Conference Presentations

Planning through an ecosystem lens allows for coordination, innovation, and value exchange for regional strategic partnerships linking learning, work, and economic vitality. Using ecosystemic design, Minnesota State University (MSU), Mankato and the greater Mankato region will partner, innovate, and act in the future tense with the community and business ecosystem to train and sustain the workforce for local to global challenges. Join us to discuss ways of bringing stakeholders together to develop synergistic solutions for connecting university learning experiences and strengthening talent and skills for regional economic development.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Detail the MSU Mankato case study journey of creating powerful strategic and integrated regional partnerships.
2. Define the ecosystem mindset and toolset and how they support the key role of a university focused on orchestrating regional economic development.
3. Assess the network of value exchanges that hold the ecosystem together when no single organization is in control, a new level of integrated planning across an entire region.
4. Discuss intervention and ecosystem health in a complex regional environment.

Presenters:

Linda Baer, Principal, Strategic Initiatives, Inc.
Laura Bowman, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Community Relations, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Brenda Flannery, Professor and Dean Emerita, College of Business, Minnesota State University-Mankato
Edward Inch, President, Minnesota State University-Mankato

Delivered 10/23/2024.

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