Wanted to let everyone know that Nadav and I are very excited about gathering in Las Vegas for our very first Summit of the Small Firm SDL peer network! We'll meet Wednesday afternoon, June 5, for a 4-hour concentrated session from 1:30-5:30 in Room N205. Here's the agenda. A group of us will be meeting on Tuesday to refine the content and flow. We are confident that key insights and new perspectives will be gained and we look forward to sharing those with everyone!
Jerelyn
Small Firm Sustainable Design Leaders Inaugural Summit
Wednesday, June 5, 1:30 - 5:30pm. Room N205, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV
1:30 Round the room introductions: Name and firm
Round 1: About our firms. Location, size, project types, culture.
Round 2: About us. Role, latest satisfying achievement, current challenge
2:00 Pick a challenge: group selects one or two challenges and suggests solutions tied to one of these four proposed topics:
- How to ensure that every project is addressing sustainability
- Setting minimum project standards
- Removing barriers
- Aligning firm culture and workflow with sustainability process and outcomes
- Engaging with leadership for direction
- Grassroots initiatives
- Knowledge Management: How to give people the info they need, when they need it?
- Push model: organizing and disseminating information
- Pull model: making information available when and where it’s needed
- Client Education--How to engage them without scaring them off?
- Making connections between client priorities and sustainability outcomes
- Active listening
2:45 Topic exploration round 2: Group picks a 2nd focus topic from the list
3:30 Break
3:45 What is the role of the Sustainable Design Leader?
- Pros and cons of formalizing it.
- How to justify overhead time
4:45 Future of this group/network.
- Where do we want to go from here?
- What would be most valuable/useful to each of us?
5:20 Wrap-up, debrief
5:30 Adjourn