Looking for an opportunity to present your ideas to an audience of more than 700 engaged and creative young people? Then apply to present at Pecha Kucha Night 18, taking place on Thursday, March 6, 2014 at the Metro Cinema at the Garneau Theatre.
Have a little extra time on your hands this holiday season? Apply to present at Pecha Kucha Night Edmonton!
Edmonton’s NextGen is accepting presentation submissions for Pecha Kucha Night 18, taking place on Thursday, March 6, 2014 at the Metro Cinema at the Garneau Theatre. Interested applicants should read the 10 steps to a great Pecha Kucha presentation and then submit their presentation using this handy form!
Update: Thank you to everyone who applied to be involved on the NextGen Committee! Our recruitment is now completed and positions have been filled.
The NextGen Committee is currently looking for civic and community members to join its Committee.
The Edmonton NextGen Committee is an Administrative Committee of the City of Edmonton in the Department of Community Services.
The mandate of the NextGen Committee is to create a city that attracts and gives a voice to this demographic in the life and growth of our community. NextGen is a hub for connecting people, places, community, and ideas together. Through events, leadership opportunities, and professional development we foster young leaders and support initiatives of interest to this demographic.
We are looking for individuals who are within the next gen demographic and who have a keen interest in community development and working on projects that are relevant to 18-40 year old residents of Edmonton. We seek dynamic and action-oriented individuals who can: Commit to a minimum of a two-year (2) period, Attend regular monthly Committee meetings at a downtown location, Lead a Working Group of volunteers and attend Working Group monthly meetings.
More specifically, some of the expectations of a NextGen Committee member are as follows:
Attend 10 regularly scheduled meetings of the NextGen Committee during the year. These meetings are currently held on the second Monday of each month from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Additional meetings may be held at the call of the Co-Chairs.
The time commitment of a NextGen Committee member is approximately 8-15 hours a month.
Take on one of (1) the following Committee position(s) and organize and lead Working Group monthly meetings:
(Please note Civic Co-Chair positions are reserved for City of Edmonton employees and Community Co-Chair positions are reserved for individuals from the general community).
Civic Co-Chair Voice Working Group Identify and create opportunities for the civic and community engagement of Edmontonians ages 18 to 40 (“NextGeners”); identify, advance, and take part in opportunities to provide input and feedback to the City of Edmonton and City Council regarding issues of concern and interest to NextGeners.
Civic Co-Chair of Sustainability Working Group Provide direction to the NextGen Committee with regards to Committee governance, update Terms of Reference & Procedures, organize and facilitate strategic plans, manage recruitment and volunteers, manage sponsorship requirements and requests from Working Groups.
Civic Co-Chair of Strategy and Operations (part of Sustainability Working
Group) - Assist in updating the Committee’s strategic plan. Work closely with Civic, Community Co-Chairs and the Coordinator in facilitating the process of creating an updated strategic plan. Assisting and supporting the NextGen Committee to ensure alignment of the Committee’s Strategic Plan with Working Group activities. This is done through the establishment of annual objectives and targets which includes evaluation of the results of initiatives to achieve the targets.
Community Co-Chair and Civic Co-Chair for the Ignite Working Group The Ignite Working Group is focused on discovering, fostering, incubating, and expanding the new project-based ideas that have become an increasingly salient component of NextGen. There are three overlapping directives that work to fulfill this mandate: 1. MEÆT, our in-house developed, micro-granting meal event, which we will host a minimum of three times annually and grow into a flagship event, 2. Develop sustainable organizational leadership and further the mandate of NextGen by guiding one initiative, chosen by the committee, each year from inception to completion and 3. Create a best-practice toolkit and leadership capacity to efficaciously deal with ad-hoc collaborative opportunities as they arrive.
Community Co-Chair and Civic Co-Chair for the Pecha Kucha Working Group Provide opportunities for young Edmontonians to share their diverse interests, talents and knowledge to an engaged audience through Pecha Kucha Night events. The working group is responsible for building relationships with the community and managing and executing a minimum of three Pecha Kucha Nights annually.
Community Co-Chair Volunteer Coodinator (part of the Sustainability Working Group) – Be the point of contact for volunteers interested in volunteering on a Working Group, provide information on the type of volunteer opportunities available and will be responsible for helping recruit volunteers when Working Groups are in need of help for events. Meet with the Co-Chairs of the Working Groups to determine what their volunteer needs are and help plan and organize fun volunteer social events. Assist the NextGen Coordinator with the recruitment process of new Committee members.
