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10,000 Wind 10,000 Non-Profit 10,000 Lighting 10,000 Future Emerging Leaders

10,000 Movement 10,000 Technology Entrepreneurship

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10,000 Movement Event Notes on 10,000 Wind from 2/5/08 at Sammy's Metro Ballroom Downtown

Overview: Ohio Plan, Awareness Plan, Economic Growth Plan

Turn the Northeast Ohio Region into the Wind Turbine Capital of the United States. Assess, via a wind study, our regions manufacturing capabilities to use as a tool to attract additional wind turbine manufacturing business. Set-up communication and financing campaigns, which will include grass roots marketing, citizen financing, and analysis at the state level of legislation, tax credits and incentives for bringing wind friendly businesses to Ohio. Seek means of preferred financing for wind turbine growth.

An Opportunity in Offshore Wind Energy
• 1st ever windmill built in Cleveland; and multi-Megawatt turbine created in Cleveland
• New Job Opportunities – expanding existing job opportunities
• Create wind farm in Lake Erie (6 wind turbines could power 600,000 homes)
• 25% growth rate in wind energy worldwide (US 45% increase in wind energy) – 95% of all renewable energy is wind
• Developing the first commercial floating wind turbine for deep water

Current State of Wind Energy in N America
• Clean energy, free energy, only costs are capital to buy equipment
• Water conservation – traditional energy uses water cooling, wind does not
• Creates jobs
• No legislation in Ohio for a renewable energy portfolio – need to create one

Corporate Sustainability Network
• Getting corporations to adopt sustainability practices
• Case Western and Cleveland created a Great Lakes Energy Task Force – looking at barriers to wind energy implementation

Wind turbine production backlog – production cannot meet the demand
• Ohio ranked the #2 state to provide more manufacturing plants in this industry

Great Lakes Institute for Energy Innovation (CWRU)
• Cuyahoga Valley – the next Silicon Valley (the wind?)
• We have the labor force to perform manufacturing energy
• Case’s role: use students and faculty

Vision for Cleveland as a Hub for Wind Energy
• Transition: Companies need to update facilities,
• Need private capital investment
• Need to update the government situation; tell policymakers the public wants a wind turbine
• Scaling down turbines? Less capital required to start investment (kW not MW turbines)

Operations:
• Need constant flow of skilled force; need to attract people to work in the factory
• Revamp the image of the factories, as a great place to work

Marketing
• People from Cleveland Plus, etc.; romanticize
• Citizens have ownership of companies
• Paying for it: Stakeholder interests, tax incentives, also need federal and state legislation
Study European models and apply lessons here

Wind Awareness

Larry Viterna--NASA
David Rosenberg--GE
CWRU is working on researching how to store wind energy through a donation from the Cleveland foundation
Corporate Sustainable Network
Leadership Cleveland
Great Lakes Wind Network
Great Lakes Institute of Energy Innovation—CWRU

HUB of Wind Energy -
• Work through roadblocks, what can you do as an individual, educate persons and org., message to organized labor, work with the manufacturers, a lot of challenges, deploy commercial technology, go offshore for wind energy for OH, states that have advanced energy projects and policies, call house of representatives, begin lobbyists, reach out to Columbus officials, our future depends on this inniative, need power consumers to discuss issues, day to day objectives

• public outcry of needs, writing letters, reach out directly, contact the younger generation, buy into the wind generation, educate the younger generation, build your own windmill,

• raise monies for Cleveland projects, government funding, state funding, tax incentives, public and private partnerships, collaborate all organizations, connect all the dots throughout Cleveland, need the public to get heavily involved,

• winddustrious.com, online resources--grassroots awareness, community involvement, political action committee, "Small Wind", working through the public utilities,

