Feedback
We’d like your feedback. One way to do this is to leave us a comment here. We know some things worked better than others, and we’re having at least one feedback session with our volunteers; but we welcome comments from our speakers, exhibitors, and general participants also. Our general thank-you message to everyone is here.
Kudos to our Volunteers
A special thank you to those of you who volunteered and helped make the conference such an outstanding event, from the initial conception, planning, and promotion through registration and on-site assistance and meaningful conversation. We will be reaching out to you shortly to request feedback and encourage continuing dialogue; please keep the evening of Thursday, June 4 tentatively open for a get-together on-campus to come together, celebrate, and discuss the future. (And please forward this to anyone I missed who should be invited to this – thanks.)
Thanks to our Speakers, Moderators, and Panelists
A special thank you to all the speakers, moderators, and panelists who did such a great job putting together their panels, presentations, and discussions. I’ve read through a number of the evaluation sheets and have seen mostly positive responses on the sessions and keynotes (except for the obvious problem of the luncheon acoustics in the gym). I look forward to hearing the audio recordings for all the sessions I missed – and see below for how to order them for yourself.
Please forward this on to your panelists if you don’t see them listed; I’m still compiling a list of all the speakers, moderators, and panel participants, and may not have their contact information.
Finally, I’d like to invite you to stay in touch, and if appropriate to become a continuing partner of the ISE and/or the Incubator program.
A Special Thanks to our Exhibitors
A special thank you to all the exhibitors who manned the Expo, which just kept getting better.
By the end of Thursday we had more than 500 attendees – some of whom were disappointed that more exhibitors didn’t stay – but in general people found the Expo worthwhile, and by Thursday there were small groups attending the Expo Speakers’ Program also. We also brought the exhibitors and the attendees together for lunch, though having the lunch in the gym was not a good solution – for either side. So thanks for putting up with the drawbacks, and I hope you found it a worthwhile experience in the end. But either way, we want your feedback.
I would be pleased to mentor flegling businesses and budding entrepreneurs. I am an accomplished entrepreneur devoting much of his time to helping others. I also happen to be on the Board of the Rothman Institute.
Dear Jonathan and ISE Community,
I loved being a part of the conference both as a participant and as a CORE team member because both experiences were enriching and rewarding. I learned a great deal from the rich curriculum and all the people leading and participating in panels, sessions, workshops, discussions, etc. I am encouraged because I continue to hear similar messages from others, particularly from people who were not able to exhibit or participate. Many want to continue to engage. Being a part of the ISE ‘community’ is clearly a pull you should consider how you want to build on for future forums, programs, events, collaborations, joint ventures, and B2B facilitation.
To aid next year’s event planning, I recommend the CORE TEAM members assess and develop key MORE OF / LESS OF activities to be incorporated into next year’s written plan. By incorporating MORE OF / LESS OF, key learnings, and experiences into an event plan (with an operating calendar and project workbook), future teams will have a guide to aid them with milestones, actions, tools, deliverables, goals, budgets, communications (synthesize examples from 2009 w/ recommended timing), policies, etc. The plan can be broken into CORE projects with descriptions on objectives, recommended goals, key processes and policies (e.g. FDU, local gov’t, relationships with corp. sponsors), organization (w/org charts, roles and resp’s, etc.) and best practices with checklists defining next steps and insights. I am happy to assist in the plan developmen. If team keeps to crisp bullets w/ key explanations and a reference guide w/ examples, the plan can be concise.
Thank you for a wonderful, enriching, and collaborating experience!
Sincerely,
Kerry Mowry
Hi Paul: I’m involved with the Ellis Island Institute and the NJ Historic Trust in a venture that is trying to
imagine what a center for heritage preservation might look like. In the process, colleagues shared the attached
with me and I thought, at least indirectly, it held some prospects and insights for Morristown,
not least because of our interest in preservation, heritage ‘appreciation’, green solutions, affordable housing and
so on…..
Preservation Vision: NYC invited interested citizens and preservation practitioners to think
about the future of historic preservation practice in relation to the future of the city, creating
a temporary forum for the profession to think concretely about its long-term goals. This
project asked members of the preservation community in New York to submit, discuss, and
develop their most compelling ideas to position historic preservation for substantial, lasting
contributions to the most pressing issues facing New York City while anticipating new
collaborations and increased threats to the city’s historic resources.
This is for your interest and information. I tried to attach the document but couldn’t; if you’re interested, let me know and I’ll send it to you.
Best, Linda