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The Grand Vision for Our Next Building Day 22 Oct 2010 | 03:39 am
Yesterday our planning committee met for the first time to begin discussions about the next Building Day event on Tools for Funding Collaboration. We laid out the vision for what we’d like to accompl...
Mapping the Knowledge Ecosystem 20 Oct 2010 | 12:43 pm
I was recently introduced to a powerful piece of open source software called VUE, which stands for Visual Understanding Environment. (Download it for free here.) VUE is a useful tool for creating “m...
Building Tools for Funding Collaboration 6 Oct 2010 | 04:04 am
I would like to invite you to help organize an event that hones in on the most pressing challenge for the new economy – the chronic scarcity of funds needed to promote large-scale collaboration. If w...
Update – Mapping Seattle’s Carbon Neutral Movement 23 Jul 2010 | 12:45 pm
Earlier this week, we hosted Sandbox Night at the University Heights Center to begin the process of mapping Seattle’s carbon neutral effort. An invigorated crowd of community activists, members of lo...
Visualizing A Shared Strategy is Key to Collaboration 2 Jul 2010 | 10:39 am
People can only partner effectively when they know what others are doing and how their respective efforts lead to a shared outcome. This insight should resonate well with Seattleites who repeatedly o...
Update – What Happened at Seattle’s Future Happy Hour 10 Jun 2010 | 06:30 am
Earlier this week, we hosted a happy hour at Stella Caffe to talk about the chronic funding challenges facing non-profits, government agencies, and social businesses throughout Seattle. We had a grea...
Funding the System Around Our Regional Vision 8 Jun 2010 | 09:10 am
Building the regional capacity to create a low carbon economy in the Puget Sound will require innovations in the way we fund institutions. The current situation demonstrates the gap between where we ...
Exploring the Chronic Need for Funding 3 Jun 2010 | 05:09 am
A pervasive challenge confronting local governments and non-profits throughout the region (and the country) is the absence of funding for long-term, system-wide development of innovative capacity. Ci...
Addressing Climate Change with Regional Innovation Clusters 25 May 2010 | 08:17 am
Efforts to address global warming typically focus on one of four levels – individuals, organizations, cities and nations. I’d like to propose that a vital gap exists at the level of regional economie...
Let’s Get $1 Million for Researching Innovation Clusters 21 May 2010 | 09:40 am
Earlier this week a grant opportunity was announced by the Economic Development Administration of the federal government. It provides up to $1,000,000 to research regional innovation clusters, define...
