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 Innovation with a Southern Accent
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by Scott Doron, Linda Hoke, Sandra Johnson, Charity Pennock and Jim Clinton
Copyright © 2006, Southern Growth Policies Board
Innovation with a Southern
Accent focuses on creating a Southern culture of knowledge,
where learning and innovation are primary social values, and
essential to the region's global competitiveness. The report's
recommendations include strategies for building the innovation
capacity in the South through the creation, accumulation and
application of knowledge. The report presents the Southern
Innovation System (SIS) as a mechanism for individuals, communities,
states, and the South to support and cultivate innovation
and outlines several regional initiatives to grow emerging
industries in the South, including the Southern Nanotechnology
Initiative, VentureSouth, the Southern task force on venture
capital, and the Southern Information Technology Initiative,
among others. Innovation with a Southern Accent includes regional
and state-level data on educational attainment, venture capital,
an overview of state policies on R&D including survey
results about the South's attractiveness for R&D, and
profiles of innovative programs. Click
here to download the report in pdf format.
 Companion DVD
Innovation with a Southern Accent
$10
Copyright © 2006, Southern Growth Policies Board
Southern Growth Policies Board has produced a companion DVD
for the Innovation with a Southern Accent report. The
DVD presentation captures the thoughts and opinions of a cross-section
of Southerners who took part in more than 100 community forums
around the region to discuss the economic potential of innovation
and technology. The DVD is representative of the more than 4,000
Southerners whose feedback helped shape the 2006 Report
on the Future of the South, and is a great tool for discussions
of the issue of innovation and technology. |
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 Connecting
the Dots: Creating a Southern Nanotechnology Network
$20
by Scott Doron, Charity Pennock
and Dr. Jan Youtie, Dr. Philip Shapira of the Georgia Institute
of Technology.
With contributions by Ajay Bhaskarabhatla, Erin Lamos, Uttam
Malani, John Slanina, Alexa Stephens and Li Tang
Copyright © 2006, Southern Growth Policies Board
Connecting the Dots: Creating a Southern
Nanotechnology Network outlines the South's strengths
and weaknesses in nanotechnology in five key areas - human capital,
knowledge generation, patents, funding and commercialization.
The report includes data for all of the Southern Growth member
states. Southern Growth's research revealed that although the
South performs about 20 percent of all nanotechnology research
activity in the U.S., the region lags the nation in nanotechnology
patents. A consortium of Southern research institutions were
involved in the report's development and creation including
Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Technology Transfer and Economic
Development Directorate, Southern Growth's Southern Technology
Council and the Georgia Institute of Technology Program in Science,
Technology and Innovation Policy. To read the executive summary, click here.
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 Not
Invested Here: The 2004 Southern Innovation Index
By Jim Clinton, Scott Doron and
Karen Barlow
Copyright © 2004, Southern Growth Policies Board
Not Invested Here: The 2004 Southern Innovation Index is a progress report on innovation, entrepreneurship and technology-based
economic development in the South. The fourth in a series of
reports on innovation in the South, the 2004 Index provides updates on data for 50 benchmarks and 10-year targets
of each of the Southern Growth member states. The report includes
state-by-state data and summaries of activity on education,
innovation and entrepreneurship. The 2004 Index also includes
an analysis of the data and progress in reaching state targets.
The report shows significant progress in reaching targets including
core technology indicators, but a lack of investment in venture
capital and private research and development. Click
here to download the report in pdf format.
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 Pocket
Guide to Biotechnology
By Scott Doron
Copyright © 2004, Southern Growth Policies Board
One page printable brochure for policymakers
that serves as an introduction to the biotechnology industry.
Ideal for introductory meetings on biotechnology and information
packets, the Pocket Guide to Biotechnology, includes
definitions, industry data, applications and resources for further
study-along with quotes from leading public figures in the South.
To access the brochure in pdf, click
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U.: New University Roles in a Knowledge Economy
By Louis G. Tornatzky, Paul G. Waugaman and Denis O. Gray
Copyright © 2002, Southern Growth Policies Board
Innovation U. details the best practices
and cultures of 12 major research universities that are leading
the way in promoting technology-oriented economic development
in their states and communities. The 12 universities are Georgia
Tech, N.C. State University, Ohio State University, Penn State,
Purdue, Texas A&M, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Virginia
Tech, University of California at San Diego, University of Utah,
Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University.
