June 16, 2008: Updates in Open Source Economic Development

This week I-Open co-hosts an educational retreat for workforce development leaders from seven regions across the US in partnership with the Edward Lowe Foundation in Cassoplis, Michigan. This 1500 acre farmland utopia was once the home of Kitty Litter entrepreneur, Edward Lowe and his family. The Foundation focuses on entrepreneurship, leadership, peer learning, the practice of economic gardening, and land conservation.

Ed Morrison, I-Open, travels to New Orleans, Lousiana, next month for Workforce Innovations. Ed leads a conference kick off Strategic Doing session for the 3000 conference participants.

In Northeast Ohio, this month's Midtown Brews with Meet The Bloggers focused on the importance of a community engaged County-Wide Land Bank to address unprecedented property foreclosures, an initiative lead by Jim Rokakis, County Treasurer. Watch the Live Show at Midtown Brews.

Our inaugural Women's Enterprise Network InternetTV Live Show focused on the power of intergenerational learning. Be sure to join us F2F for our next conversation, Sat, July 12 at 9:30AM. WENetwork

I-Open is building online communities inspired by your passions. We've partnered with Near-Time, the best in Web 2.0 collaboration tools, and Mogulus, a sophisticated Internet TV provider, to publish and broadcast the conversations of Civic Leaders transforming the future of Northeast Ohio.

Find your community (below) and get connected. Send us your questions and suggestions. All are welcome.

The I-Open Team

Ed, Susan, Dennis, & Betsey

info@i-open.org

NEO Connects A Public Platform for Civic Engagement

• InternetTV Feature: Marketing in a Global Marketplace, Barbara Oney, CMO2Go

Online Communities

Midtown Brews Open conversations in technology, the creative industries, and energy

• InternetTV Feature: Craig Zamary, GreenEnergyTV talks about building global networks connected by news updates featuring sustainable green practices; David Beach Dir GreenCityBlueLake Institute talks about the recent merger with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History as a research center for climate change, biodiversity, and emmissions.
• F2F: Thurs, July 10, 2008, 5:30PM-7:30PM, Insivia, "Powerful Topics affecting Economic Development: interactive technologies, creative digital media, and social engagement," Craig Zamary, Insivia, and Jim Cossler, YoungstownTown Business Incubator

I-Open Education New practices and tools for Open Source Economic Development

• InternetTV Feature: Charles Leadbeater, We Think; Ed Morrison, Open Source Economic Development, I-Open Leadership Retreat, April 25, 2008
• F2F: I-Open Leadership Retreats: Edward Lowe Foundation, MI June 2008; Punderson Manor, Newbury, OH Sept 10, 11 & 12, 2008.

Women's Enterprise Network Economic development from a woman's perspective

• InternetTV Feature: June 14, 2008 Live Show, "Things My Mother Taught Me"
• F2F: Saturday, July 12, 2008 Check-in 8:30AM/ In Your Seats 9:15AM/ Live Show 9:30AM Topic: "One Thing You May Want to Know About Me"

Defrag Ohio Connecting resources and capabilities in creative digital media

• InternetTV Feature: "The Emerging Economic Paradigm of Open Source," Bruce Perens, SourceLabs, Inc., Defrag Gathering 2007, Lorain County Community College