Institute for Emerging Issues

Dec 18, 2018

First in Future: Golden LEAF Foundation President Dan Gerlach

Summary:  In the late 1990’s, North Carolina leaders did something remarkable. As part of the national settlement agreement with tobacco companies, North Carolina was projected to receive an estimated $4.6… 

Dec 11, 2018

First in Future: Chief Content Officer with UNC-TV and Public Media North Carolina Travis Mitchell

Summary:  How do you keep people’s attention in a discarded world? There is the “addiction” model of telling people what they want to know, watch or listen, and then offer… 

Dec 4, 2018

First in Future: Executive Director at Kenan Institute for the Arts Corey Madden

Summary:  The Institute for Emerging Issues, as part of our ReCONNECT NC series, is trying to figure out how communities can get more people at the table to help their… 

Nov 13, 2018

First in Future: President of the NC Community College System Peter Hans

Summary:  What better way to start our next hundred episodes of First in Future, than talking with someone who is looking at our state’s future on a daily basis—Peter Hans,… 

Nov 6, 2018

First in Future: Director of ncIMPACT UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government Anita Brown-Graham

Summary:  For our 100th First in Future episode we chose a guest who represents IEI’s history, Anita Brown-Graham, director of the Institute for 10 years. She has shown a long… 

Oct 9, 2018

First in Future: Associate Vice Chancellor for community engagement at East Carolina University Sharon Paynter

Summary: Universities often serve three main roles in society: teaching, researching and engagement (a fancy word for service.) A huge part of community engagement is listening to what people have… 

Aug 23, 2018

First in Future: Editorial Strategy Director at The College Board Eric Johnson – Back to School

Summary: This week thousands of freshmen enter college in hopes that in four years they emerge with more knowledge and maturity and a deep substantive understanding about a major or two.… 

Aug 15, 2018

First in Future: Executive Director of Community Engagement at UNC Asheville Darin Waters- Western NC Week

Summary: In honor of our upcoming forum on civic engagement, ReCONNECT to Community, being held Sept. 17 in beautiful, scenic Asheville, we’re doing something special. This week, we have FIVE new… 

Aug 13, 2018

First in Future: President and CEO of Asheville Chamber of Commerce Kit Cramer – Western NC Week

Summary: In honor of our upcoming forum on civic engagement, ReCONNECT to Community, being held Sept. 17 in beautiful, scenic Asheville, we’re doing something special. This week, we have FIVE new… 

Aug 10, 2018

First in Future: President and CEO of Biltmore Farms Jack Cecil – Western NC Week

Summary: The Asheville of today is a many-splendored thing. It’s appeared on numerous “Best of” lists and received countless titles – like “One of the Best Places to Reinvent Your Life,”…