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Norman Jacknis


Looking Forward: Talk to Anyone in Any Language?

Posted on News & Media by Norman Jacknis · January 15, 2016 12:19 PM

It’s been clear for some time that the Internet can connect everyone around the globe – in theory. This opens up tremendous potential for collaboration, mutual economic growth, education and a variety of other benefits. We’ve seen many of those benefits, but we still haven’t touched the surface.

Among other reasons the true potential of a globally connected world hasn’t yet been realized is that many people still can’t communicate when they communicate – they don’t speak the same language.

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Looking Forward: Urban-Rural Interdependency

Posted on News & Media by Norman Jacknis · December 08, 2015 12:08 PM

Much of the discussion about economic growth and the availability of broadband assumes there is a vast gulf between rural and urban areas. I’ve written before about how, in some ways, trends in this century seem to be leading to something of a convergence of rural and urban areas.

So I thought it especially interesting that the NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association yesterday hosted a policy meeting in the US Capitol that was titled: “Beyond Rural Walls: Identifying Impacts and Interdependencies Among Rural and Urban Spaces”.

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Looking Forward: The Digital Imperative of Rural Libraries

Posted on News & Media by Norman Jacknis · October 15, 2015 5:07 PM

The maker movement is one of the hottest trends in the public library world. Maker spaces in libraries have the latest in 3D printing technology, digital media tools and other tools for the creative person who wants to make things. These are full-fledged STEAM (science, tech, engineering, arts and math) labs.

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Looking Forward: Helping A City Envision Its Future

Posted on News & Media by Norman Jacknis · September 28, 2015 5:27 PM

There are some interesting developments happening in Winter Park, Florida. Established in the late 1800s as a winter haven for the wealthy of northern states, it is now a city of about 29,000 people in the Orlando metroplex.

Although it has a nice quality of life, relative affluence, other good aspects, etc., like every city, it faces its challenges. What makes it interesting is how the city is responding.

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Where’s The City? Where’s The Country?

Posted on News & Media by Norman Jacknis · July 20, 2015 10:41 AM

I’ve written in the May 2014 issue of Urban China magazine and here before about the various ways that life in urban and rural areas is converging.

But when it comes to the economy, especially growing global trade, we often hear of great distinctions between city and countryside. Indeed, it is often assumed that most of any country’s economy can be attributed to its cities and public policy follows that assumption.

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Collaboration vs. Competition For Economic Growth

Posted on News & Media by Norman Jacknis · June 29, 2015 7:13 PM · 1 reaction

Lots of talk about the economy focuses on how individual businesses compete. Generalizing from the situation of individual businesses, public officials who are responsible for the overall growth of their local economy also often talk about competition. Making their cities “competitive in the world economy” or enabling their “residents to compete" are frequent phrases you hear.

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Lessons From The Intelligent Community Forum Summit

Posted on News & Media by Norman Jacknis · June 17, 2015 11:03 AM

Last week, the Intelligent Community Forum held its annual summit in Toronto. The underlying theme was “How Intelligent Communities Are Re-Inventing Urban and Rural Planning”, so much of the discussion was about re-invention and innovating.

In addition to the all-day workshops for large urban jurisdictions and smaller cities/towns/rural areas, all of Friday was devoted to Ideas Day – with a slew of presentations sharing novel approaches to local government and planning.

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Modern but Still Countryside

Posted on News & Media by Norman Jacknis · May 21, 2015 5:29 PM · 1 reaction

In 1884 Van Gogh depicted the potato farmers of the southern Netherlands turning soil by hand.

Today, things are different. Dutch farmers are still growing potatoes, and there is still open land. But the people in and around the small city of Eersel are creating a new kind of rural – the modern countryside.

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Dr. Norman Jacknis joins Intelligent Community Forum as Senior Fellow to lead global Rural Imperative initiative

Posted on News & Media by Matthew Owen · February 25, 2014 5:31 PM · 1 reaction

New York, New York – February 25, 2014 – The Intelligent Community Forum announces that it welcomes Dr. Norman Jacknis, a former Top7 Intelligent Community CIO and Cisco director, as its first Senior Fellow.

Dr. Jacknis will be responsible for the Intelligent Community Forum’s Rural Imperative program that focuses on how to use information and communication technologies to build and create a renaissance of rural life. For the first time in history, these technologies make possible rural communities where residents can be as closely connected to the global economy as urbanites.

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Globally Recognized Expert on Government Innovation Dr. Norman Jacknis to Keynote ICF Symposium Luncheon, Oct. 25

Posted on News & Media by Matthew Owen · October 01, 2012 2:01 PM · 1 reaction

ICF Institute Inaugural Symposium “Seizing Our Destiny: Getting a Grip on the World Economic Shift”

North Canton, Ohio – Dr. Norman Jacknis will deliver the keynote address at the Walsh University Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) Institute Symposium luncheon Seizing Our Destiny: Getting a Grip on the World Economic Shift on Thursday, October 25, from 11:30 am to 1 pm, in the Barrette Business and Community Center on the campus of Walsh University. The cost is $25 per person and includes lunch. Registration is required. This event is a part of the Walsh inaugural ICF Institute for the Study of the Intelligent Community Symposium, October 24-25. Registration is available at http://walshicfsymposium.eventbrite.com.

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