Orig Post 12/2007: "It is More than the Bricks that You Seek"

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One of the continuing themes of the Economic Development Summit on Saturday, January 12, 2008, was the necessity of nurturing the connections---the connections of the creative class of inventors and business owners, that can provide and GROW the vitality of our community.

The Keynote speaker, Mr. Terry Whipple, in his speech "Catch the Culture" gave the participants a vision of the problem----the speed of knowledge is exponential----and "the FAST will vanquish or "EAT" the slow." As a very slow runner, that tagline was a concern. This same theme is present in the school report from Evansville Schools as education comes to grips with the speed----some are continuing to stonewall progress with opposition to all virtual applications while maintaining the pretense.

In the focus groups in the afternoon there was continuing discussion. As the Observer, I was in a focus group with an EHS senior who was timing us to see that each person did not speak too long. I was on my best behavior. I did note that only 12 years or so ago, I was timing for him in Mr.Steve's class when he did his alphabet testing. It was deja vu time again. I did ask him whether he might be able to help a few older folks with social networking and come up to speed----He just smiled and said "Sure." This younger generation has some skills that are relevant for our inventers and business owners------Stay tuned.

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Congrats to all those who were involved in the planning for this conference. It was very well done. Whether anything results will depend on what happens next.