New York, New England, New Jersey, Cincinnati July 2009 - a set on Flickr
I worked with one of my daughters this summer to learn more about how people are engineering solutions to accommodate rapid economic change. We traveled in New York, New England, New Jersey, Cincinnati this past July, 2009.
Our trip lead us to connect and learn from people across several States about their insights and innovations in education, economic, and workforce development. Typically, I do the interviewing and Alice does the photography.
This photograph set helps to frame a context, provide hints about where and what influences people, and begins to broaden our experiences with you from the perspective of civic, business, academic and government leaders.
(I recommend the Slideshow view and click "show info" to easily see our photo comments so you can understand more.)
The interviews share important insights from people from working in organizations and living as individuals. They begin to tell the story of people building networks, reflecting on the value of collaboration, and offering their ideas about what success looks like in communities and regions. You can learn more about I-Open's video interview research here.
If you care about economic development, employment, philanthropy, government, citizen journalism, education or just want to learn neat things about technology, art, energy, for example, take a look.
We're working on posting interviews and their transcriptions, and designing a way for you to easily access this amazing knowledge (all suggestions welcome!). We should have that soon so please check back -- or you can sign in to the I-Open site and recieve weekly site updates.
In the meantime, listen to a few here on Vimeo or choose from more selections on I-Open's Livestream channel. If you enjoy reading, we're posting download-able transcriptions to Scribd here.
Created and posted by Betsey Merkel.