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October 05, 2007

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Blair Benjamin

As a participant in one of those much talked about creative economies (the Berkshires -- specifically, MASS MoCA in North Adams, Mass.), I look forward to this discussion. For my two cents, I suggest Tom Borrup's Creative Community Builder's Handbook (http://www.fieldstonealliance.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=069474) as an excellent place to look for guidance and inspiration.

Blair Benjamin

As a participant in one of those much talked about creative economies (the Berkshires -- specifically, MASS MoCA in North Adams, Mass.), I look forward to this discussion. For my two cents, I suggest Tom Borrup's Creative Community Builder's Handbook (http://www.fieldstonealliance.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=069474) as an excellent place to look for guidance and inspiration.

Dan Bassill

In one part of the Business Week article was a statement that read: "some corporations might become more like voluntary associations, run for the benefit of their working ''members.''"

If this thinking is applied to social benefit organizations, it means that people from many different places and sectors can be working together to solve problems that in the past have been beyond the scope of single organizations

If business leaders beging to tap this concept, they might do more to encourage employees to become involved in social benefit organizations, and they might be more strategic in supporting them with innovation and collaboration tools, because the ideas and habits these employee learn in these organizations can become ideas and habits they apply in support of the corporation's goals.

I look forward to following this discussion and encourage readers to visit the web site below, where they can find more than 100 links to articles about knowledge management, creativity, innovation, etc. These are concepts we hope people working to help disadvantaged kids reach jobs and careers will apply in their own on-going actions and innovations so more and better long-term connections are made with kids in cities all over the country and the world.

http://www.tutormentorconnection.org/TMLearningNetwork/LinksLibrary/tabid/560/rrcid/13/rrepp/20/Default.aspx

Sandy

May I suggest Rich Florida's website as a fine resource for information about the creative economy:

www.creativeclass.com

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