Are you a passionate local innovator?
BALLE is accepting applications
for our 2013-2014
Local Economy Fellowship. <http://www.livingeconomies.or
Applications are due October 1, 2012.
<http://www.livingeconomies.or
CONNECT WITH YOUR PEERS. SHARE YOUR INNOVATIONS. SHARPEN YOUR IMPACT.
The BALLE Local Economy Fellowship is the premiere learning and leadership community dedicated to connecting the most innovative and visionary local leaders. BALLE Fellows are those rare individuals who see the big picture in their communities, have an eye for spotting win-win-win opportunities across sectors and the character and dedication to bring businesses together and make things happen. Take a look:
<http://www.livingeconomies.or
Overview
The BALLE Local EconomyFellowship was created to address a need - the problem has been all too often these leaders work in isolation, face challenges alone and re-invent the wheel as they look for solutions in an emerging field. But by bringing them together to share, challenge and collaborate, our ideas are smarter, our solutions spread faster and we’re able to create more prosperity for more people. After 10 years, we are convinced that the BALLE Local Economy Fellowship is the fastest, most effective way to accelerate the growth of an economy that works and unleash real local prosperity.
A two-year program with relationships that last a lifetime, Fellows get the inspiration, knowledge and support they need to do their best work. The BALLE Local Economy Fellowship convenes eight, interactive retreats facilitated by world-renowned experts — and focuses on personal leadership and development, best of business models, economic strategies for key sectors and pathways for on-going mentorship, sharing and collaboration.
Pragmatic, applied and place-based, year one strengthens the capacity, funding and infrastructure of the Fellows’ organizations, draws out breakthrough trends and models for the wider field,and links Fellows to each other to speed and scale impact. Year two places special emphasis on building deeper connections back home and across communities. The result? Innovative local entrepreneurs, funders, and leaders collaborate like never before to spread on-the-ground transformation.
Who We Work With
In addition to the other Fellows and BALLE staff, we work with world-renowned and innovative consultants:
* <http://www.aloveoflearning.or
* <http://www.berkana.org/>Berka
na Institute
* <http://www.monitorinstitute.com/>Monitor Institute
* And many more topic-specific experts ranging from communications, to organizational development, to monitoring and evaluation.
Becoming a Fellow or Funding a Fellow
Fellows are people who convene hundreds of businesses in their own communities around local ownership, entrepreneurship and emerging sustainable industries. Many have been spotlighted in the national media for innovations in growing green jobs, localizing food systems, reversing long-time un-employment trends, and transitioning workforce toward new economy jobs. They create programs that are both nationally relevant and regionally specific, and they’re winning the world’s most prestigious leadership, sustainability and economic development awards. The BALLE Fellowship is a gateway into a community of change-makers who are transforming not only their local economies – but how we all think, work and live.
For more information on becoming a BALLE Fellow, or funding a Fellow please contact Christine Ageton, Managing Director at christine[at]<http://livingeconomies.org>livingeconomies.org .
Enjoy this clip from our 2011 BALLE Business Conference where our 2010 Fellows discussed their experiences in the pilot year of our Fellowship program.