COMING UP:
MAY 31st: Community & Economic Development Conversation featuring Uric Dufrene, Professor of Business Administration and Sanders Chair at IU Southeast
Second of a four part 'Prosperity' series

WHERE: Ivy Tech Southeast Madison, Indiana
Networking: 6:30-7pm
Presentation/Conversation: 7-9pm
Pre-registration is required due to limited seating. Details on pre-registering coming soon.

Register NOW! CLICK HERE

Advance Madison Jefferson County invites you to attend the second in their four part 'prosperity' series featuring, IU Southeast, Professor of Business Administration and Sanders Chair, Uric Dufrene to discuss, Reality Economics: The Truth & Consequences.  Dufrene will help leaders and citizens identify the community's true starting point.  Whats, real, whats not, and what that means for our community.  The Prosperity series is aimed at one particular goal: creating a citizen/government cooperatively generated economic and community development plan.  Dufrene's presentation provides an accurate, unbiased starting point.  Those persons interested in being involved or learning more about community and economic development should attend this important event upon which all follow up presentations will be based.   Dufrenes data will be used in Part 3:  discussing, formulating and agreeing on goals in: Communicating Community Specific Development Planning scheduled for July 2012, and again in Part 4 "Strategic Doing: Actions to Reality" scheduled for early fall 2012 which focuses on implementation and evaluation of of citizen driven development plans.

Advance Madison - IN THE NEWS:

4/17/12: Madison Courier reports: Advance Madison speaker touts area's strengths

3/28/12: Madison Courier reports: Economic Development expert to speak in Madison

Check out this video clip from Civility in Civics: A Civil Conversation with Statesman Lee Hamilton courtesy of Madison Courier

11/17/11: Visit us on facebook to view photo gallery from Dialogues in Democracy

11/17/11: Madison Courier reports: Questions asked; answers sought

10/3/11: View photo gallery of Statesman Lee Hamilton at Civility in Civics: A Civil Conversation NOTE: You need to log into Facebook and like the page to view

10/3/11: Civility in Civics: A Civil Conversation with Statesman Lee Hamilton (VIDEO)

9/13/11: Civility in Civics

5/3/11: Locations Chosen for Community Conversations (INside Indiana Business)

2011: Indiana Humanities: Community Conversations

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