Case studies of each of the universities
include details about external partnerships, including industry
research partnerships, technology transfer, industrial extension
and technical assistance, entrepreneurial development, industry
education/training partnerships, and career services and placement.
The case studies also look at each institution's enablers, particularly
the university's culture and rewards, and formal partnerships
with economic development organizations and university/industry
advisory boards and councils. Click
here to download the report in pdf format. |
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 Invented
Here: Transforming the Southern Economy
$10
By Jim Clinton, Keecia James, Trent Williams,
Jonathan Morgan, Carol Conway, Scott Doron, Yolanda Batts and
Dr. Robert Gillespie
Copyright © 2001, Southern Growth Policies Board
Invented Here: Transforming the Southern
Economy is the second in a series of annual reports designed
to facilitate the creation of technology and innovation-based
economies in the Southern region. The report contains the actual
language of the strategic plan including the three overriding
goals for the project: 1. Create a culture of learning throughout
the South, in which the acquisition, creation, and application
of knowledge is viewed as central to our health, happiness,
and prosperity; 2. Encourage and support innovation and entrepreneurship;
and 3. Create and sustain a quality of life that is attractive
to globally competitive businesses and employees. The report
contains the benchmarks set for measuring long-tern progress
towards the goals and establishes a baseline for each participating
state. Click here to download the
report in pdf format. |
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 Benchmarking
University-Industry Technology Transfer in the South and the
EPSCoR States: 1997-1998
Data (available on CD-ROM)
$20
By Paul G. Waugaman and Louis G. Tornatzky
Copyright © 2001, Southern Growth Policies Board
This CD-ROM based publication measured technology-transfer activities
at 72 research institutions around the country. The report measures
technology transfer in three ways: input measures, such as the
number of patents institutions applied for and were awarded; outcome
measures, such as the number of active licenses; and economic
impact, such as the number of new companies started based on university
technologies. Click
here to download the report in pdf format. |
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 Invented
Here: Measures of Southern Growth
$10 - Available on CD-ROM only
By Joel Bauman, Aaron Cain, Jim Clinton, Joshua Drucker, Keecia
James, Gordon Wilson
Copyright © 2000, Southern Growth Policies Board
Invented Here: Measures of Southern Growth is the first in a series of annual reports designed to facilitate
the creation of technology and innovation-based economies in
the Southern region. The report includes a broad spectrum of
baseline data on Southern Growth member states including population,
education and workforce demographics as well as industry trends
and entrepreneurial development data. The state-level variables
provide the basis for identifying strengths and weaknesses and
for regional comparison. Click here
to download the report in pdf format. |
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 Creating
the CyberSouth
By James Bohland, Maria Papadakis and Richard Worrall, School
of Public and International Affairs, Center for Organizational
and Technological Advancement, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University
Copyright © 2000, Southern Growth Policies Board
Creating the CyberSouth provides
background information on the Digital Divide and it's four key
dimensions-access to technology, computer literacy, information
literacy and availability of content-- both from a national
perspective and with statistical information for Southern Growth
member states. The report also includes an overview of state
initiatives and detailed discussion of five topics to address
the Digital Divide-Primary and Secondary Education programs,
Improved Infrastructure and Service Provisions, Community Access
and Workforce Initiatives, Partnering with the Private Sector
and mobilizing statewide response. Click
here to download the report in pdf format. |
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 Making
Technology Happen: Best Practices and Policies from Exemplary
K-12 Schools for Teachers, Principals, Parents, Policymakers
and Industry
$10
By Lucinda Casson, Joel Bauman, Elaine Rideout
Fisher, Mark Lindblad, Jennifer R. Sumpter, Louis G. Tornatzky
and Ben S. Vickery
Copyright © 1997, Southern Growth Policies Board
Making Technology Happen, one of the most
popular reports ever produced by the Southern Technology Council,
examines best practices in implementing technology in K-12 education.
