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This year we are pleased to announce that Michael Shuman, economist, attorney, author, and entrepreneur, will speak at the annual gathering.
MICHAEL SHUMAN
BIOGRAPHY:
Michael Shuman is the Research & Public Policy Director for The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE). Shuman holds an A.B. with distinction in economics and international relations from Stanford University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. An economist, attorney, author, and entrepreneur, Michael has authored, coauthored, or edited seven books, including The Small Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition (Berrett-Koehler, 2006) and Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in the Global Age (Free Press, 1998). The Small-Mart Revolution was awarded a bronze medal for best business book by the Independent Publishers' Association. In recent years, Michael has led community-based economic-development efforts in St. Lawrence County (NY), Hudson Valley (NY), Katahdin Region (ME), Martha's Vineyard (MA), and Carbondale (CO), and served as a senior editor for the recently published Encyclopedia of Community. He has given an average of more than one invited talk per week for 25 years throughout the United States and the world.
ABOUT BALLE:
The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) brings together small business leaders, economic development professionals, government officials, social innovators, and community leaders to build local living economies. We provide local, state, national, and international resources to this new model of economic development.
BOOKS BY MICHAEL SHUMAN:
The Small Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition (Berrett-Koehler, 2006)
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Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in the Global Age (Free Press, 1998)
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BALLE WEBSITE:
www.livingeconomies.org
MICHAEL SHUMAN BLOG:
www.small-mart.org/
SHUMAN ARTICLE ABOUT RURAL ECONOMIES:
www.livingeconomies.org/aboutus/blog/rural-prosperity
SHUMAN ARTICLE IN THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR:
www.csmonitor.com/2009/0209/p13s01-wmgn.html
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