The Story of Us & Our Work
Presentation Overview:�This is an opportunity to go beyond the data and tell the story of your community, your team, and your work. We invite you to share who you are as a team, the progress you've collectively made, why this work matters to your community, and your next level of work in year-2 as you continue to build, scale or sustain your year-1 efforts.
Remember, your team is sharing a story—the story of your Success Planning initiative! Please include one or two short anecdotes and moments from your Success Planning journey that help bring your work to life.
We also encourage you to include pictures, visual representation of key data points, and other images that help represent the spirit of your community’s work. While we are providing a few guidelines for the presentation, the way you design your deck, using this template, and conduct your presentation is completely up to your team!
Total Time: 15 Minutes
The Story of Our Community
Directions: The Story of Our Community
Please share the story of your community by briefly introducing your team and information about the community you serve. Help us get to know the people and place behind the work. The questions below are meant to guide you as you think about how you want to present your story. Feel free to add whatever content you think would help others understand your team and community.
Total Time: 4-5 minutes
Guiding Questions:
Flint - The Story of Our Community
The Story of Us
Directions: The Story of Us
Share the story of your community’s Success Planning work from year-1, highlighting key milestones, data points, and insights. We encourage you to go beyond simply listing accomplishments—help us understand how your team, your partners, and your community have worked together to make progress, overcome challenges, and lay the foundation for future success.
Total Time: 6-7 minutes
Guiding Questions:
*You do not have to answer each guiding question, but should provide an overall update on each of the four components.
Flint - The Story of Us
The Story of Now
Directions: The Story of Now
This is your opportunity to connect your work to its broader purpose and share your vision for what comes next. Help us understand why this work matters now, not just to your team, but to your community as a whole. Reflect on the urgency, the opportunity, and the impact you are working toward. This is also a space to share what inspires your team to keep pushing forward and what support you might need from this Community of Practice to help you achieve your goals.
Total Time: 4-5 minutes
Guiding Questions:
Flint - The Story of Now
The Story of Our Community
Directions: The Story of Our Community
Please share the story of your community by briefly introducing your team and information about the community you serve. Help us get to know the people and place behind the work. The questions below are meant to guide you as you think about how you want to present your story. Feel free to add whatever content you think would help others understand your team and community.
Total Time: 4-5 minutes
Guiding Questions:
Rochester - The Story of Our Community
"One ever feels his twoness,—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder."
— W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk (1903)
The Story of Us
Directions: The Story of Us
Share the story of your community’s Success Planning work from year-1, highlighting key milestones, data points, and insights. We encourage you to go beyond simply listing accomplishments—help us understand how your team, your partners, and your community have worked together to make progress, overcome challenges, and lay the foundation for future success.
Total Time: 6-7 minutes
Guiding Questions:
*You do not have to answer each guiding question, but should provide an overall update on each of the four components.
Rochester - The Story of Us
The Story of Now
Directions: The Story of Now
This is your opportunity to connect your work to its broader purpose and share your vision for what comes next. Help us understand why this work matters now, not just to your team, but to your community as a whole. Reflect on the urgency, the opportunity, and the impact you are working toward. This is also a space to share what inspires your team to keep pushing forward and what support you might need from this Community of Practice to help you achieve your goals.
Total Time: 4-5 minutes
Guiding Questions:
Rochester - The Story of Now
The Story of Our Community
Directions: The Story of Our Community
Please share the story of your community by briefly introducing your team and information about the community you serve. Help us get to know the people and place behind the work. The questions below are meant to guide you as you think about how you want to present your story. Feel free to add whatever content you think would help others understand your team and community.
Total Time: 4-5 minutes
Guiding Questions:
Tulsa - The Story of Our Community
The Story of Us
Directions: The Story of Us
Share the story of your community’s Success Planning work from year-1, highlighting key milestones, data points, and insights. We encourage you to go beyond simply listing accomplishments—help us understand how your team, your partners, and your community have worked together to make progress, overcome challenges, and lay the foundation for future success.
Total Time: 6-7 minutes
Guiding Questions:
*You do not have to answer each guiding question, but should provide an overall update on each of the four components.