a. We have the infrastructure and manufacturing capability to put Cleveland on the map in terms of developing ....this industry.
b. We could have the first freshwater wind farm in the world here.
c. Larry Viterna, NASA
....i. Cleveland developed the first wind turbine and first multi-megawatt turbines.
....ii. Phenomenal market for wind turbines
........1. worldwide: $22 billion market
........2. US: 45% growth last year
....iii. Future business opportunity is in population centers near shorelines
i....v. Our goal is to develop the first commercial floating wind turbine for deep water
d. David Rosenberg, General Electric
....i. Current state of wind energy in North America
........1. Originally used for energy diversity by utilities
....ii. Why do we want wind energy?
........a. Quality of life
........b. Good quality of energy; clean energy
........c. Price stability for a 20 year period
........d. Water conservation
........e. Jobs – development of this technology creates jobs
....iii. How do we get wind energy here in NEO?
........1. other states have passed legislation with incentive programs for renewable energy sources
........2. we need to do the same thing in Ohio
e. Ron Richard, Cleveland Foundation
....i. What new industry could we create in this region that fits with our capabilities and history?
........1. wind energy: from R&D to manufacturing
........2. creates opportunities from the factory floor to the PhD level
....ii. Create new image from Cleveland: from the city where the river caught on fire to Cleveland, the city ........powered by wind
....iii. CWRU: center for alternative energy studies – in particular will work on the storage problem.
f. David Nash, Corporate Sustainability Network
....i. Focus is on getting premier corporate citizens to adopt sustainable policies
g. Ed Weston, WIRE-net.org
....i. This industry is sold out for TWO YEARS.
....ii. There is a manufacturing problem; they can’t keep up with demand.
....iii. Ohio is ranked #2 in its capacity to get us out of this demand problem & Cleveland has the right type of ........manufacturing capability.
....iv. Great Lakes Wind Network: help manufacturers address this supply chain problem, both manufacturers ........that are already in the industry and those that could be
....v. Consortium to help the state to compete for this industry
....vi. Advocacy: SB 221 (Ohio State Senate)
h. Ewan Alexander, CWRU, Great Lakes Institute for Energy Innovation
....i. BREAKOUT GROUP:
....ii. Brainstorming: how can we turn Cleveland
........1. retrofitting of existing facilities
........2. use of existing infrastructure and human capital
........3. state initiatives to help companies make the
........4. private capital investment/ angel and VC investors
........5. it takes a big investment to get into this industry
........6. could this be scaled down to kilowatt scale? Turbine manufacturing diversity
........7. citizen ownership
....ii. Vision: community involvement; create incentives for companies to make an investment in this industry
....iii. Operations:
........1. need to ensure that there is a skilled workforce for these companies
........2. one issue is that young people don’t want to work in a factory; need to work on attracting young ........people to work in an industry that helps the environment
........3. financial incentives and job security
........4. companies need to make these places attractive places to work to attract applicants for mfg. job
....iv. Marketing
........1. symbol of Cleveland being a green/sustainable community
........2. citizen ambassadors
........3. Cool Cleveland
........4. models from other countries
....v. Finance:
........1. citizen financing
........2. tax abatement/incentive for this industry from local and state government
........3. federal funding
........4. Fund for Our Economic Future
........5. European models for financing (Denmark)

10,000 Movement Event Notes in 10,000 Non-Profit from 2/5/08 at Sammy's Metro Ballroom Downtown

Overview: Sustainable Plan, Awareness Plan, Organizational Plan

Establish awareness of nonprofit Friends Groups. For a Friends Group, it is important to match an individual’s needs and passions with the mission of the specific nonprofit. Assist individuals in establishing connections with nonprofit organizations via social networking sites, coffee shop meetings, and target market databases. Encourage nonprofit organizations to define Friends Group roles upfront and provide accurate estimates of individual time commitments. Facilitate consistent interaction between participants and members of organizations in order to sustain nonprofit Friends Groups.

Non-Profit Sustainable Plan

To match all individuals who are interested in getting involved in the community with a non-profit organization whose mission is compatible with their passions/interests. Make sure everyone’s voice is heard from the bottom to the top.

Non-Profit Awareness Plan

Utilize social networking sites to keep existing members informed. Engage individuals while in high school and college and encourage them to join friends groups. Define roles in terms of expectations and time commitments. Have consistent meeting times. Match individual needs and passions with the interests of various organizations.

Non-Profit Organizational Plan

Organize around an Advisory Committee with an open structure. Recruit and connect as many volunteers as possible. Facilitate interaction between participants and members of various levels within the organization.

-Brian Broadbent / Julie Clark BVU:
-Linked business community to nonprofit sector
-Placed 1300 people, short term consulting, 90 teams of employees/volunteers
-Friends Groups: connect to mission of nonprofit, friend-raising, fundraising, a board focused on governance strategy
-Best practices for friends committees: purpose well defined, written statement of purpose, quality staff leadership, systematic selection process, continuing education, terms for the committee, recognize volunteers.

