May 14th Opportunity Forum yielded new partnerships and ideas

The Opportunity Forum held at Pastariffic in Kokomo last week was an excellent example of the power of Open Source Networks and Strategic Doing.

Partners from many post-secondary institutions in the area including Purdue, IUK and Ivy Tech participated as did high school superintendents, art federation members, workforce partners, economic development organizations and civic leaders to craft new ideas, form new partnerships and develop proposals to submit for the last round of NCI WIRED's Opportunity Fund.

Having the opportunity to award grants to these organizations is exciting in and of itself, but even more exciting was the energy and focus that was evident throughout the day as new networks were formed, organizations that had previously not worked together found alignment around an idea and barriers between organizations continued to fall.

Expect a report soon on the new programs that have been approved and the successes yet to come with these newly formed proposals.