Addressing hunger, growing prosperity. Part of recovering from any disaster or economic blow to your community is making sure people have enough to eat. Grow more food, harvest more of what is available and share equipment to get more food to the people who need it most.

All towns have too many empty spaces downtown right now. How do we make downtown look full or busy? 1. Fill as many as you can with pop-ups. 2. Decorate the windows of the rest really cheaply.

Disasters of all kinds can strain your community’s social ties, and that can make it harder to recover. This video shares real world examples from small towns that moved forward from tornado, flood, hurricane, drought, economic disaster or pandemic. You’ll learn ways to shift mindsets, look forward and rebuild community ties.

You'll learn how being Idea Friendly makes your local economy more resilient How you can support lots of people participating in business, not just a fortunate few How you can grow an interconnected ecosystem, better able to resist shocks How you can shift to supporting lots of small tests, rather than making a few big bets

You'll learn how to cut time and money off the process of getting into business How tiny businesses help manage the risk of failure How temporary businesses provide reliable market research How putting businesses together increases entrepreneurs' skills, happiness and success

Overcoming customer reluctance and helping merchants make the transition. This video is great for individual businesses, groups and organizations