Literacy Summit 2008: The Next Chapter - Agenda

Literacy Summit 2008: The Next Chapter
October 30, 2008
Agenda

 

8:00 Registration, breakfast and networking

9:00 Welcome
     Nancy Pike, Chair Literacy Summit 2008 Planning Committee

9:15 Results of Summit 2006
    
Jane Barton, M.A., Communication Consultant

9:30 Literacy: What’s Happening in the Community?
     Wendy Hopkins, Vice President, Grant and Program Services, Community Foundation of
     Sarasota County
     Literacy Empowers All Families (LEAF) Panel:
          Carol Dutton, Chief Development Officer, Children First
          Janet Kahn, Executive Director, Early Learning Coalition of Sarasota County
          Sarabeth Kalajian, Director, Sarasota County Library System
          Sue Meckler, Literacy and Data Coach, Sarasota County Schools
          Carleen Judge, CEO, Professional Education Consulting

10:15 Literacy: What Has Happened in the Community Since 2006
    
Roundtable Discussion

10:45 Report Out
    
Roundtable Reporters

11:15 Thinkfinity
    
Irene Guy, Director Public Policy and Community Relations, Verizon

11:30 Lunch

12:15 “Good Partner Coach”
    
Margie Genter, Vice President-Mission Services, Goodwill Manasota

12:45 Workplace Literacy: How to Structure it and Have Willing Partners
    
Roberta Reiss, Literacy Program Coordinator, Collier County Public Library

1:15 Literacy Priorities for the Future
    
Roundtable Discussion

2:00 Report Out
    
Roundtable Reporters

2:45 Action Steps
    
Carol J. Darling, President, Literacy Council of Sarasota

Literacy Summit 2008 sponsors: Verizon, Wachovia Securities, Borders

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