Tag: Education
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Bringin’ It All Home
createwv.org Eleven years ago, I talked my mom, dad and grandmother into moving into a big house with me. None of us used a walker or a wheelchair then, but we all imagined there’d come a day when we would. The house is easier to get in and out of than the one in which…
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Create West Virginia Announces National Design-Based Placemaking Conference
Many of you have been asking, when and where is the next Create West Virginia Conference? Create West Virginia will celebrate its 10th anniversary by co-sponsoring a national innovation-economy based design conference centered on housing, community development, education, technology and business. The Universal Design Today: Live & Learn Conference is coming up May 15-16-17, 2017…
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Gearing Up to Attract the New Job Makers
(FROM ITIF) Behind every technological innovation is an individual or a team of individuals responsible for the hard scientific or engineering work. And behind each of them is an education and a set of experiences that impart the requisite knowledge, expertise, and opportunity. These scientists and engineers drive technological progress by creating innovative new products…
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Molly’s Video Recap of the 2016 Create WV Conference in the ‘Ville
University of Charleston student Molly Ballard is an Integrated Communications major. In her video recap of her first Create WV conference, she captures what inspired her and so many diverse people who know that together, we can Create communities, companies, and centers of learning that thrive in the global innovation economy. Thanks, Molly, for sharing…
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Why Create 2K15?
One of my hugest frustrations this year has been that I will be unable to attend the 2015 Create West Virginia conference. I interned with Create this past summer, writing for the 2015 magazine and helping brainstorm ideas for the organization’s upcoming “innovation internship program.” I began my time there with a sense of trepidation,…
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Why I’m Going to the Create WV Conference
There are only 278 miles between my family’s homestead in Bradshaw WV, and the first city I lived in after college – Raleigh, NC. At first glance, however, the two places seem more like worlds away. Bradshaw is more than an hour’s drive from the closest interstate and, to no one’s surprise, today few of…
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Call for 2014 Placemaker Award Nominations
WVGreenWorks and The Building Conference organizers are pleased to announce the 2014 Placemaker Awards event, a celebration of high performance buildings, communities and people. Residential, commercial, and community projects in West Virginia, along with their project owners, designers, and technical teams will be recognized for outstanding achievement in design, construction, public works, and advocacy…
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The DigiSo Makerspace
An ordinary basement provides the foundation for a new creative movement. It all started when business consultant Rob Godbey arranged for Dale Daugherty to come to the 2008 Create West Virginia Conference, held in its second year at Snowshoe Mountain Resort. Daugherty, CEO of Maker Media which publishes Make magazine, and the guy who coined…
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Everything You Need to Know About Create WV 2012!
Create WV is the entrepreneurship and innovation conference for West Virginia communities, schools and business. It’s about building West Virginia’s “innovation economy” for a brighter future with more opportunities and improved quality of life for everyone! Register here Register here Keynote Speakers and Guests · Friday 10/26 Breakfast Keynote – Mary Mazzio, Entrepreneur, Olympian, Filmmaker, CEO…
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Start Something Story: Jaboy Photography
Our next “Start Something” story comes from a well-known photographer around the Charleston area, Aaron Fryson of Jaboy Photography. He became a lover of photography simply because he saw a need that needed to be filled within the community! He took the time to share his story with the Create WV team: What cool idea…