Spur Winnipeg 2017 Program: Risk

WINNIPEG 2017
Sunday
May 7
MICHAEL H. SHUMAN:
THE LOCAL ECONOMY
SOLUTION
2:30 PM > PRAIRIE THEATRE EXCHANGE - PORTAGE PLACE > $10/$15
Spur asks in what conditions are local economies better at creating jobs and prosperity than
transnational corporations? After a decades-long focus on globalization, and in a world where
the nature of work has changed so dramatically, can a focus on building local resilience create
positive change, both for individuals and for communities?
Renowned American thinker Michael Shuman proposes that governments should nurture a new
generation of self-financing “pollinator businesses,” to create jobs and the conditions for future
prosperity.
Featuring
MICHAEL H. SHUMAN, Michael H. Shuman is an economist, attorney, author, and entrepreneur,
and a globally recognized expert on community economics. He is an architect of the crowdfunding
reforms that became the “JOBS Act,” signed into law by President Obama in April 2012 Shuman is
currently Director of Community Portals for Mission Markets and a Fellow at Cutting Edge Capital.
He’s also a founding board member of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies and an
adjunct instructor in community economic development for Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.
Michael has authored or coauthored eight books. His most recent book, with Chelsea Green, is
Local Dollars, Local Sense: How to Move Your Money from Wall Street to Main Street and Achieve Real
Prosperity. His previous book, The Small Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global
Competition (Berrett-Koehler, 2006), received as bronze prize from the Independent Publishers
Association for best business
Introducing Michael will be WADOOD IBRAHIM, the co-founder of Protegra – a community of
software-driven businesses. Including The Local Frequency, a shop local reward program, Protegra
helps organizations and individuals solve problems with innovative solutions. Wadood serves on
the boards of directors of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce (Chair), Travel Manitoba (Vice Chair),
and the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce.
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