Get Answers, ask questions on any topic and share your opinions 05/28/2014

• Get Answers, ask questions on any topic and share your opinions
  Is the Polar Vortex that big a deal, or is the media blowing it out of proportion? Give your vote here http://www.yobmob.com/ifyoucould/public/question/viewdetail/29
  Tags: Ask a question, Share your opinions, share your opinions online, broadcast people's opinions, broadcast your opinions
  • - By Marcus Davis
  • - By Marcus Davis

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A Light Unto Cities - QFINANCE 05/18/2014

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• A Light Unto Cities - QFINANCE
  The focus was on creating “cities for life” – that is, on promoting equitable development in the urban environments in which a majority of the world’s citizens already live, and in which two thirds will reside by the year 2050.
  Tags: Article, urban planning, cities, sustainable communities, economic inequality
  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Democracy Collaborative Facebook, Democracy Collaborative, and Smart Incentives,

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• The Democracy Collaborative Facebook
  Advancing a new understanding of democracy for the 21st century and promoting new strategies and innovations in community development that enhance democratic life.Promoting new strategies and innovations in community development that enhance democratic life.The Collaborative is a national leader in the field of community development through our Community Wealth Building Initiative. The Initiative sustains a wide range of projects involving research, training, policy development, and community-focused work designed to promote an asset-based paradigm and increase support for the field across-the-board.
  Tags: democracy, collaborative, community wealth, community empowerment, community development, Facebook
  • - By Brian G. Dowling
• The Democracy Collaborative
  The Democracy Collaborative was established in 2000 to advance a new understanding of democracy for the 21st century and to promote new strategies and innovations in community development that enhance democratic life.Our goal is to change the prevailing paradigm of community economic development–and of the economy as a whole—in the United States toward a new emphasis and system based on:Broadening ownership and stewardship over capitalDemocracy at the workplaceStabilizing community and emphasizing localityEquitable and inclusive growthEnvironmental, social, and institutional sustainabilityThe Collaborative is a national leader in the field of community development through our Community Wealth Building Initiative. The Initiative sustains a wide range of projects involving research, training, policy development, and community-focused work designed to promote an asset-based paradigm and increase support for the field across-the-board.
  Tags: democracy, collaborative, community wealth, community empowerment, community development
  • - By Brian G. Dowling
• Smart Incentives | Welcome
  As economic development practitioners for the past 15 years, we have watched incentives become more important to the day-to-day work of economic developers. This is true for communities small and large, rural and urban, with large economic development staffs and with volunteer leadership. We have developed Smart Incentives because we believe that it is vital for economic development groups to have access to high-quality business intelligence, data and analytical tools in order to make the best decisions for their community.
  Tags: incentives, economic development, business intelligence, Analytics
  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Aspiration | Better Tools for a Better World 05/02/2014

• Aspiration | Better Tools for a Better World
  Aspiration's mission is to connect nonprofit organizations, foundations and activists with software solutions and technology skills that help them better carry out their missions. We want those working for social justice to be able to find and use the best software available, so that they maximize their effectiveness and impact and, in turn, change the world.
  Tags: technology, techtools, software, nonprofit, change agents, social enterprise
  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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