Civic Co-Chair Of the NextGen Committee - Work closely with the Community Co-Chair and the NextGen Coordinator, organize, lead and Chair the monthly NextGen Committee meetings, work with Committee members to ensure that the Committee is effective and efficient in fulfilling the vision, mission and strategic plans, provide strong leadership to inspire other Committee Members to uphold their duties in achieving the vision, mission and strategic plans, serve as official representatives to City Administration and the public, work with the NextGen Coordinator and Civic Representatives to ensure that the strategic plan initiatives are realized by the City of Edmonton, actively promote community outreach to ensure Community members are accountable for representing their community, bringing forth their ideas in a professional and timely manner and help facilitate discussions on community outreach and partnerships with community groups, actively promote civic outreach and ensure that Civic members are accountable for representing their Departments as well as The City of Edmonton’s goals, aligning NextGen’s projects and events with the City of Edmonton’s vision, Edmonton’s strategic plan and long range strategic plans (i.e. The Way We Live, The Way We Green, The Way We Move, etc.).
If you would like to apply, please send your cover letter indicating the position(s) you are interested in and resume to: Christine.Causing @edmonton.ca by 6:00pm on Thursday, November 28.
Once we receive all applications on Nov 28, the nominating will interview those who they wish to interview for a Committee position. Interviews will likely take place the 3rd week of December.
Thanks for your interest in being involved on NextGen!
The Ideas4Yeg project closed with over 55 entries of creative proposals to showcase Edmonton. The variety of imaginative ideas is itself a demonstration of the energy that is increasingly more common when people talk about Edmonton. Here at NextGen, we are excited to announce the three proposals that you have voted to be the next big ideas for YEG! (more…)
Thank you to everyone who came out to Designing Downtown activities on October 5, 2013!
This inspiring day of activities, fostered and made possible by the vision of the Designing Downtown movement, is a testament to the incredible people, organizations and businesses committed to conversations around the development of urban cores.
On October 15 & 16, 2013, Edmonton’s NextGen, the City of Edmonton’s Youth Council, The Students’ Association of MacEwan University, and the U of A’s Student Union invite you to attend the 4th Annual CANDI(DATE), a speed-dating style event focused around engaging young voters. Candi(DATE) has been well-attended in the past and represents an opportunity to connect with young voters, hear their ideas and visions, and share yours.
Our city is growing at a rapid pace, both in population and infrastructure development. Increased access to public transportation, revitalizing the downtown core and community growth are issues attracting major attention in the media and on the street. CANDI(DATE) provides a space for you to reach out directly to Edmonton’s young voter population and share your thoughts and perspectives.
Each 15 minute session will allow you to sit down with small groups and speak candidly about your platform and vision for the future of Edmonton. This face-time with candidates allows young voters the opportunity to ask questions on issues that impact their decision to make Edmonton the city they choose to live, work, learn and play in for future years.
Candi(date) North:
Candi(date) South:
After over two years of hard work, Edmonton’s NextGen is excited to announce the launch of the Engagement Strategy, developed as an initiave challenge by Mayor Stephen Mandel following the 2010 election. The report, titled Connect, Contribute, Care: Municipal Engagement Recommendations for Edmonton’s Next Generation highlights research, insight from discussions, and recommendations around the area of youth and civic engagement. This report was developed through partnerships that includes members of the NextGen Committee, the Centre for Public Involvement, Leger Marketing, the City of Edmonton’s Office of Public Engagement, City Hall School, and citizens representing businesses, not-for-profit organizations, community groups, and many other segments of our community.
We are happy to invite you to join NextGen as we present the finished project to the public, and begin the work ahead of helping to implement the recommendations included in the document and thus fostering increased civic engagement in our City.
Join us as we launch Connect, Contribute, Care
Tuesday, September the 17th
12:15 pm – 1:00pm
iHuman building, 9635 102A Avenue.
The program will include speeches from Mayor Mandel, NextGen Committee Co-Chairs, and Engagement Strategy Advisory Committee members Garrett Boyko and Alayne Sinclair.
Designing Downtown, one of the largest and richest citizen-driven conversations about urban cores in Canada, returns to Edmonton October 5, 2013. For a full list of upcoming events, visit www.designingdowntown.ca.
