CCCO Conference 2010
The Canadian Capital Cities Organization (CCCO) Conference and AGM is being held in Fredericton, NB from July 7 - 10, 2010.
The New Brunswick Provincial Capital Commission, established in 2007, is proud to host representatives from capital cities across Canada and showcase what our capital region has to offer. From edVentures to kayaking on the beautiful St. John River; from early morning runs with the Capital City Runners to the warmth of east coast hospitality and fabulous food; oh, yes, and the latest on how to organize a zero carbon event and how to use social media to promote your capital. In fact, at the end of the event, each participant was given a seedling to take back to their community to plant in order to help offset the conference's carbon footprint.
The conference agenda (PDF) is full of interesting and engaging topics.
Thursday
It takes a village to raise a city: travel programs and partnerships with capital stakeholders
Representatives from Alberta, BC and New Brunswick discussed various travel programs in their capital regions, their importance and how to improve their effectiveness.
Presentation PDFs:
Alberta - English // French - - British Columbia - English // French - - New Brunswick - English & French
Downtown Fredericton Inc
Bruce McCormick from Downtown Fredericton Inc. discussed how to keep downtowns vibrant both during the day and once the employees have gone home.
Presentation PDF: English // French
Building Green Communities
Ryan Groom from Greennexxus discussed the importance of building green communities. Our communities are no longer simply within a geographic region, they include others who share the same interest no matter where they are located. Participants were given many practical examples of how they can inspire citizens to action and help build green communities - check out their site onemillionactsofgreen.com.
Presentation PDF: English
Social Media Monitoring and Engagement
Rob Begg of Radian6 discussed the differences between social media and traditional media and how communication is changing from one-way to two-way conversations. Whether or not we engage in these conversations, they are taking place each and every day.
Radian6 also provided ways to measure success using social media.
Presentation PDFs: English // French
Friday
City of Fredericton - A world class intelligent city
maurice Gallant, Chief Information Officer & Assistant Director of Corporate Services for the City of Fredericton and the President & CEO of E-Novations spoke about the contribution of innovative municipal initiatives in generating community buy-in to grow and sustain a strong local knowledge industry. He also shared valuable lessons learned from building and operating one of the most successful municipal area fibre optic networks and Wi-Fi initiatives in Canada and why municipalities are ideally suited to drive this type of project.
Presentation PDFs: English // French
Hands-on tips & techniques for using social media in your organization
In this presentation, Outside the Cube (OTC) guided participants through a hands-on session that provided and understanding of popular social media channels, how they can work for you, basic usage techniques and tools to make updates and monitoring a bit easier. OTC has worked with numerous clients to create and execute social media plans and part of an overal integrated marketing and communications strategy.
Presentation PDFs: English // French
Economic Development within a First Nations' community within a capital
Allan Polchies Jr. from the St Mary's First Nation spoke about what his community has been able to accomplish in the area of economic development. He provided a positive example of how the St. Mary's First Nation is trying to inspire their people to think beyond their own community and into the Greater Fredericton area.
EXPO 2017 - Edmonton
Karen Liebovici, Councillor from the City of Edmonton discussed the opportunity Edmonton has to host EXPO 2017 in the city to celebrate Canada's 150th Anniversary with the world. Edmonton will formally begin the bid process in 2012 and Karen discussed the opportunity and potential this world-class event has for Canada.
New ways to host carbon neutral events
In this presentation, Guy Laflamme from the National Capital Commission (NCC) discussed how the NCC has made its priority to render its signature events and programs carbon neutral within the next five years. Activities and celebrations organized in capitals draw hundreds of thousands of visitors throughout Canada each year. These large festivals and events can also be major sources of carbon dioxide. Mr. Laflamme discussed ways the NCC is addressing this and how to hold carbon neutral events.