Quick Outline for Saturday...

Objectives/Planned Outcomes:

• Actually start mapping -- adding more key dots to the existing community-map.
• Participants will envision the possibilities.
• Participants will know how to create a customized map.
• Come up with a list of ways we can better COLLABORATE in our various map-building initiatives.
• Each participant be inspired to write/post/tweet their conclusions & further ideas.
• Derive future activity & leadership, to keep progress moving forward.
• Shoot raw footage for upcoming training video.  [humor clip]

Agenda:  

10:00  Welcome & Self-Introductions  (Neil Cox)

10:15  Vision-casting.   (Eldon)

• Goal:  Connecting and Mapping To 5,000 Neighborhood Leaders Across Indiana

10:25 Some Mapping Capabilities You Should Know About

• SAVI (Neil Devadasan, 10min)
• City/Community (Fred Baltrusis, 10min) -- Indy.GOV, Services, Maps-page.  GenViewer... and Connect2Help.  'MyNeighborhoods' has all forms of maps and connections.
• Gadgets (Dr. Thomas Ho, 10min) - PlaceBlogging... Outside.IN ... BrightKite.com     Loki.com
• Facebook Neighborhoods

11:00 Example -- Let's quickly build a map from an Excel file of addresses.   (Neil Devadan & Fred Baltrusis)

11:15 Brainstorming  (Everyone)

• What can you imagine?  How could 5,000 e-capable Christians in 5,000 mapped neighborhoods accelerate the mission at hand?
• Technically speaking... How should we collaborate in the many mapping initiatives?
• What gadgets & apps should we promote among our constituencies?
• Where do neighborhood cell-groups and our other constituencies fit in, as a great part of the solution?

11:45 Where Do We Go From Here?   (Everyone)

• Carryouts?