The authors interviewed education professionals and policymakers
in more than 200 K-12 schools and districts in 18 states. The
report contains descriptive data and case studies of implementation
practices in the areas of training, planning, technical support,
organizational design, resources, leadership, and change strategies
for bringing technology into the classroom. Click
here to download the report. |
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 Best
Practices and Policies for University-Industry Technology
Transfer: Working with External Patent Counsel
$10
By Paul Waugaman, Louis G. Tornatzky
and Ben S. Vickery
Copyright © 1994, Southern Growth Policies Board
This report includes the results of a study that
looked at 27 research universities in the South, as well as
a comparison group of 10 universities from across the U.S. during
a three-year period from 1990-1992. The study examines university
transfer practices using external patent counsel, and includes
the use of external patent counsel in applying for and obtaining
patents on university inventions and related activities such
as licensing, defending patents and event selecting inventions
for patenting. Click here to download
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 EnterpriseSouth.biz
$20
By Ray Taylor, Sandra Johnson, Linda Hoke, Scott Doron,
Charity Pennock and Jim Clinton
Copyright © 2007, Southern Growth Policies Board
EnterpriseSouth.biz calls for a cultural shift in the South to an enterprise economy, characterized by a workforce that is knowledgeable, entrepreneurial and innovative. EnterpriseSouth.biz outlines a three-pronged strategy: CONVENE, CONNECT and COMMIT to create an enterprise economy and workforce. The strategy proposes that Southern leaders CONVENE a series of conversations that include all the stakeholders in workforce development, to CONNECT the public more directly to education, and to maximize effectiveness within various public and private workforce efforts. The process is designed to lead parties to COMMIT to a non-partisan compact to build a southern workforce that is both enterprising and globally competitive. EnterpriseSouth.biz includes regional and state-level data on educational attainment and economic achievements as well as profiles of innovative programs.
Southern Growth also launched, www.enterprisesouth.biz to chronicle the Southern states' progress in implementing the CONVENE-CONNECT-COMMIT strategy. The website includes state workforce data, profiles of the report's strategies and a dynamic space for Southern states to track their activities and accomplishments. Click here to download the report in pdf format.
 Companion
DVD
Building the Next Workforce
$10
Copyright © 2007, Southern Growth Policies Board
Southern Growth Policies Board has produced a 14-minute companion DVD for the EnterpriseSouth.biz report. The DVD presentation captures the thoughts and opinions of a cross-section of Southerners who took part in more than 145 community forums around the region to discuss building the next Southern workforce. The DVD is representative of the more than 4,100 Southerners whose feedback helped shape the 2007 Report on the Future of the South, and is a great tool for presentations and discussions on workforce development. |
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 The
Southern Workforce Index
By Carol Conway, Sandra Johnson
Copyright © 2005, Southern Growth Policies Board
The Southern Workforce Index offers a bird's-eye view
of the South's workforce development challenges. The Index is non-traditional in form and philosophy—it equates workforce
and economic development and calls on states to respond on multiple
fronts, not through a fragmented system of education programs.
Specifically, The Index focuses on the need to tailor
services to individual clients, tap into non-traditional sources
of workers, and better inform students and teachers about the
economy, starting at the earliest ages. The Index outlines
15 indicators for measuring the region's process and contains
state-by-state data and summaries of workforce initiatives in
the region. To download the paper in pdf format, click
here. |
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 Supporting Sector Strategies in the South
By Dexter Ligot-Gordon, Sandra Johnson, Ravinder Mangat, Jack Mills, and Ray Taylor
Copyright © 2008, Southern Growth Policies Board
Supporting Sector Strategies in the South, a new white paper from Southern Growth and collaborator and the National Network of Sector Partners (NNSP) highlights the success of five Southern states with workforce development solutions that are leading to the establishment and success of high-growth, high-wage industries. The paper suggests steps toward replicating this success throughout the South. To download the paper in pdf
format, click here. |
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 Standards
of Practice
By Carol Conway
Copyright © 2003, Southern Growth Policies Board
Standards of Practice examines why special populations--older
workers, dislocated workers, and disabled workers--are not served
by the workforce development system. It concludes with recommendations
and a draft Workforce Index by which states can benchmark progress-and
set new standards of practice-in addressing these and other critical
matters in workforce development. To download the paper in pdf
format, click here. |
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Welcome
to the Real World: Educators in Industry
By Carol Conway
Copyright © 2002, Southern Growth Policies Board
Policy paper profiles five Southern programs that provide educators
with access, information and hands-on experience in industry.
