Business Council of Alabama (5,000)

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• Business Council of Alabama (5,000)
• Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama
  (12060,000)
• Alabama School Readiness Alliance (GR, FND, A,E)
• Alabama Partnership for Children (P/P, 9, R/D)

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Planning Started EARLY

• About six years ago
• Inclusive nonprofit, service providers, early
  childhood experts. . .and business partners
• Smart division of labor
• early childhood national experts
• advocates state leaders
• business partners foundations/funders

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Early Childhood Partners

• Used their body of work for Summit content
• Nominated business leaders for invitations
• Previewed and submitted materials, content, and
  potential speakers
• Provided oversight kept us focused on Alabama
  priorities
• Attended IF they brought a business partner
• Included best practices Alabama examples

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National Experts

• Very little content is original
• Pew/PAES provided connections to burgeoning
  volume of fantastic materials
• Contacted national leaders for input, looked at
  previous summits, borrowed from everyone
• Sought out the most concise briefs from an
  intentional mix of diverse sources
• Purchased some materials, permission for others,
  targeted diverse mixture of content

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Advocates and Foundations/Funders

• Were included from the start
• Asked them to spread the word
• Used advocacy materials for consistent messaging
• Sought their input on key leaders to engage,
  speakers, facilitators, and funding
• Foundations represented by ASRA and APC, summit
  partners

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State Leaders

• From public and private sectors
• Elected and appointed officials (Governors
  Office, Agency Heads)
• Universities Early Childhood AND Economics
• United Way, Manufacture Alabama, AAP, Leadership
  Alabama, A Education Foundation
• Business leaders with track record of support for
  early childhood initiatives

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Business Partners

• They did what they do well connect with the
  business community
• Planning taught us much
• Site, facility, agenda/activities, food
• Summit leaders speakers, session leaders
• Final review of content, materials
• Required us to have plan of action for follow-up
  in place BEFORE the event

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Strategic and Focused

• Set-up Telluride Principles beforehand
• Op/eds from all partners, e-blasts, newsletters
• Planned within the existing framework from
  business and early childhood perspectives
• Knew our purpose more education and awareness,
  kept the focus on INVESTMENT
• Start to Finish vision with specific actions
• Structured for impact mix of agenda/materials,
  tabs, visuals, classrooms/full group, science
  (research) and feelings

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• Gail B. Piggott, Executive Director
• Alabama Partnership for Children
• 1401 I-85 Parkway, Suite A
• Montgomery, Alabama 36106
• 1-866-711-4025 (for zero to five)
• gpiggott_at_smartstartalabama.org
• www.SmartStartAlabama.org