Conference Press

8th Annual BALLE Business Conference

Lighting the Way to a New Economy

May 21-23, 2010 ♦ Charleston, South Carolina

Press Coverage of the Conference:

Charleston, SC, May 18, 2010 -- Local News Channel 2 WCBD interviews Jamee Haley, Executive Director of Lowcountry Local First, BALLE Network and Local Conference Host:

Birth of BALLE
Your Day - July 1, 2010
BALLE Conference in Charleston: Sustainability Served Southern Style
Flagpole Magazine - Jonathan Robert - June 9, 2010
The Green Economy: Strategies for Building Green Jobs Development Initiatives
Triple Pundit - Vale Jokisch - May 26, 2010
Reinventing Growth: Locally-Focused Businesses Scaling Deep, Not Wide
Triple Pundit - Vale Jokisch - May 25, 2010
Can Small, Local Businesses Compete in a Globalized Market?
Triple Pundit - Vale Jokisch - May 24, 2010
Building Local Sustainable Supply Chains: TS Designs Leads by Example
Triple Pundit - Vale Jokisch - May 24, 2010
Measuring Sustainability for Small and Medium Businesses: Is a Single, National Standard Possible?
Triple Pundit - Vale Jokisch - May 23, 2010
Job and Wealth Creation at the Grassroots Level – A Working Model In Cleveland
Triple Pundit - Vale Jokisch - May 23, 2010
Accountability: An Argument for Keeping Your Money Local
Triple Pundit - Vale Jokisch - May 22, 2010
Author: Incentives wasted
The Post and Courier - David Quick - May 21, 2010
8th Annual BALLE Business Conference
Charleston Convention & Visitors Bureau - May 21, 2010
Keeping business local
Your Day - May 20, 2010
Local first conference comes to Charleston; Brings national spotlight to area's small businesses
Charleston City Paper - Greg Hambrick - May 18, 2010
8th Annual BALLE Business Conference Kicking Off in Charleston, SC
Triple Pundit - Vale Jokisch - May 15, 2010
Business conference in town later this month
Charleston Regional Business Journal - May 13, 2010
Leader puts local businesses first
The Post and Courier - Teresa Taylor - May 8, 2010
Hundreds of Entrepreneurs and Thought Leaders Gathering to Build the Emerging New Economy: Community-Based, Green, Fair
CSRwire.com - May 6, 2010
BALLE Conference Will 'Connect The Dots' With Emerging Movements To Build Strong, Local, Green Businesses And Communities
CSRwire.com - April 20, 2010
Be Your Own Bailout': Business Alliance for Local Living Economics (BALLE) to Address Economic Self-Reliance and Local Change at National Conference
CSRwire.com - March 23, 2010

From the Blogosphere

We Are The Ones We Have (Been Waiting For)
Singlebrook Technology, Inc. - Joe Romano - July 13, 2010
My First BALLE Conference
Singlebrook Technology, Inc. - Elisa Miller-Out - July 2, 2010

BALLE 2010 National Conference
BetterBlog - Matt Bauer - May 30, 2010
On Hope
Moving Lightly Through This World - Ellen Shepard - May 26, 2010
Redesigning the economic system
Sustainable Industries - Becky Brun - May 24, 2010
Back from BALLE
Piedmont Biofuels - Lyle Estill - May 23, 2010