Category Archives: The Michigan Pages: Build Michigan!

TEDx Detroit brings the power of ideas to the Motor City

September 22, 2011 – 10:00 am

X Marks the Spot – TEDxDetroit by slaytercreative Check out his awesome TEDx Detroit slideshow too! The 3rd annual TEDx Detroit takes place next Wednesday (September 28). TEDx events are locally planned & independently organized, designed to capture the flavor of the incredible TED conferences that bring together the finest minds in the world to [...]

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Maker Faire Detroit ~ July 30 & 31

July 18, 2011 – 1:02 pm

Motor City becomes Maker City with over 300 exhibiting makers, demonstrations, hands-on workshops, music & vendors. From robotics, electronics, and rockets to food and fashion finds – if it’s made, there’s a good chance it’ll be at Maker Faire Detroit. The 2 day event takes place Saturday & Sunday July 30 & 31 at the [...]

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Water and Michigan’s Future

June 6, 2011 – 9:19 am

Golden Sunset on Lake Superior by unifiedphoto The Detroit Free Press has launched a summer-long feature on the Great Lakes, water and Michigan. It starts with an interesting read by John Gallagher entitled Water shaped Michigan’s past: Now it’s a key to state’s future that looks at the economic impact of the lakes and their potential [...]

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Future Midwest Conference this week in Detroit

April 26, 2011 – 10:11 am

Painting A Picture Of Optimism by DetroitDerek Photography Later this week (April 27-29) the 3rd annual  Future Midwest Conference kicks off in Detroit. It’s the largest digital business conference in the Midwest and  seeks to accelerate business and cultural transformation by uniting community passions with emerging technologies. In 2011, they’ve selected Eastern Market in Detroit [...]

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Time to Reboot Your Business?

March 30, 2011 – 11:19 am

reboot by TerryJohnston Full Disclosure: I saw these folks in action on the behalf of Absolute Michigan Community sponsor The Center for Michigan and was quite impressed with their work! Birmingham-based agency Brogan & Partners is offering one small business in Michigan the tools and support to reinvent and refresh its brand through the Michigan [...]

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Michigan Radio finds out What’s Working in Michigan

March 29, 2011 – 10:13 am

Vineyard by ramjetgr Michigan Radio Morning Edition host Christina Shockley is asking those in the know What’s Working in Michigan? There’s no better time to take a look at things that are already happening to improve our state’s economy and our lives. Here’s a snapshot of a few of the voices: Linda Jones, the Executive [...]

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GRid70 Design Hub in Grand Rapids

March 22, 2011 – 10:13 am

Fading to Sky by Jeff Casemier The Grand Rapids Press reports that four of West Michigan’s leading companies are launching a design hub this summer in Grand Rapids that is modeled after other successful programs in other cities: Dubbed GRid70, the concept will bring together creative professionals from Amway, Meijer Inc., Steelcase Inc. and Wolverine [...]

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Film Friday: High Five for Michigan Film Incentives

February 25, 2011 – 10:49 am

“This is not about saving Hollywood. This is about saving Michigan.” ~ Mitch Albom Read on for a report on last night’s Town Hall meeting but we definitely want to start off by featuring High Five for Film Incentives. Deep Blue Pictures takes a road trip to hear from some of the people and businesses [...]

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Baffling Budget Beatdown: Axe to Fall on Michigan Film Incentive?

February 21, 2011 – 1:29 pm

If you care about this issue, visit Tell Rick on Facebook or Rick’s Wrong (About the Michigan Film Industry Tax Credit). You can also try to contact your legislators and impress upon them the importance of this tool to Michigan’s future. If you have more ideas, post them in the comments below! The budget process [...]

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Michigan Culinary Tourism

February 21, 2011 – 9:44 am

Mack-in-touch Apples by ( Jennifer ) A month ago, Absolute Michigan participated in the the Creating Michigan Culinary Destinations conference (read our live blog) where the Michigan Culinary Tourism initiative was launched. For the video below, we spoke with Melody Johnson of the International Culinary Tourism Association, keynote speaker Ari Weinzweig of Zingerman’s, Linda Jones [...]

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