Who went to Bigger Ideas event with Bill McKibben?

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Permalink Reply by Brian Wyrick on March 15, 2008 at 2:51pm

I just tried to hit the QT live stream, and it timed out. bummer.

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Ho on March 15, 2008 at 2:59pm

got 404 error here

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Permalink Reply by Brian Wyrick on March 15, 2008 at 3:59pm

Yeah, I tried it via QT player, and still got nothing.

Anyone know if there be a recording available?

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Permalink Reply by john blue on March 15, 2008 at 3:51pm

Some pictures at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/innovationcreation/sets/72157604126565...

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Permalink Reply by Erik Deckers on March 15, 2008 at 7:09pm

I was there, but I showed up late. Too late to hear my name mentioned, although several people told me you did, so thanks for the plug. I did get to have several good conversations with people afterward. Hello to everyone I didn't get to talk to.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Brown on March 15, 2008 at 9:42pm

Pat - thank you for making this happen. I thought the panel discussion was great, as well as some of the follow-up responses.

I intend to blog about this, and will post it as soon as I complete.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Ball on March 15, 2008 at 10:00pm

Pat - I echo everyone else. Thank you, Brian and CICF for pulling this off. It was interesting and energizing. The more people who are made aware of our own Indiana Deep Economy, the better off everyone will be (duh...). More conferences, more education, inserting it into communications (tag lines on emails), etc. The BlogIN is supposed to be an unconference on blogging, but could the blogs have a theme to use as examples - i.e., this one? Same for the blog stunt. thanks again!

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Permalink Reply by Lorraine Ball on March 16, 2008 at 8:35am

Many thanks to Pat for organizing, and Brian Payne for funding. The audience was a wonderful mix of people with interests ranging from environment, to the arts, to business.

I had several take-aways from the book and conversation:

A deep economy is interdependent with a need for local food, local music, local business, public transportation, and a general movement toward reconnecting with others.

We can Start Small - We don't have to change the world overnight, but making small conscious decisions on how we work and live changes the quality of our lives.

Reconnect with people - Say hello to your neighbors, and share a conversation or even a meal..

We have many elements already in place from good local food, music and art, to active small business associations, and a wonderful growing community on SI. Our challenge is to continue to look for ways to deepen our local economy.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Shoemaker on March 16, 2008 at 1:31pm

Terrific event, Pat. Thanks especially to all who participated behind the scenes getting tickets sent out, making the technology work, arranging the venue, providing refreshments, &c.

We REALLY DO have a wonderful city, and it's people like those who participated today who are our future leaders.

KUDOS!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Nealy on March 16, 2008 at 4:11pm

Pat,

Fantastic event and panel. Clearly we can no longer sit around and wish for solutions to these enormous problems that face us all to simply happen. The ball is in all of our courts. It's not simply a government or political issue.

Thanks to all for pulling off this discussion.

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Permalink Reply by Kristian Andersen on March 16, 2008 at 4:12pm

Pat:
Great event. Thanks for allowing me the opportunity to participate. Do you know if an archived version of the live stream exists anywhere?

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Permalink Reply by Brian Wyrick on March 16, 2008 at 9:36pm

I too am wondering about an archive. I couldn't get the live stream to load.

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