-Marianne Campbell / Hearing & Speech Center:
-Engage and involve new partners
-Tell story, mission, program and services

-John Farina, Red {an Orchestra}:
-Redefine, rediscover
-Brings you in center, does not have friends group, building to that
-Determine if a friends group right for your organization

-Kathy Thompson, MOCA Local Cleveland special events manager:
-Year of discovery, define mission, what’s the interest with Mocha
-Passion and engagement for your cause

-Michael Goler, Board of Directors Hearing & Speech:
-Junior board: reach out to wider community, financial support, view points/community input, way to involve next generation of leaders.
-Individuals are more connected to an agency if they start at junior level work your way up to parent board

Awareness Plan

-Need Social networking sites
-Target specific individuals
-Establish connection to the mission
-Leverage existing members to spread awareness
-Make time to engage yourself to get involved
-Share human contact between groups
-Politics is distracting these groups, get buy in from each board
-Engage younger talent on substantive projects
-Cross training between various groups
-Have a complimentary friends group
-Create a database of friends
-Social networking and e-newsletters

-Need an Organizational Plan
-Open structure
-Interactions between participants and members of various levels
-Organize around Advisory committees
-Include multiple volunteers

Sustainable Plan

VISION

To connect all individuals who are interested in getting involved in the community with a nonprofit organization whose mission is compatible with their passions and interests.

OPERATIONS
The nonprofit organization should elect a point person from within to organize and help keep the “friends’ group” motivated and involved. Individuals who are interested in getting involved should know upfront the time and financial commitment and they should not have to deviate from this. The point person at the nonprofit should also distribute a calendar of meetings with detailed agendas and a time line with ACTION ITEMS. Individuals who volunteer their time need to know their own time is appreciated and not being wasted. We presume that those who volunteer are doing so because they want to actually do something.

MARKETING
Have key leadership in the nonprofit organization go out in the community as ambassadors for the nonprofit so individuals are aware that various organizations exist and are in line with their personal interests.
• Relay information to personal networks/work colleagues
• Give presentations at colleges/high schools
• Blanket coffee houses and public spaces where potential interested individuals would spend their time
• Telemarketing campaigns
• Email blasts…calling for interested individuals

FINANCE
The nonprofit organization should provide seed money to help recruit new people into the organization. Individuals can also be asked to make a small donation the first year ($100-$500) and increase their support each succeeding year of membership.

10,000 Lighting Ideas-Initiatives Discussion Meeting on 10,000 Lighting from 2/27/08 at Bratenahl Community Center's Landis Room

Summary of Notes 2-27-08 
1. Project Updates on the 3 Lighting Projects
2. Project plans to initiate Lighting Designs

I. Threee Lighting Project Updates
Rockefeller Park 
  A. Lighting 
     a. Cultural Gardens
     b. Bridges
     c. Pathways
  B. Details of Project Meeting Tec Inc., and Rockefeller Park 2-25-08
     Tec Inc., met with Rockefeller park to talk about plans requirements, and designs that fit the parks 
     historical genre.  They talked about how these designs will be consistent with light intrusion and feasibility 
     for installation and project costs. 

Tremont
  A. Have a mock up an actual lighting concept in Tremont 
     a. Use product from lighting companies to put up in the Tremont neighborhood to show the residents what the designs will look like
     b. Display models during art walks
     c. Sell naming rights if the resident lights a tree 
  B. Target New/present tenants within Tremont to see if they would light their shop
     a. A new art graphics shop wants to illuminate their side of their building
  C. Each design isn’t completed for proper lighting sources but are designed with a good feasibility of implementation
  D. Lights planning to use are ceramic metal halite
  E. Tremont is having a community meeting to discuss funding this project March 19 2008 after 5:00pm
     a. Details on the website www.10000littleideas.com, if you want to join the meeting. 

Detroit Shoreway
  A. Tie the completed design from Tec Inc., and install the lighting with their new streetscape that is going in this Summer 2008. 
  B. Get the business owners to authorize the issuing of the lighting design on their building because they own the building. 

II. Project plans to initiate Lighting Designs

We need to create a project plan with a Process Map to keep each project organized. Below is a template that organizes and initiates 
these projects. 

1. Project Name: Lighting Cleveland
        We need to select a name for this project
               **We need your help

2. Goal: 
To have the lighting designs segmented where 1 segment is implemented at the end of 2008, the next segment is in the planningstage 
and to have an adopt a light project implemented (at least a conceptual plan completed).

