Keynotes should be fun.
You should come away motivated, but not feel as though you were listening to a motivational speaker. I love doing this because I love the subject I’m talking about. It’s rewarding when the audience sees things differently, leaving with ideas they can’t wait to implement. – Kyle Ezell
Senior Principal Kyle Ezell keynoted the opening breakfast for the Ohio Conference of Community Development on July 30. The OCCD is a statewide organization on the built environment’s role in community competitiveness.
The OCCD is …
…a 160+ member statewide association of community and economic development organizations, dedicated since 1965, to helping develop, implement and improve federal, state and local programs for community development. Beyond that, to develop and improve professional standards and practices across all phases of public administration related to community development. Its members are community and economic development practitioners from Ohio ‘s cities, counties, villages, non-profit organizations and consulting firms.
The members of OCCD include many of Designing Local’s client organizations who work in community and real estate development and want to set their places apart to bring stronger economic development and a higher quality of life.
Conference organizer Kathy Werkmeister:
Your remarks on designing urban spaces were a great way to start our Thursday morning. Thank you for your enthusiastic presentation!
Next up for Ezell:
September 23-25: Township Comprehensive Planning Panel, 2015 American Planning Association Ohio Statewide Planning Conference, Toledo, OH
October 24: Keynote: Covington (KY) Neighborhood Summit
November 13: Designing Local: Creativity and Rules to Make Places More Competitive (with Wendy Moeller, Principal, Compass Point Planning), Cleveland Planning and Zoning Workshop
If your organization shares these goals and needs to hear something different (and fun), contact Kyle Ezell at Kyle@designinglocal.com.
