ReCONNECT NC

Dec 27, 2018

First in Future: Vice President of Culture, Engagement & Stewardship for Coca-Cola Consolidated Reginald Bean

Summary:  Growing up in the streets of Detroit, you could become a victim or become a victor. Reginald Bean chose to become a victor. He is now vice president of… 

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 27, 2018

First in Future: Senior Policy and Program Manager at the Institute for Emerging Issues Sarah Langer Hall

Summary:  The idea that the rural and urban parts of our state seemed to be getting further and further apart, and this is on the minds of North Carolinians. This… 

Nov 20, 2018

First in Future: Explore Elkin Jeff Eidison

Summary:  What makes a small town thrive? Downtowns where people come together to see each other and do things. Their story and what makes their town special, and they’re proud… 

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,… 

Oct 25, 2018

The Emerging Issues Forum continues. The Emerging Issues Forum changes.

  If you’ve been following along with us, you’ve noted that there are a few things different about the upcoming Emerging Issues Forum ReCONNECT to Community. For the first time,… 

Oct 16, 2018

First in Future: President of the Student Advisory Board at the Institute of Politics, UNC-Chapel Hill Lucy Russell

Summary: In 2015, the Institute for Emerging Issues found that young people aged 18-29 are less likely to volunteer, give money, participate in groups or trust people in their neighborhood.… 

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…