“For Progress Unlimited, MADE and Edmonton’s NextGen to brainstorm, curate, and welcome this outstanding group of speakers to Edmonton is an incredible opportunity to foster national dialogue and exchange about the role we all play in urban development,” says Lisa Baroldi, Vision Holder – Progress Unlimited. “We’re thrilled to showcase Edmonton created content throughout the day at makescape 2 and in surprising ways at Pecha Kucha Night.”
Pecha Kucha Night 17 Speakers
Special Presentation by:
Designing Downtown is a movement to transform downtowns founded by Progress Unlimited, MADE , and Edmonton’s NextGen. Designing Downtown is a vehicle for inter-city exchange for partnerships that seek to enrich and advance the conversations and actions we take to shape downtowns as spaces for everyone. Designing Downtown is an experiment and exchange; an opportunity to create dialogue that celebrates & critiques; and a space to be a fixture in and designer of the urban experience.
Pecha Kucha Night 17, doors at 6:30 pm at the Winspear Centre, challenges presenters to follow the 20 images x 20 seconds format that has gained popularity in more than 600 cities around the globe. Tickets are on sale now via TIX On The Square; charge by phone 780-420-1757 or online at www.tixonthesquare.ca. Tickets are $35 for general admission, $30 for students (with I.D.), and $30 for groups of 10 or more; all tickets plus services fees and GST.
Edmontonians are encouraged to immerse themselves in the Designing Downtown movement with makescape2 at Centennial Plaza (behind the Stanley Milner Library) from 3 pm – 11pm; prior, during and following PKN 17. This project is an urban intervention that transforms an underutilized space using design and art elements, food, and entertainment into a space that entices passerby to interact with the environment and each other differently.
Join the conversation online with hashtags #DD2013 and #yegpkn. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.designingdowntown.ca.
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Designing Downtown, one of the largest and richest citizen-driven conversations about urban cores in Canada, returns to Edmonton October 5, 2013. Edmonton’s downtown will come alive with an eclectic mix of events and interventions celebrating Designing Downtown’s vision, anchored by Pecha Kucha Night 17. For a full list of upcoming events, visit www.designingdowntown.ca.
Designing Downtown is a movement to transform downtowns founded by Progress Unlimited, MADE , and Edmonton’s NextGen. Designing Downtown is a vehicle for inter-city exchange for partnerships that seek to enrich and advance the conversations and actions we take to shape downtowns as spaces for everyone. Designing Downtown is an experiment and exchange; an opportunity to create dialogue that celebrates & critiques; and a space to be a fixture in and designer of the urban experience.
Pecha Kucha Night 17, Saturday, October 5, 2013, at the Winspear Centre, features speakers from different regions and backgrounds that will challenge audiences to think in new ways about how we design and develop our city cores. Tickets are on sale now via TIX On The Square; charge by phone 780-420-1757 or online at www.tixonthesquare.ca. Tickets are $30 for students (with I.D.) and $35 for general admission, plus GST. Doors, cocktails and exhibits at 6:30 pm with presentations beginning at 7:00 pm.
Since its debut in Edmonton in the spring of 2008, Edmonton’s NextGen has welcomed more than 175 presenters and 6,000 audience members to this popular presentation format. Pecha Kucha Night 17 marks the first Pecha Kucha night in Edmonton with a roster of acclaimed, curated speakers from across the nation; it is also anticipated to be Edmonton’s largest Pecha Kucha Night to-date with an audience capacity of more than 1,700.
makescape 2 invites Edmontonians to enjoy a dynamically activated Centennial Plaza (behind the Stanley Milner Library) on October 5, 2013, from 3 to 11pm. This project is an urban intervention that transforms an underutilized space using design and art elements, food, and entertainment into a space that entices passerby to interact with the environment and each other differently.
Join the conversation online with hashtags #DD2013 and #yegpkn. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.designingdowntown.ca.
About Pecha Kucha
Tokyo’s Klein Dytham Architecture first devised Pecha Kucha, the Japanese phrase for “the sound of chitchat” in 2003, as a night for young designers to meet, network, and discuss their projects. The catch: each designer gives a presentation containing only 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds, for a total presentation length of six minutes 40 seconds. Conceived as a venue through which young designers could meet, show their work, exchange ideas, and network, the format keeps presentations concise, fast-paced and entertaining.
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