Tag: Technology

  • Create West Virginia Marion County Summit 3.16.10

    Create WV

    Please join us in Fairmont on 3/16/10! If you’d like to schedule a Create WV Summit in your community, drop us a line at [email protected]. Building Creative Communities for the New Economy  Dear Friends of Marion Regional Development Corporation (MRDC), On behalf of MRDC, I would like to personally invite you to an important conversation…

  • City of Spencer: Going Wide Open

    Create WV

    2009 was a busy year in the City of Spencer and we are not slowing down for 2010. We have implemented an aggressive Marketing Initiative that continues to gain attention for our community.  With this aggressive marketing approach we will be showcasing what a great place the City of Spencer is to live, to work, and…

  • Scenes from Create WV 2009 – Thank you Huntington!

    Create WV

    The third Create WV Conference came to a close on Tuesday with over 420 people experiencing the power of an emerging creative community – Huntington, WV. Special thanks to othe local Create Huntington team who put in countless hours and contributed valuable leadership and ideas. Most often heard comment? “Wow…Huntington has changed a lot!” If you…

  • The Stories of Three Creative Communities: Glenville, Spencer, MountainMade

    Create WV

    Think creative community building principles are just neat ideas but lack tangible impact? Listen to these stories of West Virginia communities creating a more prosperous future for themselves:  Glenville, WV  Spencer, WV MountainMade (Thomas, WV)

  • Why Businesses Should Attend the Create WV Conference

    Create WV

    Create WV’s mantra is to “build creative communities for the new economy” in West Virginia. However, it is equally important that our creative communities enjoy the presence of “creative companies.” Why? Because businesses that embrace creative, new economy principles are the ones who are growing in this global 21st century economy. We’ve outlined which industries typically…

  • Invigorating the Creativity of West Virginians

    Create WV

    by Jason B. Keeling Organizers of the 2009 Create WV Conference are asking the public to jump start the conversations that will take place there by using Twitter, Facebook and blogs to answer this open-ended phrase: “WV, I WILL CREATE…” Because conferences can tend to offer too many ideas and not enough results, people are…

  • Create WV Workshop: Dipping More Than Toes Into Social Media – Strategy, Approaches and Trends You Need to Know

    Create WV

    Dipping More Than Toes Into the Social Sphere: Strategy, Approaches and Trends in Social MediaSunday, October 18, 2009 1pm – 4pm Only $39! NOTE: You can attend whether or not you are attending the entire Create WV Conference! Register Register Announcing a special pre-conference workshop at the 20009 Create WV Conference:  Who should attend? Business and non-profit leaders, economic…

  • School Innovation Zone Act Passes

    Tim Mcclung

    HB 109 was passed this week and opens the doors for communities to create fundamentally different schools.   That is, if you can get the support of the teachers, parents, the school district, Dept. of Educ, and State Board.  There are a lot hurdles to jump, T’s to cross and meetings to hold.  But, it is…

  • Not “Tee Up!” … I said “Tweet Up!”

    Create WV

    Forget the white Christmas; I’ve been dreaming about a Charles Town tweet up! Not too long ago I came up with the idea of having a local “tweet up” for Charles Town, WV, folks on Twitter. A tweet up, for those who are not in the Twitter know, is just geek speak jargon used to…

  • Social Media and Mountaintop Removal

    Jeff James

    You may not have been able to attend the recent hearing held by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regarding mining on Gauley Mountain, but you could almost be there thanks to social media technologies such as Twitter. With coverage from the likes of the Smithsonian Magazine, interest is certainly sky high on…