April 11 – 15, 2011
(Sessions on the 12th, 13th & 15th; networking/open sessions on the 14th)

Register here: http://www.cic2011econference.com/

At this critical time, when data are needed more than ever to ground civic discourse and effective policy-making, the Community Indicators Consortium is pleased to offer our first eConference, A Knowledge Exchange: From Data to Impact. Bringing together individuals, organizations and public agencies from across the globe, it offers expert presentations, promising practices, shared learning and networking.

Why an eConference? Online events invite us to gather in time but not space, and provide a virtual place to expand our networks and further our practice without paying travel costs.

Over the last three decades, hundreds of communities have launched community indicators projects in the US, Canada, Mexico, the EU, Africa, Korea, Australia and Latin America. Residents and policy makers alike want reliable data about local conditions and macro trends affecting their communities to create and monitor effective action plans.

The Community Indicators Consortium (CIC) is a network of people and organizations from around the world using indicators of progress to guide community change. The goals of CIC are to:
(1) advance the art and science of indicators, (2) facilitate the exchange of knowledge about indicator projects,
(3) further understanding about how to create effective action plans and policies inspired by community indicators and performance measures, and
(4) foster informed dialogue about local, regional, national and global priorities.

Keynote Speakers (partial list)
Angela Blackwell, Founder and CEO, PolicyLink | Robert M. Groves, Director, U.S. Census Bureau | Bernice Steinhardt, Director of Strategic Parnerships at the U.S. Government Accountability Office | Todd Park, Chief Technology Officer, US Department of Health and Human Services

How It Works
Participate on your own computer in your home or office or in
regional gatherings with colleagues in a flexible time frame.

An all-access conference pass includes CIC membership and attendance at all conference events. This exciting on-line event takes place on the Expos2 virtual conference platform, which allows for active participation during the event and for three months afterwards. The Expos2 platform encourages individuals to learn from and interact with each other through:

● Professional profile exchanges
● Plenary sessions with experts and practitioners
● Interactive workshops and communities of practice
● One-on-one and group chats
● Visits to the exhibit hall and sponsor booths
● An online resource-rich library

Social media technology supports professional development and networking and enables conferees from around the world to participate in online learning exchanges without the cost of travel.

Event Schedule

Monday: Find & Be Found (Optional). "Check-in" by providing a personal and/or organizational profile along with a "Quick Hit" presentation of up to five slides or a 1-3 minute video about your project's work. Meet colleagues and review their work on CIC's LinkedIn Group, Facebook page and the CIC website's Interactive Database, and check out vendor booths.

Tuesday: Welcome by the CIC Board, keynote by a major thought leader and content sessions – one from each of six tracks in the morning and in the afternoon.

Wednesday: Plenary address by a thought leader and morning and afternoon content sessions in six tracks.

Thursday: Plenary remarks by a major thought leader, Community of Practice sessions – either online or at optional in-person regional hubs, participant-constructed "open space" dialogues, and time to review and contribute to previous sessions or connect on-line with colleagues.

Friday Morning: The final session from each track in the morning followed by a closing keynote and conference wrap up session.

Tracks

The event offers five tracks, and a sixth devoted to promising practices and breakthroughs proposed by CIC members.
1. Integrating Community Indicators & Performance Measures (Sponsor: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation)
2. Strengthening the Education Pipeline
3. Healthy People, Healthy Communities (Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
4. Neighborhood Stabilization & Development
5. Regional Sustainability, Equity & Prosperity
6. The Best of the Rest

Crosscutting "strands" include Children, Youth & Families, Results-Based Accountability™, Determinants of Health, Tools & Technology, Community Engagement & Capacity Building, and Global Best Practices.

Each session includes an hour of content followed by a half hour of dialogue. Participants can watch and/or interact with each session as it occurs live, or watch, review and add content at their leisure over following three months, at which point all content will be archived on CIC's website.

Optional Regional Hub Gatherings & Open Sessions

The schedule for Thursday allows for in-person regional gatherings organized and hosted by CIC's member organizations. While the conference organizers will provide a structured agenda that dovetails with conference content to facilitate shared learning, the focus of each gathering will reflect local priorities. Participants can also initiate additional online sessions Thursday an any topics.

Technical Platform

The technical host is EXPOS2, a leading provider of virtual events and virtual business environments. This state-of-the-art platform includes an "auditorium" for streamed video plenary presentations, "break-out rooms" for the track sessions, an "exhibit hall" for information and sponsors' booths and a "lounge" for ongoing socializing and relationships building. Go to http://www.expos2.com for a tour and more details.

Participant Registration

An All-Access Conference Pass includes CIC membership and entitles registrants to all conference events and features, including plenary keynotes, 30 content-rich sessions in six tracks, information booths, open space sessions, chat rooms, one-on-one conversations, conference blog(s) and access to the archive.

-Student (scholarships available) $75
-Individual or Organization (1 Participant – scholarships available) $175
-Organization (2 Participants) $300
-Organization (3 Participants) $375
-Organization (Unlimited Participants) $750

Sponsorship

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Community Health Institute, and The Boston Foundation have generously provided funding for this conference. Please consider funding this important work by sponsoring the conference or becoming a contributing member of CIC.

-Booth Exhibitor $1000
-Contributing Member $250 – $1,000
-Track Sponsor $5,000 – $10,000
-CIC Supporter $1,000 – $25,000 +

For more information, please go to http://www.communityindicators.net.

Questions? Contact Peter Bayard at 760-845-7598 / [email protected]
or Adam Luecking at 301-907-7541 / [email protected]
Community Indicators Consortium
129 Church Street #604, New Haven, CT 06510 / 860-880-0191