But, the GMC is eager for everyone to hear what's going on in many different ways. To that end, you can follow their Tweets during our two-day summit. Here's info on how to do that:
MKEKre8Kamp 2009:
Building a Thriving Creative Community in the Milwaukee Region.
Many cities have recognized the value of having a creative economy. Toronto, San Antonio and Philadelphia all have implemented plans to shore up their cultural assets and have strong community-led initiatives spearheading the effort. The Milwaukee region needs the same: an action plan to build our creative economy into a sustainable, distinguished and defining regional asset.
We don't have to blaze a new trail. Best practices are out there. We can learn from successes and mistakes of others. But we do have to start now.
That is the reason for this MKEKre8Kamp 2009, a creative community summit that will culminate in a vision and road map for building a thriving creative community; one that retains and attracts talent and business while improving our region's quality of life.
MKEKre8Kamp-an intensive strategic action initiative-will involve not just policymakers, creative individuals, foundation leaders, leaders of arts and culture organizations, but leaders of the creative economy. We will involve representatives of industry-our technology-driven manufacturing leaders, as well as industries like advertising, product and industrial design, TV and radio, and architecture.
One of our tasks will be to study other regions that have vibrant and successful cultural sectors and creative economies to understand their public/private funding models and their infrastructure. Another task-during the creative summit and beyond-will be to convene conversations that explore potential for strategic alliances and shared resources in order to increase efficiency within the sector.
We intend to immediately implement an action agenda that will move this forward quickly and ensure ownership of building a dynamic, creative community.
As we go through this process we would like to involve you! Though sessions like this are typically closed to everyone except direct participants, we're opening it to our community beginning on Tuesday, February 4. We will do so through this blog and (when we can) through Twitter @MKEKre8Kamp.
Click on the link above or go to: http://twitter.com/MKEKre8Kamp and read the info. There is a link at the bottom of every article if you’d like to add a comment.
We encourage your participation ! Feel free to share this information with others.
1 smart alecky remarks:
So I did a little digging and found out that Kre8Kamp is actually just a rip off of Cre8Camp (www.cre8camp.org) which started in Portland, Oregon on July 26, 2008. My source tells me that a local PR/Design Guru has been working to bring Cre8Camp to Milwaukee since as early as last summer. My understanding is that he actually set up a formal get together that was supposed to go down recently, but received emails from four of the folks who originally RSVP'd saying they wouldn't be showing up. Those four are coincidently on MKEKre8Kamp's steering committee. The only name my source gave me that she was sure of was Dave Fantle (the guy responsible for the Bronze Fonz)
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