Customization of Cool Trends 2.0 to Determine Rational Areas for Resource Allocation to Promote Energy System Alternatives, was presented by James Flock, RF Engineer and Energy Entrepreneur at the 2nd International Collaborative Innovation Networks COINs Conference, October 2010 hosted at the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) in Savannah, Georgia USA
Customization of Cool Trends 2.0 for Energy Efficiency
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The COINs 2010 conference, Oct. 7–9, 2010 was presented in collaboration by I-Open and the COINs Collaborative, an initiative of the Savannah College of Art and Design, Wayne State University College of Engineering, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Collective Intelligence. The collaborative builds open knowledge networks to advance the emerging science of collaboration for research and industry competitive advantage. For more information about the COINs 2010 conference, visit http://www.coins2010.com
The COINs 2011 Conference will be hosted in Basel, Switzerland.
Posted by Betsey Merkel, Co-Founder and Director, I-Open.
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Since 2003, I-Open has partnered with technology businesses and college and universities to build neutral civic spaces convening open, guided conversations for regional economic development. I-Open incorporates this process in it's collaborations.
We've learned in networked economies people move in the direction of their conversations. For this reason and because of the need to strengthen and accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship, the communities and regions that move ahead quickly and are not left behind will be those who invest in open conversations.
The questions we ask determine the direction of our conversations and where we place our attention. In regional economic development attention can translate into millions of dollars of funding. The strategic attention of a small or medium business will determine the difference of a company's success or failure.
Open conversations are important because they build social networks for business development and act as a tool for entrepreneurs to spot new opportunities quickly they might not ordinarily know about.
Open conversations build transparency and trust. Transparency by informing everyone present and enabling anyone with initiative to participate. And trust by observing standards of civility respectful of commentary and accepting of constructive criticism.
Northeast Ohio Solar and Wind Entrepreneur, Bill MacDermott offers this description from his experience:
"We all have our own unique perspectives. We need to be willing to respect another person's perspective if we want our perspective to be respected in turn. That to me, is an open conversation."
Ohio's extensive network of colleges and universities are home to a large community of positive change research leaders and consultants. Appreciative Inquiry, developed at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio is a practice adopted by some civic leaders to guide open conversations and accelerate positive change. Open conversations cultivate deep reflection, rich insights and fresh perspectives on entrepreneurial innovations.
Gloria Ferris, Partner, Meet The Bloggers, is one such civic leader. In the video below she teaches us about the value open conversations bring to regional prosperity. Gloria has led many Northeast Ohio I-Open Open Conversations and is considered a valued guide in the civic community.
Where are open conversations happening in your community?
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As an RF engineer, Jim's work experience is deeply rooted in MRI, Antennae and Radio Frequencies. He's applied his expert level skills to understand how communities can fine tune resonance to create signal and optimize energy delivery to only where it is needed.
Jim has thought through how value-based brands with services defined by community can lead to energy efficiency techniques. Understanding how corporations and homeowners prefer to experience energy as members of dynamic community systems, personalized energy delivery can be optimized and precise, efficient techniques developed. Ultimately, brands play a pivotal role in the embodiment of a service provider's energy efficient community culture.
In this in-depth and expansive interview, Jim describes project investment, construction methodology, and deliverables. In addition, Jim shares personal philosophies on information sharing, habits of collaboration, advice for youth working on the web, the value of sharing in networks for the purpose of "giving ahead", and how his enterprise will positively affect education, economic and workforce development, and sustainable communities 50 years from now.
Energy Efficiency Enterprise in Collaborative Networks from I-Open on Vimeo.
You can connect with Jim at his blog Global Definition and on LinkedIn.
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Marc Canter, CEO of Broadband Mechanics (BBM) is a 25+ year veteran of the software business. Marc was the co-founder of MacroMind, which became Macromedia and helped to develop the world's first multi-media player, the world's first multi-media authoring system, and the world's first cross-platform authoring system while at MacroMind. More about Marc here.
Today technology Guru Marc Cantor posted the article, "Challenging Jumpstart". This interesting article questions the operations of Jumpstart, the Northeast Ohio economic development organization recently cited by The White House as a model for replication across America to advance national innovation and entrepreneurship. Marc points out - and backs up in detail with organizational leadership and awardee email correspondence - that the present Jumpstart organization lacks serious levels of transparency and accountability about how and what percentage of regional and Federal tax dollars (upward of $1B+) are being awarded to fund Northeast Ohio's entrepreneurs. If Jumpstart and other regional organizations tasked to address regional poverty and joblessness via their stewardship of regional assets, innovation and entrepreneurship to generate jobs and prosperity, word out on the street wouldn't be "3 out of 5 folks in Northeast Ohio live in poverty".
Here's an excerpt from Marc's article:
"For several years now, what concerned entrepreneurs throughout Northeast Ohio have been calling for is greater responsiveness and transparency from Jumpstart (Ohio), an organization largely funded by taxpayers. Now, as we see Jumpstart (Ohio) spinning off Jumpstart (America) and moving on to tackle issues of national economic importance (while we continue to face staggering historical unemployment here at home) many entrepreneurs in our community are left scratching their heads."
