(EVANSVILLE, Ind.) October 8, 2012 – Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke and Leadership Evansville
Executive Director Lynn Miller-Pease announce more visioning sessions for VOICE that include
partnerships with local educational institutions, beginning with Ivy Tech Community College. VOICE is
Evansville’s community-wide, citizen-driven vision process that allows community members to share
their ideas, hopes and visions for Evansville’s preferred future.
Meeting Dates:
• October 10, 2012 @ IVY Tech Community College, 5:30- 7:30 p.m.
• October 29, 2012 @ University of Evansville Ridgeway University Center, 4- 6:30 p.m.
• November 14, 2012 @University of Southern Indiana Carter Hall, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Through facilitated sessions, VOICE aims to bring together diverse members of the community to
discuss their dreams for Evansville in an open forum. The facilitation is led in such a way that respectful
conversations will occur, all voices will be heard, and opinions will be documented, ensuring that the
entire community has the opportunity to take part in creating a desired future.
“This is really about building trust amongst the members of our community and learning that if we all
join together and have civil dialogue about our future desires and current issues, we can create a strong
society that will thrive and grow. Through this effort, I am confident that Evansville will become a place
where people from all over will want to live, work and play,†said Mayor Lloyd Winnecke.
Multiple VOICE sessions will be held throughout the year in order to obtain feedback from people of all
ages, all ethnic and religious backgrounds and multiple neighborhoods.
“I firmly believe that communities with a shared vision, and an appropriate processes to capture, record
and inspire action around common goals can achieve healthier, more vibrant futures,†said Miller-
Pease. “The approach we are taking with VOICE is allowing citizens to actively create and participate in
envisioning their own their own future, so they can dream big and be part of making it happen.â€
The VOICE Process
• Leadership Evansville will facilitate discussion sessions at easy-to-access public locations, such
as Evansville Public Library System branches and Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
schools. The sessions will be advertised in neighborhood newsletters, the newspaper, television,
radio and Internet.
• Comments from each session will be available to the participants and the public. A summary and
detailed notes will be posted on the VOICE Web site within one week of the session.
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Once all comments are collected, additional community sessions will occur to verify that the
information collected truly represents participants’ opinions.
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Then, common themes and ideas will be grouped by topic area to serve guidance for those
organizations, businesses, universities, individuals and government bodies with interest in that
topic to move forward with further research and planning toward a common goal.
About the Leadership Evansville Facilitation
Since 1977, Leadership Evansville has been known for its superior processes and excellence in
facilitation and leadership in the community. Its programming is researched, tested, evaluated, and
refined. It continues to be emulated by leadership programs around the country because it is at the
forefront of best practices. The LE facilitation method brings together people with different talents,
gifts, and perspectives leaders committed to using diversity and creativity for the betterment of the
community. It encourages individuals to make a commitment to create a better community, and to
take responsibility for making sustainable changes. These attitudes, skills, and processes are taught
to adults, youth, organizations, not-for-profits, businesses, educational institutions, neighborhood
associations, churches, and other leadership programs. LE’s most recent projects include facilitations for
the Glenwood Leadership Academy, Indiana Supreme Court Commission on Race and Gender Fairness,
and the Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana.
This is sillier than the Chicken Fat video.
Get out your crayons! Looks like Winnecke doesn’t have the guts to pull the plug on this one.
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