Saturday, January 25, 2003
The spring awards season has begun, and the Economic Development Administration will not be left out. They want to recognize economic development innovation.
Here's a suggestion: Why don't they hold also hold a contest to redesign the EDA web site? It's got the look and feel of Ms. Jones' 4th grade geography class.
Even more interesting, they have no interactive way for EDPros to make nominations. Worse yet, the only way you can learn about the award program is to sit there and download a 4.5 MB brochure. Even with high speed Internet connections this takes a while. Who has the time?
As a service to the EDPro community, I have reduced the size of the EDA brochure to a little over 1 MB. You can download it here. Go
We can compress it even more by zipping the file, but this is good enough.
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Some Background on EDPro Weblog
The purpose of this weblog is to help economic development professionals -- EDPros -- keep up with the changes sweeping our profession. Strap on your goggles. It's a whole new game. There are no experts any more. The only place to learn about economic development is from other EDPros who are doing it.
One other point: the prevaling approach (paradigm, if you like) in economic development is shifting from competition to collaboration. There are a lot of reaasons underlying this shift, but here's the important insight: You, your community, and your region will do better by collaborating and sharing information.
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Speaking and workshops on Open Source Economic Development
As the idea of Open Source Economic Development starts spreading, more people are asking about it. Visit the I-Open web site to learn more. My colleagues and I are happy to explain the basic concepts in a talk or a workshop. E-mail Susan Alshuler if you'd like to learn more about workshops and speaking.
Background on Ed Morrison
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