Agenda – Knight Foundation

Agenda

MONDAY, JUNE 12

NOON – 3:00 PM – Registration Open at EAST Miami

2:00 – 4:00 PM – EAST MIAMI — 788 BRICKELL PLAZA

Insider Tours of Miami (Optional)

Meet in lobby of EAST Miami. Join Miami civic innovators for behind-the-scenes tours and talks. Choose one from the following:

  • Tour The Underline. Tour the forthcoming

    Underline, a 2016 Knight Cities Challenge

    winner, by bike.

  • Behind the scenes of Museum Park.

    Learn about Miami’s Museum Park, explore the Science Barge (a 2016 Knight Cities Challenge winner), the Pérez Art Museum Miami and the Frost Science Museum.

  • Little Havana. Tour Little Havana, Miami’s vibrant Cuban neighborhood and a hub of Latino culture.

5:00 – 6:00 PM – THE LYRIC THEATER – 819 NW SECOND AVE.

Welcome Reception and 2017 winners announcement

Opening program

  • Sam Gill
  • Civic innovator storytelling: Cornetta Lane 
  • Awards presentation

TUESDAY, JUNE 13 – INSPIRATION AND MOTIVATION

7:30 – 8:15 AM – EAST MIAMI: THE CRUSH FOYER (LEVEL 39)

Continental Breakfast

8:15 – 8:35 AM – THE CRUSH (LEVEL 39)

Welcome session

  • Sam Gill

8:35 – 9:25 AM – Civic innovator storytelling: Reflections on working with community to make radical change.

  • Leslie Koch
  • Anuj Gupta

9:25 – 9:45 AM Civic innovator storytelling: Designing with, not for

  • Fred Dust

9:45 – 10:00 AM Break

10:00 – NOON Workshop breakout sessions

  • RISE (LEVEL 38)
    Enhancing civic engagement through place-based design, Center for Active Design
  • SET (LEVEL 38)
    Creating and measuring stronger public life, Gehl

  • WORKSHOP 1 (LEVEL 6)
    Engagement tactics bridging the divide between citizens and government, 8 80 Cities

  • WORKSHOP 2 (LEVEL 6)
    Addressing neighborhood stigma, Better Block

  • WORKSHOP 3 (LEVEL 6)
    The principles of ethical redevelopment, Place Lab

  • WORKSHOP 4 (LEVEL 6)
    Using technology to create connection, Brad Schenck

NOON – 1:00 PM  EAST MIAMI: THE CRUSH FOYER (LEVEL 39) – Lunch

1:00 – 1:30 PM THE CRUSH (LEVEL 39) – Civic innovator storytelling: Ethical redevelopment

  • Tayyib Smith

  • James Feagin

1:30 – 2:00 PM – Knight Cities Challenge share-outs

  • Macon Connects, Josh Rogers

  • The Institute of Hip-Hop Entrepreneurship, Tayyib Smith

  • The Urban Consulate, Claire Nelson

2:00 – 3:15 PM – Peer-to-peer learning breakout sessions

  • THE CRUSH FOYER (LEVEL 39)
    Sparking public life
  • RISE (LEVEL 38)
    Changing community narratives

  • SET (LEVEL 38)
    Creating connections between diverse communities

  • WORKSHOP 1 (LEVEL 6)
    Increasing civic engagement

  • WORKSHOP 2 (LEVEL 6)
    Reimagining existing civic assets

  • WORKSHOP 3 (LEVEL 6)
    Supporting a changing urban economy

  • WORKSHOP 4 (LEVEL 6)
    Harnessing technology for change

3:15 – 5:15 PM – Free time

5:15 PM – Shuttle to Little Havana

Meet in lobby of EAST Miami.

5:30 – 6:30 PM – BALL & CHAIN – 1513 SW EIGHTH ST.

Happy Hour

6:45 – 8:45 PM – TOWER THEATER – 1508 SW EIGHTH ST.

Screening of “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City”

8:45 PM – Shuttle returns to EAST Miami


WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 STRATEGY AND TACTICS

7:30 – 8:15 AM – Shuttles to Miami Ad School

Meet in lobby of EAST Miami.

