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Motown magic continues to attract business

Aaron Wolowiec

Detroit’s Cobo Center. I’m sure I can speak for my fellow Michiganders: We’ve watched with heartbreak as Detroit, once the most prosperous city in the country, has struggled to financially support its declining population. A recent Detroit Free Press column by Tom Walsh piqued my interest for this blog. It’s not pretty.

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What’s in store for 2014?

Aaron Wolowiec

Everyone’s hot to visit Detroit; Grand Rapids is topping national lists of places to live; and Traverse City keeps crushing it as a vacation destination, somehow figuring out how to lead about every trend – from craft brew making to farm-to-table cuisine – that comes down the pike. Suddenly, though, that seems to be changing. Happy 2014!

Michigan 100
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Knight Foundation Boosts Funding for Local Journalism in Detroit Area

Associations Now

The foundation, through its investments in the Detroit Journalism Cooperative and the Detroit Journalism Engagement Fund, will commit $1.8 Detroit is still on the comeback trail—and that includes its media outlets, too. The partners in the Detroit Journalism Cooperative help make that happen.”.

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Vote for us for best meeting planning company!

Aaron Wolowiec

Best Convention and Visitors Bureau – Detroit Metro CVB. Best Hotel with Meeting/Event Space (more than 200 guest rooms) – The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit. Best Meeting/Event Venue in Detroit Metro Area – Cobo Center. Best Meeting/Event Venue outside Detroit Metro Area – Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park.

Michigan 100
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Leadership Limerick: Innovation Requires Many Contributions

Idea Architects

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Leadership Limerick: Innovation Requires Many Contributions. The former makes too many people think they have know role to play, that only some people are creative enough to be considered innovators. Experimenter.

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Top Auto Groups Combine in Major Industry Merger

Associations Now

The members of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and Global Automakers will join forces as the Alliance for Automotive Innovation. Previously, AAM members included the “big three” Detroit carmakers and several major foreign ones, and Global Automakers represented the U.S. operations of automakers based in other countries.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Four Innovation Lessons with.

Idea Architects

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Four Innovation Lessons with Staying Power. This powerful IDEO mantra shared by most innovative organizations exemplifies the deep bias for action. Labels: facilitation , ideas , innovation. on Tuesday.