [Facilitator 3], as volunteer from the audience, has offered to help us document this session, so she will also be available to assist.

Again, in 20 minutes, we will be linked to the City Council session where City leaders and prosperity foundation officials await your input. Each group will have five minutes to present.

[Let participants work for 20 minutes.]

FACILITATOR 2: I have the Prosperity Team by satellite, are we ready to report back?

FACILITATOR 1: Yes we are.

FACILITATOR 2: Looks like we are now ready for the briefing. Unfortunately we only have a one-way satellite link. We won’t be getting a live feed from them but they will receive live feed from us.

I’d like to ask the first group to present their plan (5 minutes).

[Have each group present.]


4

After the Report-‐outs

FACILITATOR 1: Round of applause. Thanks for this. It is clear that the Springfielders are in good hands – or are they?

Let’s step out of our roles for a moment and consider what just happened.

We would like to hear from you about the experience you just went through, unpack it a bit.

[Asks the following questions allowing the audience to respond before moving to the next question.]

-‐ Who emerged as leaders in your groups? -‐ How did they emerge? -‐ In what ways did they demonstrate leadership? -‐ What would you have done differently if you had to do this over again (in the

same amount of time)? -‐ How was this exercise similar or different from your work in your home

communities (other than the $100M premise of course)?

End of Activity


5

Defined Roles (indicated on name tags passed out to participants at the beginning of the activity)

[THESE ARE SAMPLE ROLES – PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADJUST BASED ON AUDIENCE/CONTEXT]

Group A

Youth Member (1) Lincoln County Youth Council

Director (2) Lincoln County Workforce Investment Board

Senior Policy Analyst (3) Lincoln County Workforce Investment Board

Member (MFG) (4) Lincoln County Workforce Investment Board

Member (Healthcare) (5) Lincoln County Workforce Investment Board

Progressive Community Activist (6) Lincoln County Workforce Investment Board

Group B

Conservative Community Activist (1) Whalen County Workforce Investment Board

Director of Entrepreneurship (2) Whalen County Workforce Investment Board

President (3) Whalen County Workforce Investment Board

Program Director (4) Whalen County College

TANF Director (5) Whalen County

Director of Youth Services (6) Whalen County


6

Group C

Program Director (1) Lincoln County One-‐Stop

Program Manager (2) Lincoln County One-‐Stop

President (3) Springfield Community College

Program Director (4) Springfield Community College

Executive Director (5) Central Labor Council

Program Manager (6) Youth & Family Services

Group D

Entrepreneurship Support Specialist (1) City of Springfield

Regional SBA Director (2)

Director (3) Springfield University Incubator Economic Development Specialist (4) City of Springfield

Regional Director of Entrepreneurship Support (5) State Employment Agency

Program Director (6) Springfield Entrepreneurs Network

Group E

Director (1) City of Springfield Economic Development

Program Director (2) United Way


7

Program Manager (3) Employment Security Department

Regional Initiatives Manager (4) State Economic Development Agency

Public Outreach Specialist (5) SLC Met (public transport)

Emerging Clusters Specialist (6) Lincoln County

Group F

Director (1) Brooklyn Neighborhood Association

Director (2) New Heights Neighborhood Association

Director (3) Boys and Girls Clubs of America

Director (4) Regional Women’s Business Network

Member (5) Front Street Business District

Member (6) Downtown Business District

Group G

Senior Researcher (1) Workforce Development & Job Creation Institute

Junior Researcher (2) Workforce Development & Job Creation Institute

State Economist (3)

City Economist (4)

County Industry Specialist (5)

Director (6) University Industry Partnerships


8

Group H

Director (1) Regional Healthcare Industries Association

Programmer (2) OpenSource Data Lab

Program Manager (3) Open Government Initiatives

Policy Director (4) Association of Major Manufacturers

Public Outreach Specialist (5) Hotels & Conventions Association

Executive Director (6) Agricultural Products Association

Group I

Superintendent of Public Schools (1)

Director of Student Support (2) Springfield Public Schools

Manager of Technical Programs (3) Springfield Public Schools

Manager (4) Youth Apprenticeship Programs

Internship Coordinator (5) Springfield Public Schools

Student Council President (6) Springfield High School


9

Group J

Wildcard (1) (Pick an identity, let team know)






Group K

Artist (1)

Musician (2)

Data Visualization Specialist (3)

Poet (4)

Author (5)

Journalist (6)

Prosperity prize scenario community

Documents

Transcript of Prosperity prize scenario community