Programs in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Virginia are highlighted
with additional information on programs of note in California,
Kentucky, South Carolina and South Dakota. To download the paper
in pdf format, click here. |
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 The
Mercedes and the Magnolia:
Preparing the Southern Workforce for the Next Economy
By Carol Conway, Jim Clinton
Copyright © 2002, Southern Growth Policies Board
The Mercedes and The Magnolia offers
a bold new approach to workforce development in a South struggling
with economic change. Based on input from governors, workforce
experts and hundreds of other Southern leaders, the report demonstrates
that knowledge, not low-cost labor, is the creator of jobs and
wealth in this country, and that investment will flow to those
locations with large pools of educated and entrepreneurial talent.
As the title implies, the report calls on the South to strike
a new balance between its heritage and modern production. It
also sounds the alarm over an impending labor shortage that
will strike the South even harder than the rest of the nation.
The report makes three recommendations and includes best practices,
extensive state-level data, and opinions from around the region. Click here to download the
report in pdf format. |
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Leave
No Stone Unturned: A Human Capital Approach To Workforce Development
By Carol Conway
Copyright © 2002, Southern Growth Policies Board
A precursor to the 2002 Report on the Future of the South,
The Mercedes and the Magnolia, Leave No Stone Unturned examines
the human capital approach to workforce development. The paper
describes some of the forces that are changing the Southern
workforce demographics and outlines four strategies for expanding
the current labor pool in the South. The paper concludes with
recommendations and outlines innovative approaches from Kentucky,
Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa and North Carolina. Click
here to download the policy paper in pdf format. |
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 Who
Will Stay and Who Will Leave
$10
By Louis G. Tornatzky, Denis O. Gray, Stephanie
A. Tarant and Cathy Zimmer
Copyright © 2001, Southern Growth Policies Board
A follow-up to the 1998 report, Where Have All the Students Gone (see description below), Who Will Stay and Who Will Leave examines the factors
that influence how college graduates, particularly those in
science, math and technology, decide where they will live and
work after graduation. The study is an exploration of some of
the key factors that affect "brain drain," and hence
a state's ability to build and retain a workforce capable of
fueling the companies and industries of the knowledge economy. Click here to
download the report in pdf format.
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 Where
Have All the Students Gone: Interstate Migration of Recent Science
and Engineering Graduates
$10
By Louis G. Tornatzky, Denis O. Gray, Stephanie A. Tarant and
Julie E. Howe
Copyright © 1998, Southern Growth Policies Board
Where Have All the Students Gone? examines the migration of skilled technology workers across
state lines and at some of the factors that may influence those
migrations. Among other findings, the report found large disparities
among states in net retention and net migration of recent science
and engineering graduates. The report has important implications
for states seeking to build a science and technology workforce. Click here to
download the report in pdf format. |
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Brave New South
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By Linda Hoke, Jim Clinton, Stephen Whitlow Scott Doron, Charity Pennock, and Ray Taylor
Copyright © 2008, Southern Growth Policies Board
Brave New South challenges Southern communities to better realize the talents and visions of youth for the betterment of all residents, young and old, in the South. The report was informed by troubling statistics that show Southern youth over-represented in a number of categories of at-risk youth, and by research indicating that greater rates of youth engagement can reduce at-risk behaviors. In preparing for the report, the input of over 4,000 Southerners was gathered, leading to three primary recommendations. The first recommendation is that Southern communities should engage people in community life. Second, the South should listen to young people, value them as resources, and act on their ideas. Third, young people should be supported in developing and using their passions, talents and skills to better themselves and their communities. Brave New South offers specific means by which to achieve these recommendations, and provides state-level data on at-risk youth populations and current levels of youth engagement. Click here to view the executive summary in pdf format.