If organizations adopt habits of transparency and accountability public funding would actually reach down to turbo charge the real powerhouse of Northeast Ohio's regional economic and job creation machine -- our expansive, courageous, brilliant regional network of entrepreneurs.
Learn more about Northeast Ohio entrepreneurs and the widespread innovation already here - invisible because it's under connected and under supported at the levels open innovation requires - in I-Open's Civic Wisdom Libraries on Livestream, Vimeo and You Tube.
Read Marc's blog post, comment and participate in this important new conversation with Northeast Ohio entrepreneurs and Jumpstart - and hopefully joined by other regional education, economic and workforce development organizations - to implement better ways of connecting regional assets, resources, and support services to advance Northeast Ohio's entrepreneurs.
Read Marc's blog post, and if you are so inclined, share this note with your networks. E-mail/ask Marc Cantor (on Facebook and Twitter) what you can do to strengthen transparency and accountability for prosperity building in our Northeast Ohio region, other regions in the nation, and perhaps the world.
Bring the best of the I-Open community's collective Brainpower to this important new conversation. Share your knowledge and expertise by posting to Marc's blog post examples and comments of how you strengthen transparency and accountability.
If every region's economic development organizations adopted the new practices and tools of Open Source Economic Development - openness, transparency and collaboration - entrepreneurs would be connected and regions would be cultures of bubbling-up thriving sustainability.
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The Design Frameworks for Health Facilities paper was presented at the Collaborative Innovation Networks Conference, hosted by the Savannah College of Art & Design in Savannah, Georgia October 2010.
Design Frameworks is an innovative online tool to gather resources from a cross-disciplinary field of problem solvers.
The tool is a model for professionals to inform their creative problem solving of systemic events in social, economic and environmental complexity.
Design Frameworks was developed by Alan Ricks and Michael P. Murphy Jr., Executive Director, MASS Design Group.
Design Frameworks for Health Facilities from I-Open on Vimeo.
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The second International Collaborative Innovation Networks Conference Oct. 7--9, 2010 was convened in collaboration with I-Open, galaxyadvisors.com and research leaders of MIT's Center for Collective Intelligence, Wayne State University's School of Engineering, Department of Manufacturing and Systems Engineering, and the Savannah College of Art & Design. The COINs 2011 Conference will be hosted in Basel, Switzerland.
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Judson Smart Living is a continuing care environment located in University Circle, Cleveland, Ohio. Judson is an accredited, not-for-profit continuing care retirement community that has served Northeast Ohio since 1906.
The Judson Album helps us understand surroundings and assets simply by taking the time to appreciate what we may otherwise overlook. Image albums are tools for face-to-face and online communities to develop a stronger sense of context for actual people and places.
You can learn how to nurture compassionate care for relationship building from Judson's Director of Resident Life, Lin Bartel, in this interview at I-Open on Vimeo.
More about Judson Retirement Communities and the tradition of care mentored by Elders and Care Partners in Eden Alternative communities.
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Lin Bartel, Director of Resident Life at Judson At University Circle, talks about her passion for education and recent experience with The Eden Alternative, a philosophy of life-long inter-generational learning for Elders and Care Partners practiced in Cleveland, Ohio.
Lin talks about the value of stories, relationships and long term care as an opportunity to build companionship, and address continuous challenges with a balanced approach to giving and getting care in community.
Life-long learning is enriched by nurturing quality relationships that generate resilient communities capable of more easily adapting to change.
Visit Judson Smart Living and learn about the Eden Alternative.
The Eden Alternative: Relationships and Learning to Drive from I-Open on Vimeo.
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Sudhir Raghupathy, Thought Leader in Organization Design, shares a vision of the power of sustainable, collaborative, creative community organized by principles of servant leadership and sharing.
Sudhir's research focuses on frameworks of understanding to identify and align resources for constructive knowledge sharing and next step collaborative action.
You can find Sudhir on Twitter at @skraghupathy, Friend him on Facebook and connect with him on LinkedIn. Learn about Cleveland EchoTuesday on MeetUp, to participate in a structured networking event led by Sudhir for sustainable business leaders on the fourth Tuesday of each month in cities across the country.
Growing Communities of Compassion from I-Open on Vimeo.
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Social network maps strengthen transparency by indicating where and with whom an entrepreneur or organizational leader can access information and resources.
The 2003 Northeast Ohio Economic Development Social Network map shown above maps organizations and institutions in Northeast Ohio who invest in economic development. The arrows indicate directional flow of information. Colors designate TYPE of organization ... light green are all of the Universities, Grey are Government, Dk Green Commercial Biz, etc. This map was generated by Valdis Krebs, Founder and Chief Scientist, Orgnet.com and creator of Network Visualization - InFlow 3.01, and George Nemeth from public data.
Maps are tools to enable communities to visualize connectivity and, acting as intermediaries, strengthen connection or complete a connection between human talent, resources and capabilities. I-Open maps published in the Flickr set below were generated by Dennis Coughlin, I-Open using InFlow 3.01. See the Network Map Inventory below the set for corresponding title information.
Open Economic Networks Map Inventory
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