People Do Everything, Especially Dream

Jun 17

“People do everything,” I heard Dr. Greg Rutherford say at the first Old Town New World Conference. That was something I had been saying in a thousand words and all the time, but never, I don’t think, so succinctly. Technology does nothing, he said. Institutions do nothing. People do everything. It’s funny to encounter ideas that seem to be...

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Our Education Vision Project, Presenting at Summer Leadership Institute 2011

Jun 16

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...

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Economic Development SC

Jun 08

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...

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Hoping to be Speaker at TEDx Charlotte 2011

Jun 03

For TedxCharlotte I shot this video to submit myself as a potential speaker for TEDxCharlotte 2011. They asked for a 2 minute video about what I would speak about.

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From Silos to Synergy [INFOGRAPHIC]

May 31

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...

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The Collaborative Economy

May 31

The collaborative economy is a both an expanding and a contracting economy. It is expanding as all things are outward, and it is contracting down to the single individual....

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Working with School Superintendents in South Carolina

May 31

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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