3. Marketing/Branding: 
Still needed, read below 

4. Resources 
Still needed, read below

5. Finances: 
Still needed, read below

III. Steps of the project: 

                     Each Idea-Initiative will have a separate Project Name and Goal but will share a 10,000 Team umbrella that 
                     will take one project owner from the 10,000 Team and 10 attendees of each Idea-Initiative to join these below 
                     Project initiative areas below:

1. Marketing Plan/Branding
   a. Goal
   b. Resources
      i. 10 people to a group
      ? 10,000 Team Leader – Kiley Smith 
   c. Steps
   d. Milestones
   e. Communications
2. Resources
   a. Goal
   b. Resources
      i. 10 people to a group
      ? 10,000 Team Leader – Erin Smith 
   c. Steps
   d. Milestones
   e. Communications
3. Finances
   a. Goal
   b. Resources
      i. 10 people to a group
      ? 10,000 Team Leader – Jim Miller 
   c. Steps
   d. Milestones
   e. Communications

Lighting Idea Notes Continued in the Project Areas from Above:              

Marketing
   1. Create a “Request a light or Project”
      a. Have a Template/Proposal pre-made for these requests
   2. Store front renovation program
      a. Collinwood Development
   3. Make sure we talk to the community about the entire project
      a. State exactly what you are going to get
      2. Complete project in stages
      3. Lighting innovation
         a. Use GE product that can show their innovation
         b. Talk about History of lighting 
   4. Get all 3 lighting projects involved and working together to combined resources
   5. Make sure that the 10,000 Web site has it’s own project page
   6. Create a Web cam for the projects in that neighborhood to view them on Utube
   7. Branding Name
      a. Expand on that for these projects 
      b. Note that these projects are touching a neighborhood, a park, and nightlife
   8. Privatize the Web site to share the ideas
   9. Make sure that our brand houses all the other ideas-initiatives
   10. Have a way to identify the projects or the 10,000 Organization by wearing some pin
   11. At different events plug who we are, plug into different events and have a table there to support our idea initiatives
   12. Cleveland lights again, a Rededication to the Brush light on the society building and have one more on the next building. 
       a. Create an additional Brush light, the creator of the first light, and power it with a wind turbine since he was the creator of the 
           first wind turbine
Resources
   1. Create Political attractiveness
   2. Get communities involved
   3. Get Cleveland involved 
   4. Get energy companies involved

Finances
   1. Target Council for Cleveland Funds
   2. Suggest allocate funds from the below
      i. Cleveland Foundation
      ii. Gund Foundation
      iii. **** Any Suggestions
          1. Approve insurance rates with improvements on the building
          2. Only go to a financial resource once with all our idea-initiative costs
  3. Talk to CPP/First Energy about the project and have them get involved because if rates do increase in 2009 there 
  could be a partnership where lights can be donated/fund the project and in turn soften the blow about raising the rates 
             

10,000 Movement Event Notes in 10,000 Lighting from 2/5/08 at Sammy's Metro Ballroom Downtown

Overview: Resource Plan, Awareness Plan, Sustainable Plan

Make Cleveland the Lighting Capital of the world. Use the heritage of lighting in Ohio to create an appealing spin to get people involved. Join all lighting companies, designers, suppliers, and installers to further the initiative. Allow business owners, local corporations, community development corporations, residents, chambers of commerce, and governmental to meet several times a year to converse and support the lighting initiative. Have large annual events such as a parade using trolleys to tour the area.

Local Corporations need to be active in sponsoring the future of these lighting projects. Corporations would then be awarded plaques or signs to go outside their facilities to show their involvement.

Get individual community members involved as advocates of the cause to spread the word. Use the heritage of lighting in Ohio to create an appealing spin to get people involved. Show the “before and after” streetscapes of the project to bring people back to Cleveland neighborhoods. Have annual large events such as a parade using trolleys to tour the area. Make Cleveland the Lighting Capital of the world.

Have Utility Companies support the Lighting initiative. Use energy efficient light bulbs for a shorter payback. Apply for grants. Join all lighting companies, designers, suppliers and installers to keep this lighting initiative evolving. Allow business owners, community development corporations, residents, chambers of commerce, and the government to meet several times a year to converse and support the lighting initiative.

Chris Ronayne:
2005 quick survey on neighborhood – 3 appreciating neighborhoods: Tremont, Ohio city and Detroit shoreway as well as lighting up the bridges over Cuyahoga river, allowed us to claim Cleveland at the time to be in a global network of cities that were also lighting up their neighborhoods. This 10,000 lighting project is to help build these neighborhoods for safety, integrity, character, and esthetic. The Region has a beautiful stock of buildings; let’s light them up. If you want to see people you need light. Simply create pedestrian path lighting in Rockefeller Park.

Matt Zone:
Detroit Shoreway has 2 projects going on: to make the neighborhood safe, and to improve the quality of life, & the Gordon square neighborhood streetscape plan (3.5 million dollar project) to improve the neighborhood starting in May 2008. This project will start with W.65th and Detroit: bring arts to life, first state route to reduce roadway, increase sidewalk, bury utilities to help buildings come to life and add to the charm of the community.

