Saturday, January 22, 2005
Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation has chosen to work with new Economy Strategies, a consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the collaboration is to define specific business plans for development in six areas of the state's bioscience cluster. Learn more.
You can also visit the project web site, where you can download background presentations. Go. New Economy Strategies uses the approach of "hot teams" to develop specific initiatives for implementation. They recently deployed a similar approach in Philadelphia.
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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
Download some background information on me here.
Kansas charts a bioscience roadmap
