A crowded Grand Ballroom at the Governor Hotel was the setting for the opening remarks at the 2011 Convening in Portland, Orgeon. The Honorable Sam Adams, Mayor, City of Portland addressed a full house – 83 different communities from Waxahachie to Ann Arbor. Said Adams “you can’t be a smart city with a dumb system of education.”
…The problem with live blogging from an event like this can be encapsulated in the simple fact that the original registration cut-off planned for this Conference was 175.The Conference WiFi was quickly overwhelmed by more than 340 devices so that by the time Jeff Edmondson stepped up to introduce “Lessons from the Front Line: Sites Share Their Progress and Challenges” I could’t send a tweet much less upload a photo. The hotel staff quickly added another Router to the mix so hopefully blog posts from the rest of the plenary sessions will be forthcoming! Some Tweets from this morning’s session,…
MayorSamAdams Mayor Sam Adams
Preparing to welcome to Portland, the @StriveNetwork National Convening #strivec2c #pdx #in #fbAndrewOMoore Andrew Moore
Fund maps help leaders ID opptys redirect funds to hi-priority supports/services, track progress redirect investments over time #strivec2cNWYouthUpdates NW Youth Updates
Are biz leaders backing edu success in your community? Why or why not? #Strivec2cNWYouthUpdates NW Youth Updates
83 Communities here to talk about EDU, how we can ‘fail forward’ #strivec2cmarycul Mary Cullinane
@ #STRIVEC2C J.Edmonson-GR8T keynote.There’s no silver bullet- improving schools takes all community members 2standup &say enough is enough!watkinsdani watkinsdani
RT @watkinsdani: 83 communities from around the nation together learning about how to create a cradle to career network! #strivec2cwatkinsdani watkinsdani
RT @watkinsdani: One of the convening strands is evidence based decision making. How do we measure the 21st Century Skills? #strivec2cKWJamie
Jeff Edmonson: “This is not a new idea, per say, but boy does it feel like we’re at a tipping point” #strivec2cKWJamie
Jeff Edmonson: “we collectively need to fail forward and give e/o examples of what to do and what not to do” #strivec2cGrCinciFdn Gr Cinci Foundation
hashtag #Strivec2c RT @strivenetwork: Portland to play host to second annual national Strive Cradle-to-Career Convening bit.ly/qlreeQbyronmccauley Byron McCauley
RT @KWJamie: 83 communities here at the Strive Convening! #strivec2c #collectiveimpact #education #Portlandcgroth cgroth
Great start to the Strive Cradle to Career Network Convening. More than 80 communities from across the country in the house! #STRIVEC2CStriveNetwork Strive
The Glossary of terms for this emerging work is also on the blog: strivenetwork.org/blog/?page_id=… #StriveC2CStriveNetwork Strive
How do you create a system where the student is actually at the center? How to create the accountability infrastructure? #StriveC2CStriveNetwork Strive
Mayor of Portland, Honorable Sam Adams: “You can’t be a smart city with a dumb system of education” #StriveC2Cedworkspartners EdWorks Partners
RT @byronmccauley: RT @LydiaDobyns: #Portland mayor says “you can’t be a smart city w/ dumb schools” #StriveC2C #collectiveimpact #educationbyronmccauley Byron McCauley
RT @Urquilla: #STRIVEC2C #it’s the right, urgent thing to do. We can’t expect more money.” Mayor Adams #Portland #collectiveimpactLydiaDobyns Lydia Dobyns
#Portland mayor says “you can’t be a smart city with dumb schools” #StriveC2C
2 hours agoJeanneBernish
@StriveNetwork Will post some Convening takeaways to the new “Striving for Change” blog: strivenetwork.org/blog/ #StriveC2CLydiaDobyns Lydia Dobyns
In #Portland; can’t wait for #StriveC2C to start tomorrow. #newtechnetwork #StriveNetwork
14 hours ago
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Jeanne Bernish is the Web and Social Media Manager for KnowledgeWorks.
