sustaining a legacy indicator project community indicators consortium 2014 impact summit
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About JCCI Core Fundamentals
Jacksonville-based civic non-profit organization
Began in 1974 – celebrating 40 years of community engagement for civic change
Bring residents together to learn about community issues, engage in problem-solving, and act to make a difference
Community improvement and quality of life
Neutral, “safe” ground for public discourse
Shared learning
Citizen leaders
Nimble process
Responsive to change in the community over time
Quality of Life Progress Report~the basics ~
Launched in 1985 in response to a request from the city’s chamber of commerce.
Longest running, most consistently published community indicators report in the world.
Process: Utilizes a volunteer committee of residents each year to review all indicators and identify key indicators that tell Jacksonville’s story.
Quality of Life Progress Report~transformation~
Report has changed from lengthy printed document, to a smaller print format. Audience is directed to data site.
Alignment with JAX2025 visioning effort. Content transformation:
Access & Transparency
What data is “important?”What do we do with the data?
Source: www.markramseymedia.com/2012/11/is-radio-relevant/
ResourcesResponsive
Results
Challenges: the 4 “R’s”
Relevance
Resources
ChallengeEnsuring
Sustainability
Obtaining and sustaining the resources needed
Staff capacity (time, knowledge, number of staff) is limited
Funding for change
• Use networks and existing community, corporate, and political leadership – as well as new media leaders
• Leverage congruent initiatives
? ✓
Relevancy
ChallengeEnsuring
Sustainability
Indicator project is no longer connected to or appropriate for the community
Lacks meaning
Has become irrelevant to or ignored by community
Institutionalize the report and publish it at the same time each year so that it’s content becomes reliable
Community stakeholders on review committee, include a marketing professional
? ✓
Results
ChallengeEnsuring
Sustainability
Project is not action-oriented; results cannot or are note translated in to action
Not achieving community buy-in
Not achieving results
Cultivate ownership
◦ “They Should”
◦ “You Can”
◦ “I Will”
Engage existing community, corporate, and political leadership in a meaningful way
? ✓
Responsive
ChallengeEnsuring
Sustainability
Not changing over time
Perceptions versus what is actually going on in the community
Not meeting the community “where they’re at”
Engage the community: what do they want to measure and why
Facilitate two-way information sharing and ongoing communications
Pay attention and be involved
? ✓