2015: Ready to Jump In!
Work group calls have been scheduled for 2015. If you would like to join any of them, email Kim to be added to the calendar appointment. Times below are listed in EDT:
- Social Equity, January 5th at 2:30 pm
- Food, January 7th at 1:30 pm
- Establishing Buy-in from Staff, January 8th at 9:30 am
- Utility Bill Management, January 8th at 3:30 pm
- Community Engagement, January 9th at 11:30 am
- Residential Energy Efficiency, January 14th at 9:30 am
A Toast to 2014
Since being founded by cities in Tennessee and North Carolina in 2012, SSDN has grown in effectiveness and sophistication. The following are accomplishments from our 2014 Strategic Plan:
1.) Annual Meeting
2014 marked the third year that SSDN gathered to learn, collaborate, and plan together. Our attendance goal was to have 30 members present in Orlando, Florida in November. All told, 36 members and staff met together to learn from each other and develop a 2015 network strategy. Many pitched in their own funds to attend and freed up additional travel scholarship funds.
2.) Capture Funding for Network Action
In 2014, SSDN leveraged the Energy Foundation’s $20,000 investment and earned an additional $120,000 from three new funders - and also brought in a small but important $5,400 contribution from network members.
3.) Work Group Productivity
2014 marked an important milestone in network development when SSDN members moved beyond information sharing to collaboration on content. In 2013, SSDN had three working groups with 12 members working together primarily on network development activities - such as planning the annual meeting and forming the communications strategy for the network.
In 2014, that number grew to eight working groups with 25 active members whose focus was on collaboration and multi-city implementation of projects. Examples of 2014 working group collaborations include: LED streetlight regulation, development of a climate adaptation planning toolkit, and a multi-city implementation project for a green business recognition program.
4.) Member Engagement
SSDN had 4 webinars to cover topics of interest to members and to collaborate with partners. Calls focused on providing EPA with feedback on 111d, providing feedback to the President’s Climate Task Force, learning about the Carbon Disclosure Project, and learning about funder outreach strategy from the Funder’s Network.
Our newsletter list grew from 31 to 72 in 2014, number of opens increased from 50% to 60%, and the percentage of content clicks increased from 25% to 30%.
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