Training Contents
LIVABLE COMMUNITIES
- Living and Working in a Small Town and Rural Community is an Excellent Choice!
- Rural Trends and Data Gathering – A Glance at Rural America.
- What Are Your Hometown Magnets? – How to Spur Tourism and Visitors.
- Ten Important Trends for Rural Communities – Thinking and Acting Strategically.
- Riding for the Brand – What Should Your Community Be Known For or As?
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- Small Town Economic Development is a Team Sport – Community Engagement and Regional Approaches to Partnering – The CIP Corridor Example.
- Workforce Development and Talent Attraction – Can We Recruit and Retain Talent?
- What is Civic Entrepreneurship? Do we have any and can we get some?
- How to Revitalize your Main Street.
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Instructor
 Steve Gilbert
City Manager and Director of Economic Development
Stroud, Oklahoma (population 2,300)
Steve Gilbert has over 20 years of experience in the public, private and non-profit sectors, with a focus on workforce, economic and community development. His professional background and experience includes senior positions with the Tulsa Metro Chamber, the Memphis Regional Chamber and the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association.
Steve has served as executive director for the St. Louis Technology Gateway Alliance and Workforce Tulsa. He worked as a management consultant with Coopers & Lybrand and in 2005 was appointed by Tulsa’s Mayor as the City of Tulsa’s Director of Economic and Workforce Development. Steve grew up in Stroud, Oklahoma and returned back home after 25 years of working as a civic entrepreneur to try to make a difference in his hometown. Gilbert is a 1986 graduate of the University of Oklahoma. Steve and his wife, Erin, have three children, of which they are very proud! |
BEAUTIFICATION
- Community Clean-up Campaign – Code Enforcement Basics.
- Fostering an Environment to Support the Growth of Existing Businesses.
LEADERSHIP
- Cultivating Rural Community Leadership – The 10 Commandments of Community Leadership.
- Can Our Rural Communities Work Together in New and Uncomfortable Ways? – Rural Communities can Pursue Innovation.
- Stroud Is…Mapping Community Assets, Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWAT Analysis – Precursor to Strategic Planning 101).
- Identifying Specific Next Steps When I Return Home – Strategic Planning 101 - Tips, Tools and Techniques.
CRISIS MANAGMENT
- Thoughts and Experience on Crisis Management and Disaster Response – Hospital Bankruptcy, Ambulance Closure, Tornados, Fires, Floods and Ice Storms.
CONTACT INFORMATION
OU Community Training and Resource Institute
Telephone: (405) 325-2848 or (405) 325-6906
E-mail: plewis@ou.edu |
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