Last year at the Small Town 140 Conference, I shared a bit of a rant about how outside people see small towns and why that matters to us getting together online and in person. If you can’t see the video, please click through to Small Biz Survival. Here’s what I said: Last week I opened […]
Small towns go high tech on Nov. 8
Speakers from 20 states are converging on Kansas November 8, 2012, for a conversation about how high tech thrives outside Silicon Valley and all the usual big cities. It’s the Small Town State of NOW, which we used to call the 140 Conference. Contributor Jon Swanson and I will share apanel on true friendship this year. […]
5 Pillars of Success for Small Towns in the New Economy
Small towns have trouble competing with the entire global economy, but that’s what we are up against. Dave Ivan from Michigan State University is presenting a webinar of ways we can better compete. In 2009, I heard Dave’s Can Small Towns Be Cool talk, and it was FULL of excellent info. You can bet I’ll […]
Tune in for livestream of 140conf SmallTown today
Today, Sept 20, 2011, around 140 people from small towns in 18 states and 3 countries will gather in Hutchinson, Kansas, to share ideas, and another 3,000 or so will tune in via live stream online. 2010 140 Conference Small Town, Jeff Pulver and Becky McCray. Photo by Jerry Hirsch It’s the 140 Characters Conference, […]
