A terrific article from New Geography, “The Heartland Will Play a Role in America’s Future.” Take time to read the whole thing. One of the least anticipated developments in the nation’s 21st-century geography will be the resurgence of the American Heartland, often dismissed by coastal dwellers as “flyover country.” Yet in the coming 40 years,…
Two rural development resources worth exploring, both with business and entrepreneurship sections: Rural Community Building blogAmerican Farm Bureau Federation put together this blog “to enhance the quality of life in rural communities so that future generations will want to stay on the farm.” Sabrina Matteson, AFBF director of rural affairs is the lead author. Entrepreneurship…
Lenovo is paying special attention to the small business market with their ThinkCentre a63 desktop. Has their attention paid off? Lenovo provided the a63 system for our review from the small business perspective. Here are the positive points: This thing is quiet, very quiet. It also runs cool. The wide aspect monitors are excellent. I…
At South by Southwest, I again ran into Frank Robinson, Lockhart, TX. He was just coming out of the session on visual note taking, and he taught me three things about drawing and thinking. A mistake is something you did unintentionally, that looks different than what you wanted. If you can draw out the problem,…
I’m excited about the Small Business Social Media Summit in Hutchinson, KS, June 4-6, 2010. I hope you’ll come to hear local business owners who are utilizing social media every day, meet your peers and begin to build a peer network, and leave with a social media plan for your business. First, meet Deb Brown,…
In July 2009, I attended the High Plains Resource Conservation and Development Board meeting in Taloga, Oklahoma. While I was officially there to present their new website, I couldn’t help learning and taking notes. Dr. Larry Sanders from Oklahoma State University spoke about wide ranging rural business issues, including marketing, entrepreneurship, retaining youth, and tourism….
The second of the two part series on “Entrepreneurship and Rural Communities” is scheduled for May 13, 2010 at 2 p.m. EDT; 1 p.m. CDT; 12 noon MDT; 11 a.m. PDT. The May webinar will focus on two innovative programs in Missouri that are focused on place-based economic development. The projects have taken very different…
I’m away on retreat, working with a great group of people. Tweetup at the Swansons’ home: Nancy Swanson, Andrew Swanson, Paul Merrill, Deb Brown, Becky McCray,Glenda Watson Hyatt, and Jon Swanson We’re working on our own things, in our own classrooms. But we seem to come together at all the right moments to focus on…
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