The CTC initiative is a single web-based platform for communication between social, business and philanthropic groups. Rather than bouncing between forms of social media this program will connect individuals and companies that have specific orders of business. It will not be a forum for small talk it will follow a form more closely related to craigslist than facebook. For example a small or medium sized business would like to bring colleagues in town but can't afford a pricey hotel so they will contact local subscribers of homeaway.com and make arrangements for a more cost effective way to stay in town.

1. Come Together
Cleveland
The CTC Initiative

2. Why “Come together Cleveland”?

3. Here’s why
- How many have heard of Positively Cleveland?
- The Greater Cleveland Downtown Alliance?
- Airbnb?
- Venture for America?

4. Working together makes us better
- In the city there are a lot of groups with a lot
of different objectives that share a common
thread but they aren’t talking to one another
- Leveraging the experience and resources of
just one can make another stronger

5. What is the CTC
Come together Cleveland is a web based
platform that links social, business and
philanthropic groups in Northeast Ohio

6. How it Works - Social, Business, Philanthropic

7. How it Works - Social, Business, Philanthropic
Using a combination of free/open source software &
applications various groups can communicate with one
another to solve both simple and complex challenges

8. Examples of the CTC initiative in action
Social
Business
Challenge: Bringing younger & cost
conscious travelers to Cleveland
Challenge: Reducing energy
consumption and modernizing
business & residential structures
How CTC solves this: Connecting
groups like Positively Cleveland
with host travel users from Airbnb,
Couch Surfing, Homeaway.com
etc
How CTC Solves this: Creating a
bridge between First Energy and
business incubators along with
local universities to develop and
market products that will actually
be used by customers

9. What would CTC look like
CTC Logo
Directory of
services &
topics
ie.
social/tourism
EOS, key event notes
List of contacts - directory

10. Incentives to CTC
- Free
- Easy to use
- Puts end user in direct contact with the
individual or business

11. Closing Thoughts
- In 1960 Cleveland was the eighth largest city in the
United States with a population of over 800k. In 2012
that number had dropped to 390k.
- Rather than desperately cling to a past that is gone let’s
use our smaller size to create a quick, flexible and
responsive city that actively engages business as well as
individuals with the speed of technology