Photo Album: Judson Smart Living

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Image © Alice Merkel on Flickr

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.

Learn from the wisdom of civic leaders across these I-Open communities:

Copyright 2011 Betsey Merkel and I-Open. Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works. Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open) 2563 Kingston Road Cleveland OH 44118

Super Science Initiative: New Frontiers for Collaboration

Check out this website I found at innovation.gov.au

Australia and Ireland are investing in innovation and economic development based in universities focused on space and astronomy, marine and climate, and future industries.

These two forward thinking countries understand the direct connection between innovation, education, and economic development.

Beyond this, every country and region investing funds in innovation will need to invest as well in new habits of communication and collaboration.

One approach - COINs-collaborative innovation networks - is driven by swarm creativity and accelerates the formation of entrepreneurial cultures.

You can learn more about swarm creativity and COINs in this video interview with MIT research scientist, Peter Gloor. Additional resources are available here.

Get started by registering for the COINs2010 Conference and connect to this knowledge community exploring the emerging science of collaboration.