 Brave New South Companion
DVD
$10
Copyright © 2008, Southern Growth Policies Board
Available on June 18, 2008!
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 Feeding the Lambs:
Youth Engagement and Development Activities
of Southern Megachurches
By Joshua Ambrosius, 2008 Southern Research Fellow, University Fellow and Ph.D. Student, University of Louisville School of Urban and Public Affairs
Copyright © 2008, Southern Growth Policies Board
Click here to download the
research paper in pdf format. |
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 Freedom Schools 2.0:
The Civil Rights Entrepreneurs of the New Orleans
Public Education Reform Movement
By Robert Tice Lalka, 2008 Southern Research Fellow, Master of Public Policy, 2008, Duke University
Copyright © 2008, Southern Growth Policies Board
Click here to download the
research paper in pdf format. |
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Community Index
By Linda Hoke , Sandra Johnson
Copyright © 2005, Southern Growth Policies Board
The Southern Community Index is a working plan to track
the Southern states' progress on building healthy and vibrant
communities as part of an integrated economic development strategy
for the region. The Index includes 15 quality of life
measures considered to be the building blocks of vibrant communities
including access to healthcare, home ownership rates, crime rates,
employment rates and levels of civic engagement and leadership
diversity. Southern Growth's research suggests that building
quality communities is the underpinning of long-term economic
development. The goal of The Southern Community Index is to bring attention to quality of life issues and to encourage
communities to create their own vision and metrics for developing
a successful and healthy community. The Index includes
state-by-state data and summaries of community development initiatives
in the region. To download the report in pdf format, click
here.
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By Jim Clinton, Carol Conway, Linda Hoke
Copyright © 2003, Southern Growth
Policies Board
Reinventing the Wheel presents a new
model of leadership to strengthen the South's capacity to respond
to emerging challenges and opportunities — from globalization
and new economic forces to large-scale demographic changes.
The report's foundation is the emerging research and awareness
that civic infrastructure directly impacts both quality of life
and economic opportunity. Regional focus groups and surveys
yielded recommendations from citizens that call for more, diverse
and better-prepared leaders in the South. The report includes
research on social capital and civic engagement and practical
examples of citizens that are addressing community challenges
with inclusive, connected and collaborative strategies. Potential
actions for communities are also presented in the report for
strengthening leadership in the region by engaging youth and
immigrants and for recruiting more diverse citizens to assume
leadership roles. Click here
to download the report in pdf format.
 Companion Toolkit - VHS
Leading the Future Toolkit
$10
by Carol Conway and Linda Hoke
Copyright © 2004, Southern Growth Policies Board
Leading the Future is designed to help communities and organizations expand their
leadership base and skills. It consists of a 10-minute video,
a set of exercises and a moderator's guide. To download the moderator's guide
and other materials, click
here. |
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 Pathways to Prosperity: Choosing a Future for Your Community
By Tony Wharton and Linda Hoke
Copyright © 2001, Southern Growth Policies Board
Southern Growth's Pathways to Prosperity discussion guide and its companion video are designed to help groups discuss the different choices and issues that communities face in trying to deal with growth, encourage economic well being and strengthen their quality of life. Click here to download the
guidebook. |
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Tools
for Small Towns
A publication of the Southern Consortium of University Public
Service Organizations
By David Harris and Danielle Tanaka, Auburn University Center
for Governmental Services
Copyright © 2002, Southern Growth Policies Board
Tools for Small Towns introduces planning and decision making
tools that can be used to help strengthen economic and community
development in small towns. The materials were prepared by Auburn
University's Center for Governmental Services, and serve as
a companion piece to "Choices for a Growing South"
- a joint project of Southern Growth Policies Board and the
Southern Consortium of University Public Service Organizations. Click here to download the
report in pdf format. |
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Black
Wealth/White Wealth: An Issue for the South
By Scott Doron and Elaine Rideout Fisher
Copyright © 2002, Southern Growth Policies Board
This Policy Paper examines the disparity that exists between the
amount of financial assets owned by blacks and whites in the
South. The paper presents data to indicate the long-term consequences
for the South in both human terms and economic progress. The
paper also presents solutions and resources for closing the
wealth gap. Click here to download
the paper in pdf format. |
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 Results
Oriented Government
$3
A Guide to Strategic Planning and Performance Measurement
in the Public Sector
By Linda Hoke in partnership with the Southern Consortium of Public
University Public Service Organizations.