Joe Cimperman:
Story about Lincoln park: civil war soldiers camped on it, it was not publicly owned, Lucy Pelp wanted to build wooden fence around park, the park was burned down 7 times by people of Tremont, so Lucy sold it the to city. In 2000, Tremont applied for a national grant and the park became public again, free of drug dealers and it was lit-up.

Marybeth Gotti (GE Consumer & Industrial Lighting):
Lighting institute: 6,000 people a year come to learn about lighting, energy efficiency, reduce pollution, and to work with professionals at Tech. Inc. 1879 GE started, University of Lights since 1913, automatic traffic signal, 1930’s Euclid avenue had largest 6 mile stretch of lighting, lighting of bridges in flats won an award. We are a lighting capital, we have heritage of lighting. Why can’t we be the city of lights! Passionate about lighting and wants to support 10,000 lights.

Terry Kilborne, Tec Inc. :
Accentuate buildingscapes and lighting. Highlight architectural details. Add lighting in trees, and add to building facades. Sensitive to environment, energy conscious,
3 tasks: illumination of walkways, gardens, bridges (they are historic, and beautiful structures).

Resource Plan

Resources necessary to grow initiative and maintain -
What resources are necessary to build awareness?

Resources to help grow initiative: human capital and physical items
-Retail owners to get involved and enhance community/retail property
-Educate entire area, use media, e.g.: show before and after of Gordon park Renovation
-Critical areas to light – destinations
-Start by making businesses visually attractive and then proceed to residential areas
-Leverage energy efficient lighting, whole building as opposed to outside approach, internal, external. Cost savings?
-Can you grow from leveraging? We need to attract neighboring properties to the lighting initiative
-Bulk purchasing program for the lighting initiative. Buy at a lower rate to drive down price, go outside of municipality, schools/university, e.g.: Louisville
-Communication is key!!! Speak up to be included.
-Implement with strategic plan in mind
-Need someone to keep pushing projects, need a buy in, look at building owners/tenants, budget dollars, energy cost/maintenance cost.
-Who do we need to talk to about assistance for this lighting initiative?
-Cost savings available if done appropriately
-Stop passing the buck, what is needed to get organizations involved.
-Have signs on streets to show who sponsored project
-“Chris Ronayne”- We can immediately declare Cleveland as the lighting capital of North America, and allow others to attempt to disprove it if they choose to do so.
-Utilize in promotional ads/letterhead/ publicize
-Get individuals and local corporations active and interested in sponsoring future lighting projects.
-Avoid municipalities, as they are typically over budget and difficult to retain interest (as far as maintaining the completed sites).
-Individuals and corporations would be awarded plaques or signs to be displayed on-site (such as you would see on a highway sign, church pews, gardens, etc.) to help generate the initial sponsorship.
-Working with large corporate sponsors to gift bulbs or at least discount them for large bulk purchase orders.
-LED is recommended since it lasts nearly 40 times longer than incandescent bulbs. This minimizes the need to seek additional funding in later years for the up-keep of the complete site and is simply much more efficient.
- Need Grants
-Use existing utility funding
-Get Energy off the Grid

Awareness Plan

-Show the before and after streetscapes of the project to Bringing people back to Cleveland neighborhoods.
-Have annual large events such as a parade using trolleys to tour the area.
-Make Cleveland the Lighting Capital of the world.
-Private/Public partnership
-Business and Building ownership
-Create a music show in those neighborhoods to draw people to a lighting ceremony
-Create a Model as a guide
-Conduct tours of the area
-Full page ads in newspaper
-Get individual community people as advocates of the cause to spread the word.
-Use the heritage of lighting in Ohio to create an appealing spin to get people involved.

Sustainable Plan

Vision
Target specific markets, be connected to mission/organization

Operations

Operational issues: resources to support group, have 2-3 organizations come together, politics of board can be distracting, engage younger talent, cross training between groups, databases

Marketing
Utilize existing base of membership, donors, have time to be involved.

Finance
Capital, have 2-3 organizations come together to work on fundraising, ask for donations, run a gift shop for fundraising

10,000 Movement Event Notes on 10,000 Future Emerging Leaders from 2/5/08 at Sammy's Metro Ballroom Downtown

Overview: NEO Experience Plan, Awareness Plan, Sustainable Plan

The Future Emerging Leaders “Apprentice Program Competition” focus is on retaining High School talent in the NEO Region by engaging them in designing a program that will introduce their peers to what the region has to offer. To make this possible, the community and the public/private sector will promote the initiative and donate time and financial support. The high school students will be reached and recruited through Facebook/Myspace and hip activities.

