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- An Introduction to Open Source Economic Development
- Changes in our economy hit home
- Moving from a First Curve to a Second Curve economy
- The Urgency of Open Innovation
- New, Networked Approaches to Economic Development
- Building an open civic process: Strategic doing
- The emerging role of the civic leader
- The importance of mapping our networks
- Mapping and aligning Second Curve networks
- Open Source Economic Development: A Glossary
Open Source Economic Development and Web 2.0
The
Internet is our first interactive mass medium. This power changes the
game in most markets, and economic development -- the process of
building prosperity in our communities and regions -- is no different.
In recent years, Web 2.0 has emerged as a basket of technologies that
exploit the Internet’s interactive power. The challenge for economic
developers will be to identify, develop and guide these networks. The
Internet becomes an indispensable tool.
We see the explosion of
interest in weblogs as a means to share information. Another technology
-- wikis -- allows people with no Internet background to publish
directly to the web. A variety of different sharing sites allow users
to upload and share video, audio, presentations, and files.
EDPro is now partnering with Near-Time (http://www.near-time.com) one of the leading Web 2.0 firms to develop templates that economic development organizations, workforce development boards, chambers of commerce, and others can use to develop and manage their networks. Near-Time’s platform provides the flexibility, simplicity and power that economic development, workforce development and chamber professionals need to develop, organize and focus their networks.
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