2010 Forum Overview
Forum & State Policy Dialogue Hosts
2010 Additional Resources List
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RSVP Form: The first step in the community forum process is to let Southern Growth know the basics of your forum plans, and if you need support in receiving meeting materials. Please fill out the RSVP form so Southern Growth can recognize your organization and sponsors as forum hosts on our website, and include the information in our 2010 Report on the Future of the South. Download the RSVP form.


Promotional Flyer: Southern Growth has produced a promotional flyer that can be updated with the date, location and time of your community's forum to use in publicizing the forum. The flyer can be mailed to prospective participants, or adapted for use on community bulletin boards. You can download a Microsoft Word flyer to update, or feel free to create your own.


Moderator's Tools: In addition to the discussion guide, the Moderator has several tools to use in facilitating and reporting the results of the community forum.

1. Moderator's Guide: The moderator's guide includes a script for meeting facilitation with questions, timing and a check list of supplies that will be needed for the forum.

2. Forum Attendance Sheet: Asking attendees for contact information will help both forum organizers and Southern Growth with follow-up activities.

3. Participant Discussion Guide: The participant discussion guide outlines three possible community approaches. The guide is intended to spur discussion and thoughtful examination of differing points of view. To download the discussion guide, click on one of the following:

Participant's Discussion Guide 8.5x14 (legal paper). This is formatted for 8.5" x 14" paper, landscape printing. The two pages are designed to make a double-sided booklet, folded in half so that the three approaches make up the inside of the booklet.

Participant's Discussion Guide 8.5X11 (regular paper). This is formatted for portrait printing on 8.5" x 11" paper. There are 3 pages to be stapled together.

4. Post-Forum Questionnaires: The post-forum questionnaires take inventory of the participants’ feelings on the issue after the discussion.

5. Moderator's Summary Sheet: The moderator's summary sheet is completed by the facilitator at the conclusion of the forum. The summary sheet, attendance sheet, and post-forum questionnaires should be returned to Southern Growth Policies Board. The moderator's summary sheet may be filled out online or by downloading a pdf form to mail in.

QUESTIONS? For information planning or moderating a forum, contact Linda Hoke at Southern Growth Policies Board at (919) 941-5145. For general and logistical questions, contact Paula Baker at (919) 941-5145.