Entrepreneurial Community Activation Process

Jordan Rasmussen - Extension Educator - Rural Prosperity Nebraska Author

11/16/2022 Added

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The Entrepreneurial Community Activation Process is a holistic approach to help communities support innovation and entrepreneurial thinking by understanding their unique characteristics, assets, and opportunities.

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[00:00:02.974]Has your community improvement club, city council, or development board
[00:00:07.020]been tossing around ideas on how to re energize your community or kick start a project?
[00:00:11.636]Need some assistance with that process?
[00:00:14.306]The Entrepreneurial Community Activation Process is a holistic approach to help
[00:00:18.986]communities support innovation and entrepreneurial thinking by understanding
[00:00:22.906]their unique characteristics, assets, and opportunities.
[00:00:26.526]This program facilitated by Nebraska Extension,
[00:00:29.846]provides a framework of education, research and engagement through which
[00:00:33.126]communities can better understand
[00:00:35.226]current and prospective resident perspectives and aspirations,
[00:00:38.126]while inviting residents to help shape the community’s future plans.
[00:00:43.256]By making a commitment to the ECAP program communities will embrace visionary thinking,
[00:00:48.159]endorse entrepreneurial leadership, create synergy, and leverage resources
[00:00:52.613]for attracting and retaining a working-age population.
[00:00:56.389]Nebraska Extension educators and partners will facilitate the ECAP program in
[00:01:00.719]cooperation with a community sponsoring organization and local ECAP steering committee.
[00:01:07.644]The ECAP approach is built upon eight entrepreneurial characteristics that help
[00:01:11.284]communities identify strategies to develop:
[00:01:14.374]Community Vision, Culture of Change,
[00:01:16.964]Leadership, Sense of Place,
[00:01:19.554]Infrastructure, Digitally Connectedness,
[00:01:22.029]Education/Workforce IQ,
[00:01:24.504]and Entrepreneurial Support Systems.
[00:01:28.264]Communities interested in the ECAP Program should ask
[00:01:30.980]• Do you have a vision for the future?
[00:01:33.437]• Is change easy for your community?
[00:01:35.678]• Do you value and support innovation and entrepreneurs?
[00:01:38.900]• Can your history launch the future?
[00:01:41.313]• Is your community digitally connected?
[00:01:43.569]If you can answer YES to any of the above – congratulations!
[00:01:46.524]You’ve already demonstrated components of an entrepreneurial community.
[00:01:51.019]How can you become even more progressive in your actions?
[00:01:55.039]What can you focus on in the next few years to spur more innovation and community vitality?
[00:02:00.000]These are all questions we can explore as you express interest in the ECAP program.
[00:02:05.164]To learn more about ECAP, please go to ruralprosperityne.unl.edu
[00:02:11.016]or give us a call in the Garfield, Wheeler and Loop Extension Office.
[00:02:15.284]For Nebraska Extension, this is Jordan Rasmussen.

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