At the start of the conference, several participants were asked to take notes throughout the strand sessions so they could reflect on that work for other conference participants. The last morning of the conference, these participants reported on what they had learned during their strand session. Also, three who made presentations during the conference, but were not involved with the projects, gave their perspectives on the work that was carried out during the strands. Also that last morning, time was allotted for team meetings to provide teams the time to set priorities and direction for future work based on what they learned during the three-day conference.
Wrap-Up Comments The conference wrap-up allowed time for synthesis of the activities and discussions that took place in each strand session and engaged teams in a short planning session for their future work. Full transcript>> Roni Rentfro, project director for the Brownsville USP, had this to say at the end of the conference: “What are we going to do when we go back? We’re going to pick up the phone to call each other a lot more because we feel a lot more comfortable now knowing that we have a common base to speak from, we have a personal knowledge. We got to have those hallway conversations, too, to where we feel comfortable talking to each other, really down to the actual nitty-gritty how-to and sharing those ideas. And now they know that oh, yeah, they had a good idea, we’re going to really contact them where before—I’ll be honest—we met at conferences and it was like oh, yeah, they’re showing just their good stuff. Now we feel like we know the real progress that we can make.”
Project Commitments At the conclusion of the conference, various commitments were drawn.
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