Category Archives: Community
Economy, Place, and Public Radio
“The Economy.” The phrase suggests one economy – as if our experiences of markets and the forces that shape them are universal. But we experience different economies, based on the industries in which we work, the particular jobs we hold, the communities in which we live, and our own unique circumstances. Some people have suffered [...]
Also posted in Economy, workforce Tagged All Things Considered, Caldwell College, community, economy, Frank Langfitt, furniture, google, Lenoir, Macomb Community College, Michigan Public Radio, Michigan Works, MPR, North Carolina, OPB, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Oregon Workforce Alliance, public radio, Rural Economy Initiative, The Oregon Consortium Leave a comment
Rock Stars, Regions & Resilience
Rock Stars It’s funny how, depending on the lens you use, certain people can become your own personal rock star. I recently attended an International Economic Development Council (IEDC) event in Texas. I was pulling all of my best networking moves and finally decided I needed to take a break and actually “listen” to one [...]
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Getting Strategic About Skills
NOTE: This is the third in our recent “let’s share the findings from all those OECD reports with each other (and the world)” series. Again, the content is not likely scintillating, but it’s important to us, and we’re happy to let you in on it. The OECD Designing Local Skills Strategies Report (2009) focuses largely [...]
Also posted in Collaboration, Economy, Longform, Regions, skills, workforce Tagged community, diadvantaged, economy, governance, leadership, OECD, placement, policy, sectors, skills, strategies, talent, training, upskilling, workforce Leave a comment
Economic Transformation in Northeastern Ohio
Promising Practices in Regional Economic Development: Northeast Ohio Last week, I attended an event focused on the importance of regional planning, partnerships between government, workforce, education, and economic development, and how encouraging entrepreneurship in regions can help spur economic growth and prevent further population loss. My own organization, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW), has [...]
Also posted in Collaboration, Entrepreneurship, Longform, Regions Tagged Cleveland, community, economic development, Entrepreneurship, funders collaborative, Northern Ohio, region, Regions, strategy, transformation Leave a comment
Workers or Jobs: Which Comes First?
Training vs. Jobs In communities across the country where unemployment is especially high, leaders and policy makers urge workers to upgrade their skills and search for employment in new and growing industries – like wind energy. But often, the jobs aren’t there yet. Better Bridges Between Economic and Workforce Development Yes, the world is getting [...]
Also posted in Regions, Resilience, Uncategorized Tagged community, economic development, EDA, innovation, research, resilience, tools Leave a comment
The Power of Connecting
Smart Communities Connect, Share, and Drive from Data At the risk of making this post feel like an ad, I embedded “The Way We Work” above. The video clearly explains (from an enterprise perspective) the same theory of change we’re trying to advance from a community perspective – how connecting us to each and to [...]
Also posted in Gov20, Uncategorized, Work and Learning 2.0 Tagged Collaboration, community, gov2.0, IBM, smart cities, smart communities Leave a comment
Revisiting Our Community Agility Ecosystem
What’s Community Agility? Two years ago – when we launched the Community Initiatives Team – agility was on ours minds. Pre-recession, we were hearing flat, but seeing spiky. Our team members live and work in regions as diverse as Portland (OR), Tucson (AZ), Charlotte (NC), and all over Michigan. So while the U.S. economy at [...]
Also posted in Collaboration, Gov20, Longform, Regions, Social Change, Treasures, Uncategorized Tagged agility, change, community, entrepreneurial culture, Entrepreneurship, gov2.0, Gov20, innovation, networks, resilience, smart cities, smart communities, Social Innovation Leave a comment
Hometown Advantage with a “D”