The Djembe Project

Midtown Wednesdays Agenda to Leverage New Tools for Economic Development

Build your networks! Pass this along to anyone you know who would be interested in strengthening our cultural and entrepreneurial networks in Midtown and Northeast Ohio.

Here is the agenda we will use for today's forum:

5:00 P.M. I-Open Welcome and Introductions

Updates

5:15 P.M. African American Museums: National Models and Our Current Situation

5:30 P.M. Open Space Session Round One:
"How does the emerging African American entrepreneurial network (in Midtown and NEO) connect with other parts of the community who can help them to do what they need to do?"

Report Out to Larger Group

6:00 P.M. Open Space Session Round Two:
"What do you see as issues and opportunities around the above question?"

Report Out to Larger Group

6:30 P.M. Round Three:
"What have we learned?"

Entire Group

6:40 P.M. Closing and Next Steps

We will work in small groups to envision solutions and next steps. Flip charts will capture information for break out groups. Select a scribe for each group. Information will be posted to the Djembe Project Blog here.

About Open Space:
Open Space Technology, created by Harrison Owen, is a self-organizing practice that releases the inherent creativity and leadership in people. By inviting people to take responsibility for what they care about, Open Space establishes a marketplace of inquiry, where people offer topics they care about, reflect and learn from one another, to accomplish meaningful work. It is recognized internationally as an innovative approach to creating whole systems change and inspiring the best in human performance. Read more here.

I-Open is applying new tools to accelerate innovation, entrepreneurship and build prosperity. Other practices include social network mapping, network and systems theory, appreciative leadership, and strategy maps.

Questions were kindly prepared by Jack Ricchiuto partner to I-Open and thought leader in Appreciative Leadership.

We look forward to a constructive Midtown Wednesdays forum! Bring a friend!

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