East Central Illinois’ Approach to Reach Full Network Capacity September 5, 2008 Trisha Mason, Coordinator East Central Illinois Development Corporation

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East Central Illinois Development Corporation Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby Focused on Establishing Regional Identity Promote Region Globally Provide Educational Opportunities

2008 Goals Research best practices of other regional consortiums and apply to ECIDC Restructure and derive long term initiatives Strengthen relationships and partner to provide educational opportunities in region Develop regional resource directory and database Continue to carry on with routine functions

5 Our grandfather’s economy created a lot of wealth with vertical business models

The S-Curve caught up to our grandfather’s economy ‣ Global markets integrated ‣ Costs collapsed ‣ The Internet exploded

Our grandchildren’s economy is emerging...

2d Curve strategies are based on “linking and leveraging”

Expanded networks will drive innovation in the Great Lakes

First Curve Thinking Second Curve Thinking HierarchiesNetworks Command and controlLink and leverage Vertically integrateHorizontally connect Strategic PlanningStrategic Doing Mass ProductionMass Customization TransactionsRelationships

Successful regions will move civic thinking from hierarchies to networks

Successful regions will overcome the “power” of the invisible fence

Successful regions will see the value in networks

Successful regions will take the “Shanghai perspective” Our ViewTheir View

East Central Open Retreat Collaborative Efforts of ECIDC and Partners: Tuscola Econ. Dev. Ameren Shelby Electric Coles Together Lake Land College CWIB DCEO Southeastern IL Comm. Foundation Agracel, Inc. MAID

Retreat Objectives Building Relationships Mapping and Connecting Assets Engaging all Leaders in Constructing a Plan Creating Growth Through Open Sharing Transforming our Communities

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East Central Illinois Development Corporation Trisha Mason, Coordinator (217) office The material on Open Source Economic Development is copyright Ed Morrison and distributed under a Creative Commons 3.0 attribution license. That means you are free to modify, copy and use this material for commercial purposes provided that you attribute it as follows: Source: Ed Morrison, I-Open Distributed under a Creative Commons 3.0 license. You can learn more about the Creative Commons license at