Creative Connector Description
Roanoke, VA - Creative Communities Leadership Program (CCLP)
Position title: Community Creative Connector
Position summary: A community Creative Connector is one of thirty volunteer community members committed for one year to educate, engage and enable fellow citizens to build a more authentic, sustainable and prosperous community.
Each Creative Connector will spend one month studying the local economy and global trends in economic development. This prep time will culminate with a two-day seminar that will help Creative Connectors better understand Roanoke’s assets. At this seminar, the thirty Creative Connectors will develop a collective community vision and a set of plans and initiatives that begin to build it over the next year.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Prepare for the year
- Study readings and current practices
- Talk with other community members about the region
- Analyze recent economic data
- Participate fully in the 4T’s seminar to develop a collective vision
Develop an initiative
- Develop a project that makes the Creative Connectors’ vision a reality
- Work with and support other existing organizations with similar goals
- Attend weekly team meetings and actively participate
Engage your community
- Share your analysis and understanding of the regional economy
- Be a spokesperson for the Creative Connectors’ vision and initiatives
- Constantly recruit new people to be a part of the initiatives
- Leverage and access available resources
Coordinate efforts
- Maintain easy information flow with the other Creative Connectors and initiatives
- Attend full team meetings and check-ins
- Link all public communications to CCLP overall
- Meet regularly with the CCLP coordinator
Commitment required: Being a Creative Connector requires a substantial time commitment. Each Creative Connector can expect to work on the initiative an average of two to four hours a week for one year.
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