I-Open viewers played their favorite videos about start-up and pop-up enterprises, Open Source Economic Development 101, glean "Gift Economy" wisdom, and next generation collaboration for mutual success.
THE TOP FIVE PERFORMING STORIES DECEMBER 4, 2015 – DECEMBER 11, 2015
1. DREAMWORK AND SOCIAL EVOLUTION WITH NICOLE MCGEE, CO-FOUNDER, CLEVELAND COLECTIVO [05:58]
Nicole McGee, Artistic Director, Upcycle Parts Shop and Collective Upcycle, a pop-up boutique is a co-founder and artist recipient of Cleveland Colectivo giving circle investment. She shares her success story of engaging with a community of like-minded entrepreneurs in 2005 who wanted to invest in local creative enterprise for city wide impact. Read the article here. |
2. THE POP-UP RETAIL MODEL BY NICOLE MCGEE, ARTIST AND ENTREPRENEUR [05:59]
Nicole McGee, is Co-Founder, Cleveland Colectivo and Artistic Director, Upcycle Parts Shop and Collective Upcycle, a pop-up boutique. Nicole is an artist and entrepreneur involved in community revitalization for regional impact. Nicole sells her artwork directly to local neighborhoods in showcase pop-up boutiques. One store, the Upcycle Parts Shop, specializes in the creative re-use of business waste. Read the article here. |
3. Insights in Open Source Economic Development [40:45]
Ed Morrison, Regional Economic Development Advisor at Purdue University and Co-Founder, The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open), teaches an introduction to Open Source Economic Development at the December 2008 I-Open Leadership Retreat, Newbury, Ohio. Ed incorporates new insights about the shifts occurring in education, economic, and workforce development with clear examples of innovation happening today in open networked economies. Read more here. |
4. Building Capacity in Emergence with Margaret J. Wheatley [25:45]
Margaret J. Wheatley is an American writer and management consultant who studies organizational behavior. Margaret contributed a conversation to the I-Open library sharing her perspective on today's shifting world, what we can do next, and what leaders must do in the face of deteriorating civilization to sustain belief in human potential. Margaret Wheatley presented "The Gift Economy" seminar November 1, 2013 at the River's Edge Cleveland in Rocky River, Ohio. Read the story here. |
5. Cleveland Colectivo Collaborates For Mutual Success [03:35]
Katherine Readey Chilcote, Co-Founder, Cleveland Colectivo, describes the organization's practice of partnering with regional organizations for mutual benefit and sustainability. “The Cleveland Colectivo is a Giving Circle. We are a group of community members most of whom live in the City of Cleveland, Ohio USA and we give small grants to organizations who are their very early stages.” Read the story here. |
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