Community Revitalization Summit Coming to Spokane: Innovia Hosting Internationally Recognized Community Strategist
Spokane, WA, March 7, 2025 – Innovia Foundation will present the 2025 Thriving Communities Summit featuring internationally recognized community strategist Doug Griffiths. The event is on March 17th at the Centennial Hotel, tickets are available through Innovia’s website.
This event will feature a workshop with celebrated author and renowned speaker Doug Griffiths on “The Seven Essentials: Unlocking the Path to Enduring Success.” In this summit, Doug will distill years of research, practical experience, and hard-hitting truths leading towards an inspiring and actionable roadmap for success.
The key takeaways from the summit will be:
- A Proven Roadmap for Success: Learn the seven foundational elements that every community and organization needs to thrive and how to put them into action effectively.
- Insight into Common Pitfalls: Understand the critical mistakes many communities make and how to avoid them, drawing on lessons from 13 Ways to Kill Your Community.
- Practical Strategies for Immediate Impact: Discover actionable steps you can take right away to create momentum and inspire lasting change in your community or organization.
- A Fresh Perspective on Leadership and Collaboration: Explore how strong leadership and effective teamwork are essential to building a resilient, successful future.
- Motivation and Tools to Drive Change: Leave feeling empowered, equipped with real-world examples and strategies to spark transformation and overcome challenges.
From the website: This dynamic session goes beyond surface-level solutions, offering a deep dive into the critical steps every community and organization must take to achieve long-term growth and prosperity. With his signature mix of humor, wisdom, and candor, Doug will challenge outdated mindsets, inspire bold action, and empower you to tackle the pressing issues holding your community back.
Griffith’s previous best-selling book is titled 13 Ways to Kill Your Community and has acted as an unofficial “handbook” for municipal leaders. In this book, Doug details the 13 ways that small towns unintentionally drive away people, eliminate jobs, and undermine business.
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Doug’s Website: https://www.13waysinc.com/
Doug Griffiths Bio
President & CEO, 13 Ways Inc. | Bestselling Author, 13 Ways to Kill Your Community | Community Enthusiast, Building and Consulting
Doug Griffiths is a wildly popular community strategist and author of two best-selling editions of “13 Ways to Kill Your Community”. He has supported, guided and inspired hundreds of communities to create effective change. Whether through speaking and presentations, or through advising and consulting, he is dedicated to helping communities across North America find their own pathway to success.
He grew up on a ranch outside a small town where he learned the value of hard work, critical thinking skills, and the value of community. That background led him into politics, but he insists he has since been through rehab and is fully recovered. His experience in politics gave him a deep understanding about how to move people and to get things done. He deliberately retired from politics in January 2015, after serving for 13 years, to return to his passion for community building.
Griffiths has an Executive MBA, and Honors B.A Philosophy Degree, as well as his Bachelor of Education, all from the University of Alberta where he has taught community and municipal leadership courses for elected officials and administration.
About Innovia:
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