Everyday Trooper How do you change the lives of children for the better? My wife helps children everyday. She is a counselor at an elementary school in Clover, SC. She models positive and productive behavior for them. Listens to them. Validates them. Educates them. Helps them. Helps their families, and when necessary has to report issues and confront serious and...

I’m looking forward to presenting at Summer Leadership Institute. I have the honor of unveiling before hundreds of school administrators from all over South Carolina the the Our Education Vision Project. I’m always amazed at what a vision can do in transforming activity into productivity and synergy. And I’m very excited about leveraging...

I put forward that the most important actions the South Carolina state legislators can take to help economic development in this state are these: Immediately: Repeal Act 388 Reduce Tax Assessment on Manufacturing Property (currently 10.5%) Longer Term: Begin the process of comprehensive tax reform. Begin a reform process for a more locally controlled and smaller...

By simply aligning efforts, goals, and resources, we can have radical positive effect in our communities, our states, and our nation. Infographic on Economic Development An infographic on economic development defining the sectors, often silos, but from which we should find...

We will use the Internet to inspire human interaction and discussion around the vision being put forward by the superintendents of the state of South Carolina. Stage 1: The Presentation Let’s create an online experience that presents the vision in a poetically simple fashion. Stage 2: The Conversation After the gala (and even leaked out before), let’s begin the...

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