Try to keep internship program continuing for generations
• Keep graduates of program involved in the programs for future students as mentors
• Incentives to bring students back to Cleveland – student loan forgiveness
• Tuition break for students for go to college in Cleveland (like CSU, Case, Baldwin Wallace, etc.)
• Give students responsibility in the programs (have a little power in the program)
• Mentoring inner-city children earlier
• Networking for Future connections, summer internships 9 week, 75 students, 500 qualify, pay the way for work training--Bot Gar, Case, Clev. Clinic, economic development find jobs, housing, etc. in Cleveland for members of the program
• Co-op programs with businesses in the area create pipeline

Vision: Networking, mentoring program with financial incentives, hiring programs

Operating/Structure
• Corporate Sponsors
• Liaison b/w community and students
• Students have build a website
• Service learning programs
• Location: Downtown, centrally located, possibly in a business

Marketing
• Hip and cool program
• Facebook and MySpace
• Website that provides info, housing links
• Social Events
• Advertising: billboards etc.
• Sponsors, Taxes, others existing organizations of similar character, college sponsors

Speakers: Brendon Eisner, David Fitz--UCI HS & Young Adults organization
Conversation on young adults being very active in the evolution of Cleveland
Future Leaders Next Generation Program - work/target suburban students, and have engage them in a one year long NEO apprentice program
• Work on "Brain Drain"
• Increase Cleveland's retention--start in High School
• Students are not exposed to NEO Opportunities
Phase 1: Involve entire student body, using 5 students to get peers involved
Phase 4: Implement this plan, starting in Solon / Beachwood schools starting it in the Sophomore Class

Bob Hartis--Principal of Beachwood HS
Cleveland apprentice program, how to take advantage of opp's in Cleveland
get business to sponsor programs, mentors, principals, teachers, guidance counselors, specific programs, business leaders as mentors,

Annette Darby, Cleveland school district-Metropolitan district
Offers an internship network-target 10th and 11th grade students

David Fitz--UCI

Resources for organization structure:

• Volunteers, infrastructure, buy in from teachers, board of committees, students involved, PTA, all groups involved, student body, advisory committee,

• Market to the target by working with the business owners, get sponsorship dollars, raise awareness publicly, BVU, adopt a school, Cleveland Reads, work with orgs that are doing this, work with suburbs and sponsored organizations, existing collaborations of companies, reach out to all businesses,

• Finances that will need to be incurred and how to pay for it, use students to fundraise, work with the business owner, website of calendar of social org, job opportunities, grants, investment, show that the org is sustainable,

• pick some key areas to target, next steps will be put together more information will be on the website, for more information, work with colleges, work with parents, college students work with high school students, work with myspace, leading online marketing tools,

• Need support from local business owners, schools, influential, Cleveland campaign 1983, developed a program with a City guide for Cleveland, better product currently in the area, making people understand the benefits of Cleveland,

• Create awareness as city is growing, bettering itself, becoming a leading area, target business leaders in business and lawyers, work with the leading children, college sponsorship, work with principals, mentoring programs, (either college students or older HS students), need to create a message to attract and retain the younger demographic,

• We focused on next generation leaders and how to raise awareness of Cleveland and the opportunities available!!!!

• Continually follow up will help sustain the idea, more information will be on website

• Side discussion about reaching the younger children giving a positive message of Cleveland earlier and continuing that message throughout their educational process as a city, with job opportunities, etc.