Copyright © 1996, Southern Growth Policies Board
Results Oriented Government is an illustrated book that describes
the general principles of strategic planning, benchmarking best
practices, performance measurement, using performance results
for project management, performance-based budgeting, performance-based
contracting and creating an environment that supports these
activities. The guide is designed for use by state and local
public managers in training programs. Click
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Brave New South
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By Linda Hoke, Jim Clinton, Stephen Whitlow Scott Doron, Charity Pennock, and Ray Taylor
Copyright © 2008, Southern Growth Policies Board
Brave New South challenges Southern communities to better realize the talents and visions of youth for the betterment of all residents, young and old, in the South. The report was informed by troubling statistics that show Southern youth over-represented in a number of categories of at-risk youth, and by research indicating that greater rates of youth engagement can reduce at-risk behaviors. In preparing for the report, the input of over 4,000 Southerners was gathered, leading to three primary recommendations. The first recommendation is that Southern communities should engage people in community life. Second, the South should listen to young people, value them as resources, and act on their ideas. Third, young people should be supported in developing and using their passions, talents and skills to better themselves and their communities. Brave New South offers specific means by which to achieve these recommendations, and provides state-level data on at-risk youth populations and current levels of youth engagement. Click here to view the executive summary in pdf format.
Brave New South Companion
DVD
$10
Copyright © 2008, Southern Growth Policies Board
Available on June 18, 2008!
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EnterpriseSouth.biz
$20
By Ray Taylor, Sandra Johnson, Linda Hoke, Scott Doron, Charity Pennock and Jim Clinton
Copyright © 2007, Southern Growth Policies Board
EnterpriseSouth.biz calls for a cultural shift in the South to an enterprise economy, characterized by a workforce that is knowledgeable, entrepreneurial and innovative. EnterpriseSouth.biz outlines a three-pronged strategy: CONVENE, CONNECT and COMMIT to create an enterprise economy and workforce. The strategy proposes that Southern leaders CONVENE a series of conversations that include all the stakeholders in workforce development, to CONNECT the public more directly to education, and to maximize effectiveness within various public and private workforce efforts. The process is designed to lead parties to COMMIT to a non-partisan compact to build a southern workforce that is both enterprising and globally competitive. EnterpriseSouth.biz includes regional and state-level data on educational attainment and economic achievements as well as profiles of innovative programs.
Southern Growth also launched, www.enterprisesouth.biz to chronicle the Southern states' progress in implementing the CONVENE-CONNECT-COMMIT strategy. The website includes state workforce data, profiles of the report's strategies and a dynamic space for Southern states to track their activities and accomplishments. Click here to download the report in pdf format.
Companion
DVD
Building the Next Workforce
$10
Copyright © 2007, Southern Growth Policies Board
Southern Growth Policies Board has produced a 14-minute companion DVD for the EnterpriseSouth.biz report. The DVD presentation captures the thoughts and opinions of a cross-section of Southerners who took part in more than 145 community forums around the region to discuss building the next Southern workforce. The DVD is representative of the more than 4,100 Southerners whose feedback helped shape the 2007 Report on the Future of the South, and is a great tool for presentations and discussions on workforce development. |
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Innovation with a Southern Accent
$20
by Scott Doron, Linda
Hoke, Sandra Johnson, Charity Pennock and Jim Clinton
Copyright © 2006, Southern Growth Policies Board
Innovation with a Southern
Accent focuses on creating a Southern culture of knowledge,
where learning and innovation are primary social values, and
essential to the region's global competitiveness. The report's
recommendations include strategies for building the innovation
capacity in the South through the creation, accumulation and
application of knowledge. The report presents the Southern
Innovation System (SIS) as a mechanism for individuals, communities,
states, and the South to support and cultivate innovation
and outlines several regional initiatives to grow emerging
industries in the South, including the Southern Nanotechnology
Initiative, VentureSouth, the Southern task force on venture
capital, and the Southern Information Technology Initiative,
among others. Innovation with a Southern Accent includes regional
and state-level data on educational attainment, venture capital,
an overview of state policies on R&D including survey
results about the South's attractiveness for R&D, and
profiles of innovative programs. Click
here to download the report in pdf format.
