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Transit Initiatives in Communities:
Lessons Learned
A Conference in Tempe, Arizona
December 7-9, 2003
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Thank You for Joining
Us in Tempe…
We are so happy that you were able to listen, learn, and
participate in the "Transit Initiatives and Communities:
Lessons Learned" conference. We hope that you came away
with the tools you need to be successful with your transit
ballot initiative campaign.
As promised, we have posted all the powerpoint presentations
on this page. We hope you will utilize and tailor these presentations
for use in your own campaigns.
A CD with valuable information from the conference is now
available! Purchase here |
Program Overview (Powerpoints
available)
Full Program in PDF form
Supporters
Click
here for a report on the 2001 conference
Please take our post-conference
survey
Purchase CD of conference proceedings
Program
Overview
Our program in Tempe included:
Sunday, Dec. 7th
Pre-conference sessions include:
- Effective Advocacy Training with Stephanie Vance, the Advocacy
Guru
- Tempe community / transportation tour
Monday Dec. 8th
Opening Plenary: The Importance of Transit Initiatives,
Overview of Past Successes
- Stephanie Vance, CFTE Program Manager
- Janette Sadik-Khan,CFTE Board Member
- Jeff Boothe, CFTE Board Member
- David Schwartz to introduce Mayor Rimsza
- Mayor Skip Rimsza, Phoenix AZ
- Alan Wulkan, Parsons Brinkerhoff (powerpoint)
Sessions on:
- How To Tell A Positive Story and Deal With Critics
- Keynote: Bill Lind, Free Congress Foundation
- Moderator: Jeff Boothe
- Mike Dabadie, Wirthlin Group (powerpoint)
- Lauren Martens (Local story) (powerpoint)
- Jeremy Gunderson (Critics Overview) (powerpoint)
- Danny Alvarez, CSA Group, Miami (powerpoint)
- Hot Topics for 2004
- Hank Dittmar, Reconnecting America (powerpoint)
- Leonard Copple, Tempe City Council
- What Can We Learn From Recent Campaigns
- Tim Baldwin, URS (powerpoint)
- Greg Lever, Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance (powerpoint)
- Mark Huffer, Kansas City Transit Agency (powerpoint)
- Steve Beard, S.R. Beard and Associates, Houston (powerpoint)
- Mary O'Connor, Tempe Public Works (powerpoint)
- Getting the Word Out Through Effective Marketing and
Media Strategies
- Phoenix: A Case Study in Try, Try, Try Again
- David Schwartz, Friends of Transit (powerpoint)
- Gary Kaasa, Cantelme and Kaasa
- Peggy Bilsten, Phoenix Councilmember
- Peggy Pfaelzer, Pfaelzer Johns Amen & Dean
- Jack Tevlin, former Deputy City Manager for Phoenix
Evening Reception: Sponsored by
APTA's Business Members
Dave Dobbs, Light Rail Now, Austin (powerpoint)
Tuesday Dec. 9th
Sessions on:
- Using Campaign Consultants to Cover Your Bases
- Steve Beard, S.R. Beard and Associates, Houston
- Glenn Totten, Totten Communications, Washington, DC
- Raising Money, Managing Funds and Setting Up Successful
PACs
- Amanda Eichelkraut, Campaign to Build Illinois Transit (powerpoint)
- Steve Farley, Citizens for Sensible Transportation Solutions
(powerpoint)
- Greg Ensel, Phoenix Chamber
- Jacob Snow, Las Vegas Transit Agency (powerpoint)
- Finding, Building and Utilizing Coalition Partners in
the Most Unlikely Places
- Phil Olmstead, Odyssey (powerpoint)
- Tom Shrout, Citizens for Modern Transit (powerpoint)
- Steve Schlickman, National Business Coalition for Rapid
Transit (powerpoint)
- Lind Simonsen, Pierce County Transit (powerpoint)
- Tactics and Strategies for Organizing a Successful Ballot
Measure Campaign
- Kristina Willfore, Ballot Initiatives Strategy Center (powerpoint)
- Kelly Nordini, Transit Alliance, Denver (powerpoint)
- Edie Gillis, Transportation Choices Coalition, Seattle (powerpoint)
- Glen Gadbois, Just Transportation Alliances, Austin (powerpoint)
Closing Luncheon
- Featuring Mr. WIlliam Millar, President, APTA
- Michelle Ernst, Surface Transportation Policy Project, NYC,
New York (powerpoint)
- Stephanie Vance, CFTE Program Manager (powerpoint)
Post-Conference
Survey
In an attempt to serve you better, we have created
a simple survey to find out what you thought of the "Transit
Initiatives and Communities: Lessons Learned" Conference. Please
tell us what you thought of the speakers, the content, and ways
that we can do better at our next conference. The survey will ask
you questions about particular panels, so if you need to refresh
your memory on certain panels, look
here.
Take
the Survey Now!
Conference
CD
We have prepared a CD based on the proceedings from
the conference. This CD includes:
- Transcripts from each session
- Audio clips from each session
- Powerpoint presentations
- A glossary of terms used at the conference
- A searchable index of speakers and participants
To help cover the costs of developing and mailing the CD, we are
charging $10. Please note that this charge will show up under the
name of CFTE's management company, AdVanced Consulting.
Supporters
This conference would not be possible without the
generous support of:
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