....2. Next Generation Leaders - Sustainability
........a. Annette Darby, Cleveland Metropolitan School District
............i. Offers an internship network within the school district; central point of contact for the local ............businesscommunity
............ii. Their program targets 10th and 11th grade students
............iii. Will share more details within the breakout groups
........b. David Bitz (??), University Circle Incorporated
............i. Future Connections: summer internship program for 75 11th grade students in institutions in University ............Circle and then local businesses
............ii. This is for students who live in the city of Cleveland.
........c. Brendan Eisner: recent college graduate frustrated by the lack of exposure that many of his friends had with ........the business community
............i. Address the issue of brain drain; increase the retention of bright and talented students
............ii. Try to target students while they are still in high school
............iii. Seemed to find a market failure in targeting suburban students
............iv. Cleveland Apprentice Program
................1. Form teams of five students in each high school (Solon, Beachwood)
................2. Provide these students with tools to help get the rest of their student body involved
................3. Help them to get programs started at their own schools
................4. Implement the plan so that over time there are programs at dozens of local schools
........d. Bob Hardiss, Principal of Beachwood High School
............i. Concerned that our students don’t see the same advantages of Cleveland that we do; that they won’t return ............after 4 years of college
............ii. Students need to know how to take advantage of opportunities in the area
........e. BREAKOUT GROUP: Sustainability (Dwayne Wright)
............i. Vision to create a sustainable project to retain our students; how can we sustain this project?
................1. Definition: keep, maintain, continue, replenish
............ii. Brainstorming
................1. Use alumni of the program as mentors of future participants
................2. The city needs to offer something back to the students in the form of an incentive
....................a. Student loan paybacks or forgiveness
....................b. Tax incentives
................3. Local colleges should offer incentives to keep local students in the region in the first place
................4. Move the focus down to the middle school level, so that more students have the ability to take advantage ................of this type of program (esp. inner city students)
................5. Give the kids responsibilities to give them a sense of ownership in the program
................6. Housing incentives for ex-pats
................7. Centralized place for information about jobs, housing, etc. in the area
................8. Creation of new industries to define the area
....................a. Wind
....................b. Green initiatives
................9. Co-op programs with major businesses; create a talent pool for the businesses and a pipeline for jobs ................for the students
....................a. Example: program at St. Martin de Porres
................10. Hiring preferences for local candidates
................11. Need to convince students that Cleveland is a cool and interesting place to live
............iii. Create one vision from these ideas: networking and mentoring program with financial incentives and hiring ............preferences
............iv. Operation
................1. Corporate sponsors
................2. Liaison between the business community and the schools
................3. Have the students build a website
................4. Service learning projects
................5. School credit for participation
................6. Someone to monitor the program
................7. The location for the program
....................a. In the businesses; they could host it
....................b. Downtown accessible location
............v. Marketing
................1. Need to make it seem like a hip thing to do
................2. Websites are the way to market to students
................3. Facebook/MySpace/LinkedIn type format for businesses and students to meet (just for participants)
................4. Social events
............vi. Finance
................1. Companies that benefit from having the students around
................2. Foundations
................3. Corporate sponsorship
................4. Use existing organizations for resources
................5. Grants

10,000 Movement Event Notes on 10,000 Movement from 2/5/08 at Sammy's Metro Ballroom Downtown

Overview: Participation Plan, Awareness Plan, Sustainable Plan

Connect emerging leaders to 10,000 Little (micro) Ideas to Keep You Believing in Cleveland Organization via community networks, communication campaigns, billboards, myspace.com, Linkedin.com, and social events. Lead each community idea effort with an ambassador, and/or group. Create an environment that fosters regional economic development idea gathering and help incubate ideas moving forward. Update on the status of the10,000 Little Idea initiatives throughout the year. Secure a steady funding stream to sustain the 10,000 Little Ideas organization.

- Ambassadors from the community

- Spread to the word about what the 10,000 little ideas group does within the community

-Constantly inspire others to create thought so that people pursue new creative economic development ideas
-We need to get everyone behind the same focus
- The organization has a lot of energy and talent, but we need to create more structure around the organizational goal.
-The general consensus: 10,000 little ideas is a dynamic group and it would be a shame to pigeonhole it into a single category
- How do we get and keep people involved?
-Focus on a website or online presence for these purposes
-Add a self-assessment for why people are here. Each person has a different aim.
- Find recurring trends with idea sharing due to the topic criteria to make sure that people are aware of the issues and that they are getting solved.
-The 10,000 message is comprised of our projects, success stories, and opportunities
-Develop an ambassador group to act as a liaison to the media

-Foster and build upon the Great Energy/Talent

-Online Organization
....List Participants
....Continue to blog
....Use a database
....Data Mining
....“Facebook” page for the organization
....Problems/Solutions Contribute

-Venue for brainstorming/networking/launching ideas

-Prioritize and rate your initiatives

-User generated

-Self-assessment for personally tailored involvement

-Spend 20% of time generating ideas and 80% of time for project implementation

-Need a solid base of individuals to help grow the organization

-There needs to be constant follow-up and accountability to keep the idea projects and the organization moving forward

-How do we want to make this group function operationally?

-Create action lists at the individual, corporate, and governmental levels to keep the movement evolving

-10,000 has to continue to have individuals and businesses take the lead to implement ideas and reduce reliance on governmental entities.

-Each individual should be inspired to do something, and the 10,000 organization should provide the “how” or “what” he and she can do.

-Do we need a full time staff? Executive director, full time staff? This requires a large budget to accomplish.

-Develop a social marketing network – “sell” ideas through the internet.

-Develop a sustainable mechanism to find talented individuals, solicit them for ideas, and connect these individuals to the resources they need.