8:15 – 8:45 AM – MIAMI AD SCHOOL — MAIN GALLERY

Queen City Quiz Show (and breakfast)

8:45 – 9:00 AM – Day 2 welcome: Leveraging the network

  • George Abbott

9:00 – 9:30 AM – Civic innovator storytelling: Designing Cities for People

  • Jeff Risom

9:30 – 9:45 AM – Break

9:45 – 10:30 AM – Tactical breakouts No. 1

  • 8 80 Cities: Implementing inclusive and meaningful community engagement processes as “outsiders”
  • Anuj Gupta: Public space projects developed and re ned through prototypes and experiments
  • Luz Gomez: Measuring what matters: How to separate the signal from the noise and track your impact
  • Hunter Franks: The keys to navigating, listening, trust and collaboration within communities
  • Jason Roberts: Starting projects quickly, prototyping rapidly and building a movement with real examples from the Better Block Foundation
  • Anusha Alikhan: Media matters: How to optimize your work for press attention
  • Rosemary D’Amour: Digital  rst: How to use digital platforms to amplify your work
  • Brian Ulaszewski: One nonpro t’s great success and fantastic failure as a partner, consultant and instigator to the city of Long Beach
  • Lansie Sylvia: Activating in-person and online communities to consistently promote your project

10:30 – 10:45 AM – Break

10:45 – 11:30 AM – Tactical breakouts No. 2

  • 8 80 Cities: Implementing inclusive and meaningful community engagement processes as “outsiders”
  • Danny Harris: Storytelling for cities: Telling authentic stories, building community and advancing your brand 
  • Kate Catherall: Building e ective community engagement processes that move people to action and scale over time
  • Hunter Franks: The keys to navigating, listening, trust and collaboration within communities
  • Anuj Gupta: Public space projects developed and re ned through prototypes and experiments
  • Jason Roberts: Starting projects quickly, prototyping rapidly and building a movement with real examples from the Better Block Foundation
  • Chad Rochkind: Reaction and inertia: How to hack bureaucracy and make progress faster
  • Daily Tous les Jours: How cooperation in planning can lead to success in outcomes. Sharing insight from working across four di erent cities with more than a dozen partners.
  • Hajj Flemings: The importance of brand-building in a digital world
  • Amanda Thompson: Working with an artist: How to ensure quality and authenticity while integrating art into your work.

11:30 – NOON  MAIN GALLERY – Knight Cities Challenge share-outs

  • Place-make the vote, Brian Ulaszewski
  • Tree Debris to Opportunity, Yvette Bowden 
  • Pop-Up Pools, Erin Englestad

NOON – 1:00 PM – Lunch

1:00 – 1:45 PM – Tactical breakouts No. 3

  • Max Musicant: How to structure your project for continuity and scale post-Knight funding
  • Kate Catherall: Building effective community engagement processes that move people to action and scale over time
  • Luz Gomez: Measuring what matters: How to separate the signal from the noise and track your impact
  • Emilie Evans: Taking design thinking from Post-its and “how-might-we’s?” to real-life prototyping for user feedback to practical implementation
  • Cornetta Lane: You can’t plan for everything; what to do when it all goes wrong.
  • Margaret Jones: The importance of relationships when working on extraordinary projects
  • Danny Harris: Storytelling for cities: Telling authentic stories, building community and advancing your brand
  • Lindsey Scannapieco: Responding to the unexpected and continuing progress
  • Chris Horne: Planning for the unexpected—before you even begin

1:45 – 2:00 PM – Break

2:00 PM – Shuttles to Miami International Airport Wynwood Arts District tours (optional) Free time

6:30 PM – Shuttle from EAST Miami to Wynwood Kitchen and Bar Meet in the lobby.

7:00 – 9:00 PM – WYNWOOD KITCHEN AND BAR – 2550 NW SECOND AVE.

Dinner

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 GRANTEE ONBOARDING AND GRANTS 101

7:30 – 8:30 AM – Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00 AM – Day 3 welcome:Grants management + logistics 

  • George Abbott

9:00 – 9:30 AM – Metrics, goals and measuring impact

  • Luz Gomez

9:30 – 9:45 AM – Break

9:45 – 11:15 AM – Group session

11:15 – 11:45 AM – Communicating effectively

  • Anusha Alikhan

11:45 – 12:15 PM – What’s next? What did we learn?

  • George Abbott

12:15 – 1:00 PM – Grab-and-go lunches available

12:30 PM – Shuttles to hotel and airport