Midtown Wednesdays

Midtown Wednesdays: Getting Results: Positive Deviance, Networking Hubs and Action Projects

Date: Wednesday, February 8
Time: 5:00 P.M. - 6:45 P.M.
Place: Myers University, Chester Campus
3921 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, OH
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In communities and businesses all over the globe there are people who have solved complex tasks by doing things differently. As we move away from hierarchies, new and different insights will be needed to spot exceptional ideas sooner.

June Holley has pioneered regional entrepreneurship in southeastern Ohio, implementing innovative entrepreneurship strategies for business networks, Kitchen Incubators, youth entrepreneurship, regional entrepreneurship networks, policy networks and cluster-focused initiatives.

Join us to learn how incubating ideas and engaging others in action can strengthen economic innovation in Midtown. You'll leave with powerful stories about tough technical challenges to complex performance issues in workforce development.

Forum Leader:

June Holley, President and founder, Appalachian Center for Economic Networks (ACEnet)
Here.

Learn more:

Learn how Kentucky's Commerce Lexington is doing things differently by building civic networks, clusters and partnerships in the Bluegrass Region. Here.

Read about the Plexus Institute and "From the Inside Out: Uncovering Sustainable Solutions to Intractable Problems through Positive Deviance" the upcoming April conference here.

Coming up: Wednesday, February 15: Young Entrepreneurs Learning Gaming Architecture

Time: 5:00 P.M. - 6:45 P.M.
Place: Myers University, Chester Campus
Cleveland, OH 44103

Questions? Contact:

Betsey Merkel, Network Development
The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open)
Cleveland MidTown Innovation Center
4415 Euclid Ave., Suite 310
Cleveland, OH 44103 USA
Tel. 216-246-2447
Email: betseymerkel@aol.com

posted by Unknown @ 2/04/2006