Learning Networks are a new initiative developed by CEOs for Cities that bring a small number of member cities together to collaborate on a particular project over an 18-month engagement. Topics of the Learning Networks are driven by members' interests. Learning Networks focus on a single pressing theme and are aimed explicitly at converting the insights produced from our research into action in local communities.
Finding people and organizations to partner with often comes down to personal relationships - who you know. But is this the best way?
CEOs for Cities member and City Anchors Learning Network participant John Schaerer developed this piece on creating intentional institutional partnerships. Though the work was originally intended to be shared with the Learning Network group, we thought it important to share with the broader membership. The piece holds intrinsic value for anyone interested in finding new ways to partner in order to achieve big goals.
John Schaerer is the Director of Technology Development and Transfer at the Enterprise Center in Chattanooga. Any questions or comments regarding his Institutional Alignment piece should be directed to john-schaerer@utc.edu.
In conjunction with our National Meeting in Pittsburgh, we will convene the Kids in Cities Learning Network. From noon to 1:30 p.m. on May 14, we’ll meet to discuss ways for cities, institutions and developers to work together to help cities respond to the growing market of parents who are choosing to raise families in the city. We will share insights from the Charm Bracelet project, a Pittsburgh revitalization effort with a family focus.
The conversation will be structured around this set of questions:
Based on insights from this meeting, we will generate a project toolkit to compliment the Kids in Cities concept paper.
Interested in attending? Email Kristian Buschmann at kbuschmann@ceosforcities.org. Space is limited and must be reserved in advance of the meeting.
How can city leaders use design to foster the "happy accidents" that come from idea sharing and innovation?
That's the question we'll begin to answer when CEOs for Cities with Steelcase hosts "Places of Innovation" at the Steelcase Global Headquarters in Grand Rapids, MI, February 18 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The full agenda can be found here.
Open to members only, please contact Kristian Buschmann at kbuschmann@ceosforcities.org for more information. RSVPs are requested by January 25.
Following last May's meeting on Leveraging Anchor Institutions for Urban Success in San Jose and the white paper that followed, CEOs for Cities is set to launch the City Anchors Learning Network on November 30 to apply those findings on the ground in member cities.
Urban leaders from Boston, Detroit, Lansing and St. Louis will work together over an 18-month period to gain new insights and invent new ways for:
To find out more about this Learning Network click here.
If you're interested in becoming involved in future Learning Networks email Kristian Buschmann at kbuschmann@ceosforcities.org.