Companion
DVD
Innovation with a Southern
Accent
$10
Copyright © 2006, Southern Growth Policies Board
Southern Growth Policies Board has produced a companion DVD
for the Innovation with a Southern Accent report.
The DVD presentation captures the thoughts and opinions of
a cross-section of Southerners who took part in more than
100 community forums around the region to discuss the economic
potential of innovation and technology. The DVD is representative
of the more than 4,000 Southerners whose feedback helped shape
the 2006 Report on the Future of the South, and is
a great tool for discussions of the issue of innovation and
technology.
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 The
New Architecture of Rural Prosperity
$10
Copyright © 2005, Southern Growth Policies Board
The New Architecture of Rural
Prosperity builds on the premise that the prosperity
of the rural South is crucial to the prosperity of the South
as a whole. Gathering input from more than 2200 Southerners
to prepare the report, Southern Growth puts forth two recommendations
for building rural prosperity. The first recommendation is
to expand the view of economic development beyond industrial
recruitment to include community-building activities as part
of the actions that create, expand and recruit business to
the rural south. Among other things, this means that economic
development should operate within the context of quality of
life. The second recommendation urges that economic development
activities be managed along regional lines, without regard
to traditional or state boundaries. The New Architecture
of Rural Prosperity also includes action items for states
and communities to build rural prosperity, an analysis of
the research and recommendations from rural economic development
experts and profiles of successful rural initiatives in the
Southern region. Download the Click
here to download the full report in pdf format.
Companion VHS
The New Architecture of Rural Prosperity
$10
Copyright © 2005, Southern Growth Policies Board,
Southern Growth Policies Board has produced
a companion VHS for The New Architecture of Rural Prosperity.
The VHS presentation captures the thoughts and opinions of
a cross-section of Southerners who took part in community
forums around the region to discuss rural development and
prosperity. The VHS is representative of the more than 2,200
Southerners whose feedback helped shape the 2005 Report
on the Future of the South, and is a great tool for discussions
on rural development.
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 The
Globally Competitive South (Under Construction)
$10
Copyright © 2004, Southern Growth Policies Board
The Globally Competitive
South (Under Construction) report focuses on globalization
and both the opportunities and challenges it presents to Southern
states and communities. The report encourages the states and
communities to act on their own to create better jobs, more
wealth and stronger communities in response to the changes
in business climate and demographics. The report includes
research on the gap between what the South exports and what
it could export, and the number of jobs lost or unrealized
as a result of this under-performance. Recommendations in
the report include increasing exports and international education,
and building relationships with foreign communities at home
and abroad. The report also includes examples of how the South’s
public, private and academic sectors are addressing globalization. Click here to
download the report in pdf format.
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By Jim Clinton, Carol Conway, Linda Hoke
Copyright © 2003, Southern Growth
Policies Board
Reinventing the Wheel presents a new
model of leadership to strengthen the South's capacity to respond
to emerging challenges and opportunities — from globalization
and new economic forces to large-scale demographic changes.
The report's foundation is the emerging research and awareness
that civic infrastructure directly impacts both quality of life
and economic opportunity. Regional focus groups and surveys
yielded recommendations from citizens that call for more, diverse
and better-prepared leaders in the South. The report includes
research on social capital and civic engagement and practical
examples of citizens that are addressing community challenges
with inclusive, connected and collaborative strategies. Potential
actions for communities are also presented in the report for
strengthening leadership in the region by engaging youth and
immigrants and for recruiting more diverse citizens to assume
leadership roles. Click
here to download the report in pdf format.
