1. Together Tennessee: Seizing Our Future
Gathering Agenda
July 13-14, 2012
Friday Agenda
3:00-3.15 Introduction, Agenda Overview, Objectives Overview
3:15-4:00 The Work of Collaboration
What does it take to really work together?
4:00-4:45 Get to Know Who’s in the Room
Introductions: each person in the room introduces him/herself and engage in
discussion about what we are working to create in Tennessee
4:45-6:15 Tennessee’s Most Pressing Issues
Identify criteria for selecting the most pressing legislative issues affecting the
health and well-being of Tennesseans
Identify the top 3-5 most pressing issues affecting the health and well-being of
Tennesseans
6:15-7:00 Most Pressing Issue Analysis
Deep analysis of the top three most pressing issues affecting the health and well-
being of Tennesseans
7:00 Dinner

2. Together Tennessee: Seizing Our Future
Gathering Agenda
July 13-14, 2012
Saturday Agenda
9-9:30 Morning reflections
Discuss overnight thoughts/reflections
9:30-10:30 Organizational Resources, Assets, and Talent
What assets, resources, and talent can each organization offer to help create the
Tennessee that we want to see?
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:15 Organizational Challenges & Opportunities
What individual organizational challenges do you face in carrying out your
organizational agenda, and what challenges do we share?
How might we begin to work together/what opportunities do we have to
address these challenges?
12:15-12:45 Lunch
12:45-2:00 Most Pressing Issues Problem Solving: Strategy Development
Review the most pressing issues, resources/assets, challenges, and ideas on how
we can work together
Identify a strategy/strategies to address each issue, and collectively identify the
best ideas
2:00 – 2:45 Most Pressing Issue Problem Solving: Action Steps
For each strategy, define possible action steps and who would need to carry out
each task
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-3:45 Strengthening Community Building Efforts in TN
Are our strategies and action steps realistic?
What needs to happen to move our collective work forward?
Clarify next steps
3:45-4:00 Meeting Wrap-Up, Evaluation and Reflection