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HAPPY TUESDAY MORNING! Please grab some coffee and breakfast.

HAPPY TUESDAY MORNING! Please grab some coffee and breakfast. GSI Partners is an initiative of the. Agenda. Update. Rebranding: Complete! Strategic Planning Local Community of Practice Training Funds Business Participation Upcoming Events and Activities Closing.

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HAPPY TUESDAY MORNING! Please grab some coffee and breakfast.

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  1. HAPPY TUESDAY MORNING! Please grab some coffee and breakfast. GSI Partners is an initiative of the

  2. Agenda

  3. Update • Rebranding: Complete! • Strategic Planning • Local Community of Practice • Training Funds • Business Participation • Upcoming Events and Activities • Closing

  4. Rebranding: CompleteThank you! Level 4 SBN Member HUMID Creative Agency humidcreative.com

  5. Phase I: Developing Leadership Perspectives • Stakeholder interviews (25) and executive focus group (1) • A few of the questions • What are the key elements of a robust local GSI industry? • What needs to happen for the region to become *the* hub of GSI innovation? • What needs to happen to better facilitate GSI being the driver for large scale job creation and business growth in the region? • Phase II: Creating a Shared Vision • A facilitated convening of 25 stakeholders to agree on a shared vision for the above questions • A survey to determine full range of stakeholders’ desired role for the GSI Partners • Phase III: Developing Action Plans and Accountability • SBN and GSI Partners staff develop actionable goals and metrics Strategic Planning Who: Level 4 SBN Member Strategy Arts Output: Business-Informed Strategic Initiatives that the GSI Partners will implement over the next several years

  6. Context: • GSI Partners = SBN Initiative • Local Community of Practice = GSI Partners Initiative • Convened May 2013 Goals: • Grow leadership capacities for participants – individually, as a group, and for their businesses • Identify barriers for small businesses re: public and private GSI contracts • Develop recommendations to present to PWD re: improvements to process, policy, innovation and more So far: • Two 2-day/1-night retreats • Three 2-hour breakfast meetings Next Steps: • Report to PWD • Develop structure for ongoing dialogue with PWD • “Next Step Planning Meeting” for LCoP participants Local Community of Practice:An ImmersiveFocus Group WHO: 8 small business leaders committed to GSI and growing their leadership capacities

  7. Examples of Courses that have been funded: • Biofilters: A Natural Approach to Storm Water Pollutant Removal • Building Geodatabases • AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Essentials for Land Surveying • Plant Disease Identification • Project Management for Engineers • Creating Design Storms for Rainfall-Runoff Models • Customized Sales Training • OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety - for info – anna@sbnphiladelphia.org Training Funds WHY: Provide continuing education ops for biz and employees WHAT: $50k annually - Up to $5k/biz/year - Currently available for fall2013/spring2014= $25kCurrently accepting requests and updating course list

  8. Current Partnership Status Business ParticipationWHY: To have a big impact, we need a big voice. More voices together = one big voice So, more voices = more better Keep up the great work referring businesses to the GSI Partners.Let’s keep increasing the number of participating businesses AND strategizing balance of sectors

  9. Upcoming Events and Activities Visioning meeting ½-Day visioning meeting that will be facilitated by Strategy Arts to discuss the themes from the 25 stakeholder interviews, and envision how the GSI Partners will move forward. Wednesday December 4th 8:30 am – noon SBN HQ 1617 JFK Blvd., Suite 1855, Philadelphia SBN’s Business Directory is being updated with a section just for GSI Partners! The 2014 SBN/Grid Sustainable Business Directory will include GSI Partners!Promote your business or non-profit to 30,000+ consumers interested in supporting businesses who care about profit, the planet, and its people.  The deadline to get included is October 30, 2014 so get listed today. anna@sbnphiladelphia.org to join us / get listed

  10. Upcoming Events and Activities, continued Coming in 2014: • New: Committees • New: Roundtable discussions • New: Workshop series • Ongoing: dialogue with PWD and other policy-makers • Ongoing: quarterly meetings • Ongoing: monthly newsletter • Ongoing: continuing education funds anna@sbnphiladelphia.org for info / to participate

  11. Meeting Evaluation form • Thank you to Julie @ TTF Watershed Partnership and Globe Dye Works for graciously hosting us! • Next meeting Save-The-Date: GSI Partners Quarterly Meeting Tuesday January 28th, 2014 8:30 am – 10 amLocation TBD • Who wants to host? Comments/questions/feedback on anything we talked about today? Anna Shipp @ 215.922.7400 ext. 107 or anna@sbnphiladelphia.org

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