Timeline

November 2023 - Volunteer Leadership and significant feedback led to the redirection of One SCORE Pilot Workshops to be moved up from District to Regional Level. The MidAtlantic Region already had 2/5 Districts consolidated and a process ready to go. Their team led the way to consolidate the remaining Districts to a Regional approach in record time, to soft launch on 12/1/2023. 

December 2023

MidAtlantic Region begins regional workshop promotions and continues workshop schedule rationalization. MidAtlantic Committee goal is to finalize FY2024 Regional Workshop Calendar by January 1, 2024 and to have a proposed regional base curriculum by April 1, 2024. 

Central Region forms workshop committee and begins review of regional upcoming workshops along the same trajectory, to consolidate regional workshop schedule by April 1, 2024. 

SCORE HQ documents regional workshop program and begins benchmarking pilot processes. 

January 2024

MidAtlantic to have sent 4 Regional Marketing Email promotions, successfully delivered ~30 regionally promoted webinars including 1 in Spanish. 

Central Region to begin set-up of Regional Constant Contact account and promotion of 15 upcoming regional webinars. 

• Regional Promotions at this time done via individual chapter Constant Contact accounts, first iteration of regional social media posts, website pinning of upcoming events, and sharing SCORE events to SBA National calendar. 

February 2024

MidAtlantic to begin reporting on results and progress towards streamlined workshop content. 

Central to begin accepting submissions for regional webinars (April 1 and 45 day lookahead).  

February 22nd - Constant Contact Regional Consolidation Complete for Central Region

February 7 Lifelong Learning Event - Grow Services: Train Mentors on Re-Use of existing score.org live and recorded workshops to amplify countable services.

Cross-region social media committee forms. 

March 2024

Central to begin Regional email marketing campaigns.

April 2024

Rationalize Workshop Offerings: Reduce Duplication, Develop Curriculum, Evaluate selected Region workshops for National platform delivery

June 2024

Begin Pilot Debrief: Share lessons learned and begin planning for FY2025 and process implementation across other SCORE regions. 

Regional Workshop Committee Members

MidAtlantic Region 

• George Stobie (Regional Workshop Lead)
• Laura Gosse (Regional Marketing)
• Don Krasnick (PA)
• Charlie Morris (PA)
• Pat Saporito (NJ)
• Kristin Sharpe (GCP)
• Chris Taylor (GCP)
• Ed Tirello (PA)
• Donna Wheeler (VA)

Central Region

• David Maaske (Regional Field Pilot Lead, Committee Co-Chair, Wisconsin)
• Ed Peterlinz (Committee Co-Chair, Illinois)
• Mark Krosse (Committee Project Manager, Ohio)
• Cheri Bales (Marketing Chair, Michigan)
• Dan Yurman (Ohio)
• Bill Causey (Indiana)
• Craig Hanson (Iowa)
• Laurel Haak (Wisconsin)
• Doug Knapman (Michigan)
• Anita Khayat (Curriculum Subcommittee, Ohio)
• John Fisher (Curriculum Subcommittee, Illinois)