Tulsa - The Story of Us
The Story of Now
Directions: The Story of Now
This is your opportunity to connect your work to its broader purpose and share your vision for what comes next. Help us understand why this work matters now, not just to your team, but to your community as a whole. Reflect on the urgency, the opportunity, and the impact you are working toward. This is also a space to share what inspires your team to keep pushing forward and what support you might need from this Community of Practice to help you achieve your goals.
Total Time: 4-5 minutes
Guiding Questions:
Tulsa - The Story of Now
The Story of Our Community
Directions: The Story of Our Community
Please share the story of your community by briefly introducing your team and information about the community you serve. Help us get to know the people and place behind the work. The questions below are meant to guide you as you think about how you want to present your story. Feel free to add whatever content you think would help others understand your team and community.
Total Time: 4-5 minutes
Guiding Questions:
Union County - The Story of Our Community
The Story of Us
Directions: The Story of Us
Share the story of your community’s Success Planning work from year-1, highlighting key milestones, data points, and insights. We encourage you to go beyond simply listing accomplishments—help us understand how your team, your partners, and your community have worked together to make progress, overcome challenges, and lay the foundation for future success.
Total Time: 6-7 minutes
Guiding Questions:
*You do not have to answer each guiding question, but should provide an overall update on each of the four components.
Union County - The Story of Us
The Story of Now
Directions: The Story of Now
This is your opportunity to connect your work to its broader purpose and share your vision for what comes next. Help us understand why this work matters now, not just to your team, but to your community as a whole. Reflect on the urgency, the opportunity, and the impact you are working toward. This is also a space to share what inspires your team to keep pushing forward and what support you might need from this Community of Practice to help you achieve your goals.
Total Time: 4-5 minutes
Guiding Questions:
Union County - The Story of Now
The Story of Our Community
Directions: The Story of Our Community
Please share the story of your community by briefly introducing your team and information about the community you serve. Help us get to know the people and place behind the work. The questions below are meant to guide you as you think about how you want to present your story. Feel free to add whatever content you think would help others understand your team and community.
Total Time: 4-5 minutes
Guiding Questions:
Wayne County - The Story of Our Community
The Story of Us
Directions: The Story of Us
Share the story of your community’s Success Planning work from year-1, highlighting key milestones, data points, and insights. We encourage you to go beyond simply listing accomplishments—help us understand how your team, your partners, and your community have worked together to make progress, overcome challenges, and lay the foundation for future success.
Total Time: 6-7 minutes
Guiding Questions:
*You do not have to answer each guiding question, but should provide an overall update on each of the four components.
Wayne County - The Story of Us
The Story of Now
Directions: The Story of Now
This is your opportunity to connect your work to its broader purpose and share your vision for what comes next. Help us understand why this work matters now, not just to your team, but to your community as a whole. Reflect on the urgency, the opportunity, and the impact you are working toward. This is also a space to share what inspires your team to keep pushing forward and what support you might need from this Community of Practice to help you achieve your goals.
Total Time: 4-5 minutes
Guiding Questions:
Wayne County - The Story of Now
The Story of Our Community
Directions: The Story of Our Community
Please share the story of your community by briefly introducing your team and information about the community you serve. Help us get to know the people and place behind the work. The questions below are meant to guide you as you think about how you want to present your story. Feel free to add whatever content you think would help others understand your team and community.
Total Time: 4-5 minutes
Guiding Questions:
Wilmington - The Story of Our Community
The Story of Us
Directions: The Story of Us
Share the story of your community’s Success Planning work from year-1, highlighting key milestones, data points, and insights. We encourage you to go beyond simply listing accomplishments—help us understand how your team, your partners, and your community have worked together to make progress, overcome challenges, and lay the foundation for future success.
Total Time: 6-7 minutes
Guiding Questions:
*You do not have to answer each guiding question, but should provide an overall update on each of the four components.
Wilmington - The Story of Us
The Story of Now
Directions: The Story of Now
This is your opportunity to connect your work to its broader purpose and share your vision for what comes next. Help us understand why this work matters now, not just to your team, but to your community as a whole. Reflect on the urgency, the opportunity, and the impact you are working toward. This is also a space to share what inspires your team to keep pushing forward and what support you might need from this Community of Practice to help you achieve your goals.
Total Time: 4-5 minutes
Guiding Questions:
Wilmington - The Story of Now