The Center for Community Based Enterprise is showing that there is more than one way to create a job in this economy, and it will be evident at its event today in Midtown.
The local-non-profit will be hosting a lecture on how Metro Detroit companies can survive and thrive in the recession. It will do this by putting a spotlight on new strategies, business networks and revenue models that can be used to create jobs.
"We're trying to showcase different ways organizations pursue job creation and development than the standard ways," says Harriet Saperstein, board member of the
Center for Community Based Enterprise.
Speaking at the event will be Mikel Lezamiz, a leader of the highly successful
Mondragon network of businesses in Spain. He will describe the greater stability and profits its member businesses derive from focusing on local community capacities. Also pontificating will be Prof. John Logue of Kent State University and the director of the
Ohio Employee Ownership Center. He will talk about the benefits received through mutual support by the 93 member companies of the Ohio Employee Owned Network. That network has limited its job loss over this decade to 1 percent compared to 29 percent for manufacturing companies throughout Ohio.
The event will be held between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at the U-M Detroit Center. For information, contact Debbie Sullivan at (313) 331-7821 or
[email protected].
Source: Harriet Saperstein, board member of the Center for Community Based Enterprise
Writer: Jon Zemke
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