-Establish connections with the educational institutions in the region.

-Lots of people have passion – how can we help them realize their skill sets?

-The organization should be comprised of the broadest possible cross section of people

- Unify the east/west side and inner-city with suburbs

-Use Billboards with ideas

-Revitalize Cleveland

- Gain help from self-operating communities

-Get the message out on the project’s successes and the opportunities within the 10,000 Little (micro) ideas organization to continuously spur creative thought to improve our community.

-Have NEO match the talents and passions of committed members to create a steady stream of funding, partnerships, and awareness in the region.

-Keep the passions of Northeast Ohio members engaged by meeting on a more regular basis.
-Northeast Ohio has to keep the organization viable by providing it with a steady stream of funding.

-We need to connect everyone around the same issues - make it a forum to propose solutions to the problems that Cleveland faces

-Provide better follow up and accountability with leaders in NEO

10,000 Movement Event Notes on Technology Entrepreneurship from 2/5/08 at Sammy's Metro Ballroom Downtown

Overview: Content Plan, Resource Plan, Awareness Plan

Create an Internet site that will be a “one stop shop” for technology professionals in our region. The site will focus on providing resources to assist entrepreneurs seeking to start or grow IT related businesses, as well as a resource for consultants and those seeking to be employed/hire individuals in the field. Utilize all public and private resources to create awareness and drive traffic to the site. Identify current professionals who can serve as role models/mentors to connect people and provide motivation. Highlight “success stories” in the region.

1) Develop a single resource for individuals involved in the information technology industry. Provide clear direction to help Cleveland transform into a leader in tech start-ups
2) Create an online space to
....a) Assist budding entrepreneurs to start their tech firm
....b) Help technology workers find their ideal Cleveland employer
....c) Connect technology consultants to the new start-ups
....d) Not reinvent the wheel – bring together those who are already working at this independently
3) Speakers
....a) Jason Therrien – Thunder::tech
....b) Struggled to find resources – there are a lot of them here but it’s difficult if you don’t have the ....connections.
........i) 10,000 ideas may not be a one-stop shop, but it has to be better than what we’ve got now
....c) David Grampa – Game Communications
........i) Game market is exploding – worldwide potential even for locally operated businesses
........ii) Why Cleveland – Why not?
............(1) CWRU and CSU are two excellent resources for game development.
............(2) Cost of living is low here, yet we have the same resources available here as in New York, ............Chicago, etc…
............(3) One of the largest internet backbones here under Euclid Avenue
....d) Terry Travis – Cleveland365.com
........i) Cleveland has a unique opportunity to grow businesses – it has been a leader in innovative thought ........since ........the early 1900’s
........ii) Take our entrepreneurial spirit and turn it locally.
........iii) We have a high concentration of institutions of higher education
4) Content Plan, Resource Plan, Awareness Plan
....a) What is our vision for this online space for entrepreneurs
........i) Case Studies
........ii) Real world experience
........iii) Understand the basic setup of a business – Professional legal advice; tax advice
........iv) Access to capital. Where to find it, what are investors looking for?
............(1) It starts with a business plan
............(2) At the bank you had to show them that you already had the money
............(3) Preferred partnerships with entities that help small businesses
........v) Stimulate interest early – success stories for high school and college students.
........vi) Connect the gap between a younger and an older generation – younger generation is very bright but lacks a ........direction.
........vii) Take what we come up with tonight and present it to college students
........viii) Biggest challenge – get true entrepreneurs to be engaged in these organizations. We have people that.know ........businesses, but not people that started them. Get entrepreneurs to act as mentors.
....b) How do we help tech workers find their ideal Cleveland employer
........i) Identify mentoring resources (entrepreneurs)
........ii) Resource clearing house or ‘portal’ for Cleveland Tech Workers
............(1) It must be local, alternative to the big job boards
........iii) Connect technology consultants to the new start-ups
............(1) There is no shortage of ‘technology consultants’ but there is no one telling an entrepreneur what it is that ............he needs consulting for
................(a) Categorization of consultants?
................(b) Connect with higher education so students can use practical knowledge to help the start-ups … they will ................be cheaper than consultants.
....c) Vision Summary
........i) Mentoring (real world experience)
........ii) Job Portal
........iii) Sources of funding – a link between angels and entrepreneurs
....d) Operations for this virtual online place
........i) Personalized or conversational feel – it needs to be interactive
........ii) Separated by topics – specifically related to what I need right now
........iii) Do we charge? – the higher the charge, the smaller the community
............(1) It should not exclusive
............(2) Perhaps charge larger businesses to browse the talent?