The Digital Airport Initiative is a regionally-based business collaboration, supported by advertising revenues, presenting regionally-based content and providing a sizable revenue return to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.

Congratulations to the team lead by Barbara Siss Oney on demonstrating how regional economic development should now be done: through collaboration and "strategic doing": Set a clear vision with understandable metrics ("Where are we going?"), connect interests ("Who's on the bus?"), align resources ("Who can contribute what?"), focus on practical next steps ("What's next?"). 

This activity demonstrates new civic habits for Northeast Ohio: balancing open participation with leadership direction. 

Regions that figure out how to "link and leverage" in this way gain a major competitive advantage: speed. They will learn faster, spot opportunities faster, align resources faster, and act faster. 

Check out the NEW Digital Airport Video here. Learn more about the Digital Airport Initiative here.

I-Open this week...

INNOVATION in UNIVERSITY CIRCLE

September 12: Tuesdays@FUTURE: Targeting the Creative Industries and Technology

Growing Gaming in NEO: Ripon: integrating an original video game with digital prints

 

The gaming culture is gaining momentum fast in Northeast Ohio. CIA Professors, Troy Richards and Knut Hybinette, have developed Ripon, a game using the setting of a violent dystrophic society to upset the conventions of gaming culture. Check out this link for a sneak peak here. You can also catch see their work on display at the annual faculty show at the Reinberger Gallery - Cool Meets Innovation.

 

Tuesdays@FUTURE connects brainpower and resources to new models of economic development in Northeast Ohio. Join us to learn more about the Cleveland Design District, the downtown Game Center and Startup Commune, and University Circle as a global hub for the Creative Industries.

 

Forum Leaders: Troy Richards, Knut Hybinette

Date: Today, Tuesday, September 12

Time: 4:30 P.M. - 6:15 P.M.

Place: FUTURE: Center for Design and Technology Transfer @ The Cleveland Institute of Art

11610 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106

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Sept 19: David Grampa, Game Communications

For updates read the Tuesdays@FUTURE Blog.

INNOVATION IN MIDTOWN

Friday, September 15: Midtown Mornings. Share coffee and bagels, make new connections and work on transformative initiatives. View and download cool Midtown Morning posters here.

Date: Friday, September 15

Time: 7:30-8:30 A.M.

Place: Nead Brand Partners

3635 Perkins Avenue, Suite 6a

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KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES.

CFI's AudioBlog "Network Capitalism" with Ed Morrison, Director, I-Open

Wealth creation in the innovation economy is dominated by “network capitalism”, where flexible, adaptive, and connected companies integrate new knowledge with products and services. In contrast with the old “command-and-control” industrial economy, particularly in rural areas, the innovation economy provides abundant opportunities to increase in-flows of outside capital (“good money”), increase velocity of capital circulated among local businesses (“neutral money”) and reduce capital out-flows (“bad money). Through “strategic doing” and civic collaboration, communities can move proactively to participate in the innovation economy and build local and regional wealth.

Listen and learn here.

Capital Formation Institute (CFI) promotes seed and early stage investing and enterprise development discussions.

Add the I-Open White Paper to your desktop here.

Learn about economic development in a networked world. Read EDPro Weblog here.

Questions? Contact:

Betsey Merkel, Network Development

The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open)

Cleveland Midtown Innovation Center

4415 Euclid Ave., Suite 310

Cleveland, OH 44103 USA

Tel. 216-246-2447

FUTURE, I-Open, COSE Arts Network and The Strategic Technology Alliance builds open networks of collaboration with colleges, universities and libraries embedded in these networks.

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