The "Un-Conference"

By Jami Miedema BarCamp was a term I was not familiar with until recently. Even after I learned what it was, it took awhile for me to wrap my mind around it. A BarCamp is a user-generated gathering (on-site, not virtual) created by and for individuals who are eager to...

Two Ways to Get There

By Todd Smithee At the end of my family vacation, I decided to attempt to hook into a king salmon in Ludington, Michigan’s harbor.  Ludington is where the Pere Marquette River empties into Lake Michigan.  Every August the salmon make their annual migration from the...

Innovation and Economic Development

By Dean Whittaker Innovation is everywhere.  From “Technology Lead Economic Development” to transitioning to the knowledge economy, everyone has a strategy to commercialize the intellectual property of universities and the federally funded R&D taking place in...

Best-Performing Cities

By Jim Bruckbauer Every year, the Milken Institute in California ranks the Best-Performing Cities according to economic growth.  These include long-term and short-term measurements of employment, salary growth, and high-tech output. This year’s rankings of where...