August 2026 - Cvsg - list.chattanooga.digital

Are you interested in community visioning?
by Greg Laudeman Aug. 26, 2026

Aug. 26, 2026

Are you interested in engaging community members for inclusive, positive, sustainable change? Do you want to learn about or help apply lessons from the initiatives that so radically improved our community 40 years ago?Do you know of others who are or might be? Please, let me know! Specifically, are you interested in: * Piloting the Do It Yourself Visioning Kit or otherwise helping with the methodology, practice, and tools. Specifically... o Will you help pilot it on Tuesday, September 1st, at noon? If so, please RSVP at https://luma.com/vkzcimjx. Participation is limited. I am inviting others who have not participated in the Study Group, so please do so ASAP. There is an option to attend virtually but it won't be practical to accommodate active participation by online attendees. * Facilitating community visioning meetings * Convening community visioning meetings (includes selecting a topic and recruiting participants) Do you think any of this is helpful or important for reducing fragmentation and strengthening our community? Is it important or useful, in your view, to learn from Venture? Please let me know via direct reply or to the group, cvsg(a)list.chattanooga.digital. Your response will determine how/whether we continue with this group. Thanks! -- Greg Laudeman, Ed.D., Instigator Chattanooga.Digital <https://chattanooga.digital/> greg(a)chattanooga.digital <mailto:greg.laudeman@chattanooga.digital> 706-271-5521

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Sept 1
by Deconstruction Advisory Board Aug. 24, 2026

Aug. 24, 2026

Greg, I plan to attend Sept 1st. I apologize for not getting back with you after the last meeting. The feedback I had was about identifying different groups such as a neighborhood association and begin to attend their meetings and listen and get to know people before we do a "formal" vision night, which may be what you had in mind anyway. And making sure the group is given the worksheet perhaps months ahead to collect their thoughts and write them down. I personally have a difficult time completing a sheet like that at a single setting. Just thoughts Pat

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Piloting DIY Visioning
by Greg Laudeman, Ed.D. Aug. 20, 2026

Aug. 20, 2026

We will do another pilot of the DIY Visioning Kit on Tuesday, September 1, at noon. I’ll stick to the process this time! More details on that soon. I would also like to pilot it with an “organic” group. If you might be interested in convening a visioning session, let me know. — Greg Laudeman, Ed.D. Executive Officer and Principal Eduity, LLC www.eduity.net greg(a)eduity.net 706-271-5521

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Piloting the Chattanooga Venturing DIY Visioning Kit
by Greg Laudeman, Ed.D. Aug. 5, 2026

Aug. 5, 2026

One of our participants had an issue that caused us to have to cut the pilot session short. They are fine! Thank you to everyone who helped out! We will reschedule the pilot. Actually, I think we need to do a few pilot sessions, including at least one that is totally virtual. It would be great to have other conveners. Who might be willing to convene a pilot session? Generally, recruiting conveners will be a major challenge/task for crowdsourcing visioning. This will be critical to get broad, diverse, representative participation and really tap the community potential. What are your thoughts about that? Even though we barely got started with the process, there were a few clear lessons from the session: Choose a general topic: People, Place, Play, Prosper, or Public Have a clear, meaningful question. The original kit was strongly oriented toward “what” — What do you want in the community (that’s missing)? What does the community need? I also think “how” is important but that should probably be a separate session or step in the process after visioning. Follow the protocol; review and enforce the rules. Keep the process focused and on track and ensure everyone is heard. We have a number of talkers in the group (including me). Facilitators will have to rein such folks in. It is important to have less outgoing, talkative people participate. This should probably be an objective, to include people who don’t participate in much and hear from people who don’t talk much. Keep introductions brief. It’s my habit to allow a lot of discussion in study group meetings because that’s basically what the group is for. As we refocus on applied learning, “turning talk into action,” we need to be more intentional and structured. Telling myself. 😉 I’m bcc’ing several folks who participated/were interested in the session but have not joined the Chattanooga Venturing Study Group email list. Y’all feel free to reply directly to me — Greg Laudeman, Ed.D. Executive Officer and Principal Eduity, LLC www.eduity.net greg(a)eduity.net 706-271-5521

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