iG Summit2011

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Brent Christensen

President/CEO

Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce and Council for

Economic Outreach

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Thomas McIntosh

Prudential Trend Realty

2011 Chairman, Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce

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Debbie Mason

President, Strategists, Inc.

Agenda for Today

• Survey results

• iG Impact

• iG2011

• Breakout Groups

• Groups Report Out

• Metrics

• Next Steps

iG Participant Survey Results

February, 2011

Committee

Motivating FactorWhat was the single most relevant factor that motivated your

involvement with iG? (Choose only one answer)

16%

3%

72%

3%

3%3%

Work currently in the technologysector

Building business formyself/organization

Interest in building community

Employer asked me to serve

Friend asked me to serve

General involvement in thechamber

iG Performance

iG Experience

Use my skills and abilities 4.21

My follow-through on pre-work 4.06

Appreciated by staff 3.97

My follow-through on commitment 3.94

My attendance at meetings 3.83

Ability to meet new people 3.77

Unique volunteer engagement 3.21

iG Experience

Staff

Concerns

• Keeping momentum going

• Improving communication about progress

• Getting ownership from others

• Lack of direct results

• Perception that we’ve lost momentum

Volunteer Engagement Long-Term

• Clear, frequent communications

• Ongoing meetings to update, spread throughout county

• Engagement of new audiences

Success Measures

• Recognition of Gainesville as a hub

• Higher paying jobs

• More jobs directly attributed to iG

• Replicable and scalable jobs

• Increased collaboration among agencies

• Increased community pride

What is iG?

Innovation Gainesville began as a community initiative to harness innovation to create jobs in health and green technologies and thereby to raise the standard of living in our community. iG has transformed into a cultural mindset with hundreds of individuals and organizations working to grow an environment that fosters innovation and success.

Why

Why did iG begin?

CEOCEO

GTECGTEC

UFUF

Florida Florida WorksWorks

CadeCade

CityCity

SFCSFC

School School BoardBoard

CountyCounty

UF-UF-OTLOTL

GAINGAIN

EntrepreneursEntrepreneurs

CitizensCitizens

BusinessesBusinesses

ChamberChamber

Live

Learn

Celebrate

Invest

Speak

iGiG

Strategic Plan

iGiG

iG

iG

CountyCounty

Live

Learn

Celebrate

Invest

Speak

UFUF

CadeCade

CityCity

SFCSFC

School School BoardBoard

UF-UF-OTLOTL

GAINGAIN

EntrepreneursEntrepreneurs BusinessesBusinesses

ChamberChamberCEOCEO

GTECGTECFlorida Florida WorksWorks

CitizensCitizens

CollaboratoryCollaboratory

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Linda McGurn

McGurn Development

Innovation Advocates

Co-Chair

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Bank Accounts

First Job

Tech

Degree

Jobs!Philanthropy

EntertainmentCulture

Arts

Homes

Restaurants

And…

What’s next?

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Continuation of Plans

• LEARN – Earn While You Learn – High School Internships

• INVEST – Advancing the Seed Fund• LIVE – Entrepreneurial Mentoring –

Mentoring Matches• LIVE – Knowledge Network – GAINnet• LIVE – Broadband Infrastructure – Gig4GNV• CELEBRATE – Cade Prize for Innovation

LIVE - iG2011

• Community Calendar– One Source for all Business/Tech Events

• Networking Events– Plan at least 3 events that reflect cross-

pollination of silos/ideas/organizations

• Training/Seminars– Simon Sinek/Ray Kurzweil/Economic

Forecaster

SPEAK - iG2011

Implementation of Communication Plan

–Internal

–External

INVEST - iG2011

Land Use/Geography Plan

Create business innovation zones

with supporting land-use policies

that facilitate a 3-6 month sitedevelopment approval process

Breakout Groups

• Learn - Ballroom

• Live – Ballroom

• Speak - Ballroom

• Invest – Cross Creek Room

iGWe make cool things happen.