Next Steps Scottsdale

 Legacy at Risk

How can Scottsdale retain and enhance its great quality of place?

Redefining Greatness 

How can Scottsdale shape its niche in a new era

Region on the Rise

How can Scottsdale play with 360 degree vision

The Scottsdale Story

How can the “three Scottsdales” work together?

Tougher Agenda 

How will ‘can do” Scottsdale get past the “Stopsdale” reputation?

Each workshop session will be repeated twice. Attendees can choose 2 workshops to attend. 

VIEW WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS

What’s in it for me??

•  Be part of a plan that makes Scottsdale a better place to work and live

•  Join our best thinkers

•  Connect with top business leaders

•  Help shape Scottsdale's future

Schedule at-a-glance

7:00am - Registration 

7:30am - Symposium Begins / Breakfast Served

 8:00am - Breakfast Keynote - Lattie Coor "The Arizona We Want"

8:30am - Panel Discussin - Which Way Scottsdale? A Reflective Look Back

Moderated by Dick Bowers featuring Geoff Beer, Max Poll and Craig Jackson

9:30am - Breakout Sessions #1

10:30am - Coffee Break

10:45am - Breakout Sessions #2

Noon - Lunch Session and Panel Discussion: Preparing for the Next Economic Upturn. 

Moderated by Grady Gamage Jr. featuring Jim Pederson, Rachel Sacco and Dave Rogerique

 1:30 - Symposium Adjourns into Action...What are the Next Steps Scottsdale?

Speakers and Panelists Include:

Dr. Lattie Coor

Geoff Beer

Dick Bowers

Grady Gamage Jr.

Craig Jackson

Jim Pederson

Max Poll

Dave Roderique

Rachel Sacco

Tom Sadvary

Thank you Community Supporters & Event Partners

APS
AVB Development Partners

Barrett - Jackson
CCS Presentation Systems
Despins Printing and Graphics

DMB Associates, Inc.
Doubletree Paradise Valley Resort
FirstBank
Henkel

Magellan Health Services of Arizona
Mayo Clinic
Morrison Institute for Public Policy
Phoenix Business Journal
R&R Partners

Ryerson Group
Scottsdale Airpark News

Scottsdale Community College - Psi Gamma / Phi Theta Kappa Chapter

Scottsdale Fashion Square
Scottsdale Healthcare
Scottsdale Insurance Company

SRP
Signs by Tomorrow - Scottsdale

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The Pederson Group
Wells Fargo
 

Full Symposium Individual Ticket Includes:

Breakfast with keynote speaker

Two breakout sessions

Lunch with keynote speaker

Chamber Members - $125
Non-Member / General Public - $150

Corporate Table of 10 Includes:

Breakfast with keynote speaker

Two breakout sessions

Lunch with keynote speaker

Reserved seating at breakfast and lunch

Exposure as Corporate Investor and Community Supporter

Corporate Investment: $2500

Lunch Only - $100

Contact Cindi Eberhardt or call 480-355-2721 to reserve your corporate table or customized sponsorship package.

Message from the Chamber CEO

At a recent Scottsdale Leadership Forum, community leaders discussed the greatness of our city. Scottsdale is indeed a great community, not just a good one. What struck me during the presentations is that much of Scottsdale’s greatness was more a reflection of past decisions that had come to fruition rather than an expression of the greatness yet to come. Indeed, there were fervent calls for the development of a community vision once again so that we could march into the future, reinventing ourselves with new and different greatness as the end result

As Robert Leger of the Scottsdale Republic noted in a subsequent editorial, vision is not about a collection of tactics. Rather, vision is about the large bold dreams that reflect the values and collective wisdom of the community. It becomes a touchstone against which all decisions are guided and understood. It is less about what do we do about any particular problem and more about what kind of community we want to be.

Several years ago, the Chamber, with the support of many of our great businesses, produced “Which Way Scottsdale?” It was a rallying cry for looking at ourselves in new ways, and it has been the source of outstanding dialogue ever since. Now we are putting together a major event in the early fall entitled “Next Steps Scottsdale” as just the first step in adding to the dialogue about greatness for the future. Please plan to be a part of this important discussion around the future of our great city.

Great places reinvent themselves. Great places reflect a set of core principles derived from the community itself. Great places address their immediate challenges in light of the greater goal. Scottsdale must not just be great now but rather must be great in perpetuity. Mediocrity is unacceptable.