Tag: Technology
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Create WV 2011-2012: Big Dreams, New Ideas
After four years of grass roots creative community building, it’s time to take it to the next level West Virginia! Here’s a brief presentation on how we’ll do that together. What do you think? Create wv team update 6.3.11 View more presentations from Mythology. presentations Mythology
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Creative Community Shines in Third Annual All Together Arts Week
All Together Arts Week, a celebration of the arts community in Mercer County, will take place March 26-April 2. Now in its third edition, the annual event features a variety of cultural activities at venues all over the county. The week begins with a Kick-Off event on March 26 at The Turnaround in downtown Princeton,…
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Creating a New WV Stereotype 1 Small Step at a Time
One of the most prescient ideas I have ever heard about West Virginia came from Don Rigby at RED a few years ago. To paraphrase: West Virginia’s biggest identity issue was not a negative one held by outsiders, but rather that to many people across the US and world, there is none at all. This blew…
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Make No Small Plans
Make no small plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical plan once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency.…
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Community Resources Track Sessions Announced for Create WV 2010 Conference
So much of what we all desire as citizens centers on the community we live in. Our friends, our schools, our jobs, our parks, where we shop…Why do some communities thrive while others struggle? What tangible and intangible characteristics make up a “creative community” that delivers opportunities and quality of life for all citizens? The Community Resources…
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Technology Track Sessions Announced for Create WV 2010 Conference
Access to and adoption of technology has fueled amazing growth around the world. A fast pipe to the global marketplace is akin to a major superhighway in the Industrial Age. But it’s not just whether we have access; it’s what we do with it to transform our healthcare and educational systems, drive research and development…
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Business Innovation Track Announced for Create WV 2010 Conference
According to the Kauffman Foundation and other economic think tanks, building a powerful entrepreneurial engine is the only real way to build sustainable long-term job growth. And in this economy, who doesn’t want that? At the Create WV 2010 Conference our theme is Create Your Own Opportunities. Whether you represent yourself, a community, a school or…
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Branding Berkeley Springs, WV
BERKELEY SPRINGS, WV —- The Morgan Arts Council (MAC) recently released its latest web-based creation: the Berkeley Springs Virtual Creative Community portal. Designed by MAC board member, Michael Dennis, the single page is a combination of advertisement for Berkeley Springs as a creative community and a handy visual directory and direct link to important segments…
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Senator Jay Rockefeller to Serve as Honorary Chair of the 1st Annual STEM Games Competition for Globaloria Students
Charleston, W.Va. – The World Wide Workshop Foundation, inventors of Globaloria, in collaboration with the West Virginia Department of Education and U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller as Honorary Chair, announced West Virginia’s 1st Annual Globaloria Games Competition on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (www.MySTEMgames.org). Senator Jay Rockefeller will serve as the Honorary Chair of the competition,…
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“Save the Tech Park” Effort Builds Awareness and Momentum for Tech-Based Economic Development in WV
There’s nothing like a deadline to motivate people to action. The deadline from Dow Chemical to donate key elements of the South Charleston Technology Park, the former home of thousands of chemical engineers and Ph.D.’s during the glory days of “Chemical Valley”, has rallied Kanawha Valley business and community leaders to elevate the message that…