Why Join Thrive?
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This document provides an overview of Thrive Lake County, a network that connects socially and environmentally responsible businesses. The network aims to address issues like isolation, complexity, and lack of shared values that businesses face. It does this by making connections between members simple and fun. Members benefit from shared expertise, core values around sustainability and livelihood, and opportunities to collaborate on projects to transform the local economy through collective action.
Why Join Thrive?
- 1. A Model for Community-Supported Business Development Launch Webinar January 30, 2012
- 2. The Dream Drives the Action ...of True Livelihood for Everyone …of Thriving Ecosystems …of Profitable Businesses
- 3. What is Thrive Lake County? A network of socially and environmentally responsible ACTION-oriented business owners
- 4. The Problem: Isolation and Complexity Too much information Too much to do Tech complexity Values aren’t always known Projects are in silos
- 5. Makes connecting with each other simple, easy and fun Thrive makes it simple
- 6. from the broader BALLE network …bringing expertise and tools
- 7. With each other …connection and sharing
- 8. More powerful community economic projects Through collective action Collectively creating change
- 9. Why IT WORKS To transform an economy
- 10. Intention Mutually Beneficial Value-Based Connection Collective Action Co-create a Local Living Economy
- 11. Benefits?
- 12. CONNECTION WITH EXPERTISE Internet marketing consultant Web tool developer Sustainability expert A Business Developer A micro-enterprise expert A writer/publisher
- 13. SHARED CORE VALUES nvironmental Sustainability ivelihood for all un and Exploration ompassion utting Edge Information
- 14. KNOWLEDGE •Thrive tools and information library •Online expert workshops •Thrive Group Collaboration Site •Access to BALLE library
- 15. OPPORTUNITY TO CO-CREATE Current projects: •Green Guide •Clarks Island as Eco-Business Development •Alternative Finance •Sustainable Agriculture / Local Food •Local-First •True Livelihood Network
- 16. Creating a Local Living Economy