1	"Peter Abramo," Peter Abramo, Ph.D. Executive Director, Center for Emerging Technology and Entrepreneurial Studies
2	My Understanding Of The Creative Economy
3	Today’s Economy Is Not Just Global…
4	We Are At The Intersection Of Two Dynamic Events Unfolding Simultaneously
5	The Global Creative Economy Part 1 – Technology and Connectivity: The Emergence of the Creative Economy Part 2 – Altering Time and Empowering Individuals: The Creative Economy Dynamics Part 3 – Rules for Operating in The Creative Economy
6	Technology and Connectivity:
7	The Creative Economy Definition Contains Five Characteristics Previously Unavailable
8	"The only people who will..." The only people who will have jobs in the United States are people with creative jobs, or something that has to do with communication and sales.” Scott Adams, Creator of Dilbert
9	The Creative Economy Has Emerged Over the Last Four Years
10	Major Technological Innovations Helped Spark The Creative Economy
11	Billions Of People Drive The Creative Economy By Using The New Technologies
12	The 1.2 Billion Global Internet Users
13	How People Access The Internet Has Become The New Divide In The Creative Economy
14	The Number Of Americans With High-Speed Internet Access At Home Continues To Grow
15	The Elderly In America Are Increasingly Using the Internet
16	The Number Of U.S. Cities Deploying Or Planning To Deploy A WiFi Network Is Growing
17	WiFi Is A Global Phenomenon
18	Altering Time and Empowering Individuals:
19	The Amount Of Information, And The Speed By Which It Is Transferred, Will Continue To Increase
20	The Information Exchange Rate Is Now Occurring In Seconds or ‘Real-Time’
21	The Amount Of Information Continues To Grow At An Unprecedented Rate
22	"What you do with technology" What you do with technology Send and receive text messages Take still pictures Take video Play games Access the internet Instant message Send and receive email Play and/or download music Watch movies Watch television Read a newspaper Get access to sports Make phone calls Upload ring tones Create a web page or social network page Write or contribute to a blog Make travel arrangements Buy a Car
23	"Why you do the things..." Why you do the things you do with technology Find a job Find a friend Buy a car Conduct competitive intelligence Do research for homework Perform market research Research a medical opinion Locate employment opportunities Apply to a school Take a class or seminar Compare prices when shopping Stay in touch with family/friends Buy a house Make an investment Get access to news
24	The Four Dynamics of the Creative Economy Intersection: Effort, Mobility, Speed and Information
25	"“Unbounded email…and cell-phone communications..." “Unbounded email…and cell-phone communications have turned civil society into an anarchic, free-fire zone of ceaseless incoming messages, stealing our time and invading nights and weekends. The volume of electronic messaging keeps mounting – without rules, limits or traffic lights.” - Source: Fast Company, December 2006/January 2007 “What an absolutely fascinating time to be alive.” - Quote by then 77 year old futurist author Alvin Toffler, Interview in strategy+business, Winter 2006
26	The Creative Economy Puts New Fashion Into Stores in Weeks Instead Of Months
27	On-line Product Availability Towers Over Almost Any Brick And Mortar Rival Amazon.com’s on-line inventory of over 3.7 million books towers over the 100,000 books found in an average Borders book store. Multiply this effect into other industries (clothes, music, electronics, etc.) and there is simply more of everything.
28	The Creative Economy Empowers Authors By Eliminating The Middlemen
29	The Creative Economy Removes The Music Executive Between An Artist And Their Fans
30	The Creative Economy Is Empowering Artists To Have More Control Over Their Revenue Streams
31	"“Young people don’t want..." “Young people don’t want to rely on a Godlike figure from above to tell them what’s important…They want control over their media, instead of being controlled by it.” Robert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp., 2005 speech “…we are moving from impersonalized to personalized time in parallel with the moves toward personalized products and markets.” Alvin and Heidi Toffler, Revolutionary Wealth (2006)
32	Collective Creativity Is Enhanced With Our Control Over Time And Space
33	The Creative Economy Is Empowering People To Collectively Build An On-Line Encyclopedia
34	Blogging Spreads Opinions Faster Than News Organizations Or Marketing
35	Nonprofessionals Can Compete With The Professionals
36	The Creative Economy Has Created No Marketing Zones
37	At The Same Time, Consumer-Generated Advertising Captures People’s Attention
38	The Creative Economy Has Altered People’s Expectations
39	People Growing Up With Web 2.0 Have Unique Aspirations
40	The Creative Economy Empowers An Independent Workforce
41	The Creative Economy Permits Workforce Location Flexibility
42	Rules For Operating In The Creative Economy
43	First Rule: Acknowledge The Creative Economy
44	Replicate Your Workers Experience As Customers In Their Experience As Employees
45	Be Transparent And Include Your Employees In As Many Decisions As You Can
46	The Creative Economy Demands That You Ease The Decision-Making Process Of Your Customers
47	Ensure Marketing And Communications Are Simple and Relevant
48	Your Web Presence Must Be Relevant To Web 2.0
49	"“Next to analysis," “Next to analysis, communication skills must count among the most important for future masters of the universe.” Matthew Stewart, “The Management Myth,” The Atlantic Monthly, April 2006 “There might be missed opportunities just because they (biotech companies) didn’t have the resources or the wherewithal or the know-how to get their stories out there.” Debbie Hart, president of the Biotechnology Council of New Jersey
50	Think Differently
51	The Issues Addressed By SOIC Matter In The Creative Economy
52	Contact Information