Companion Toolkit - VHS
Leading the Future Toolkit
$10
by Carol Conway and Linda Hoke
Copyright © 2004, Southern Growth Policies Board
Leading the Future is designed to help communities and organizations expand their
leadership base and skills. It consists of a 10-minute video,
a set of exercises and a moderator's guide. To download the moderator's guide
and other materials, click
here. |
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The
Mercedes and the Magnolia:
Preparing the Southern Workforce for the Next Economy
By Carol Conway, Jim Clinton
Copyright © 2002, Southern Growth Policies Board
The Mercedes and The Magnolia offers
a bold new approach to workforce development in a South struggling
with economic change. Based on input from governors, workforce
experts and hundreds of other Southern leaders, the report demonstrates
that knowledge, not low-cost labor, is the creator of jobs and
wealth in this country, and that investment will flow to those
locations with large pools of educated and entrepreneurial talent.
As the title implies, the report calls on the South to strike
a new balance between its heritage and modern production. It
also sounds the alarm over an impending labor shortage that
will strike the South even harder than the rest of the nation.
The report makes three recommendations and includes best practices,
extensive state-level data, and opinions from around the region. Click here to download the
report in pdf format. |
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Invented Here: Transforming the
Southern Economy
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By Jim Clinton, Keecia James, Trent Williams,
Jonathan Morgan, Carol Conway, Scott Doron, Yolanda Batts and
Dr. Robert Gillespie
Copyright © 2001, Southern Growth Policies Board
Invented Here: Transforming the Southern
Economy is the second in a series of annual reports designed
to facilitate the creation of technology and innovation-based
economies in the Southern region. The report contains the actual
language of the strategic plan including the three overriding
goals for the project: 1. Create a culture of learning throughout
the South, in which the acquisition, creation, and application
of knowledge is viewed as central to our health, happiness,
and prosperity; 2. Encourage and support innovation and entrepreneurship;
and 3. Create and sustain a quality of life that is attractive
to globally competitive businesses and employees. The report
contains the benchmarks set for measuring long-tern progress
towards the goals and establishes a baseline for each participating
state. Click here to download the
report in pdf format. |
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Report of the Commission on the Future of the South - Southern
Connections: Connecting with Each Other, Connecting with the Future
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Copyright © 1999, Southern Growth Policies Board
Southern Connections: Connecting with Each Other, Connecting
with the Future was the final report from the Commission on
the Future of the South, a group of Southern leaders that was
formed every six years to prepare regional objectives. This report
contains regional goals and objectives for supporting and investing
in Southern communities and their citizens. Regional goals presented
in the report include building vibrant and secure communities;
building healthy environments for children; building quality education
and world class work skills; and building broader economic partnerships. Click here to download
the report in pdf format. |
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The Globally Competitive South (Under Construction)
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Copyright © 2004, Southern Growth Policies Board
The Globally Competitive South (Under Construction) report focuses on globalization and both the opportunities and challenges it presents to Southern states and communities. The report encourages the states and communities to act on their own to create better jobs, more wealth and stronger communities in response to the changes in business climate and demographics. The report includes research on the gap between what the South exports and what it could export, and the number of jobs lost or unrealized as a result of this under-performance. Recommendations in the report include increasing exports and international education, and building relationships with foreign communities at home and abroad. The report also includes examples of how the South’s public, private and academic sectors are addressing globalization. Click here to download the report in pdf format.
Companion Toolkit - VHS
Globally Positioning the South Toolkit
$10 by Carol Conway and Linda Hoke
Copyright © 2003, Southern Growth Policies Board
The Globally Positioning the South toolkit is designed to help communities plan their future in the global economy. Materials are designed to guide citizens in a discussion of possible approaches with the help of a moderator's guide and a discussion guide. An introductory video on the topic of globalization and placemats that provide fun facts and games to get citizens thinking about their community's connections to the global economy are also available. To view the tool kit materials, click here. |
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Fast Forward: Mobilizing the South for Prosperity in a Global Economy
By Carol Conway
Copyright © 2003, Southern Growth Policies Board
Developed by the Global Strategies Council, Fast Forward calls on states to work towards creating a globally educated, engaged and competitive South. The paper makes the case for taking a comprehensive looks at globalization's effects and opportunities, and elevating the issue to a high policy level. The report includes benchmarks on the South's standing in exporting, foreign direct investment, immigration, international education and international relations. To download the 20 page executive summary, click here. To download the entire paper in pdf format, click here. |
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