Testimonials

What people are saying...

Jason is a compelling speaker full of innovative ideas. His notions of collaboration through public/private partnership and bringing together Education and Economic Development and the Internet are cutting edge and worthy of note by those of influence in these sectors.
John M. Papadopulos President, Wells Fargo Retirement
Jason is a visionary person with a remarkable ability to put ideas into action. In supporting economic development, highest recommendations!
Stephen Turner Director of Economic and Urban Development, City of Rock Hill
The York County Medical Society appreciates your informative and engaging presentation on the ongoing Internet Revolution and it’s impact on medicine.
Vipul Thakker, M.D.
Jason, your topic, information covered, and presentation style and method was on right target for our community’s/region’s nonprofits that are considering using social media and the internet to increase their current and future constituents’ awareness and support of their organizations.
Lane D. Cook Vice President of Planned Giving & Development, Foundation For The Carolinas
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Economic Incentives for Small Technology Businesses

What kinds of incentives would appeal to the small, knowledge-economy, technology businesses  for the purpose of getting such businesses to locate in a revitalizing urban district? Well… first of all the revitalizing urban district itself is an incentive.  The walkable urban experience is a compelling location for the lifestyle components it brings. So, continue your [...]

Bad Architecture Equals Places Not Worth Caring About

This guy is very sarcastic, but aside from that the ideas in this talk are very powerful. We if we create space that is not worth caring about, then we will have places not worth caring about. If we fill the country with places not worth caring about, then we will have a country that [...]

Service Makes Creating Larger

I used to be in a band. I’ve been in several, actually. I started when I was 12 years old. As teenagers, we wrote our own music, practiced it daily or weekly, recorded our music, produced records, distributed the records, booked shows around the Carolinas constantly, and even went on a couple of East Coast [...]