Adam Burk + Co

10/29/2021

JOIN OUR TEAM! Our Katahdin is seeking a highly organized and motivated person to join our team as an administrative assistant. A successful candidate will perform various administrative and clerical duties to help support Our Katahdin’s mission-driven projects. Work will include time in the office with other Our Katahdin staff and board members, time at local meetings and time at home. To start, this will be a part-time position at 20 flexible hours a week. To learn more about Our Katahdin and the job position visit our website - https://www.ourkatahdin.com/job_opportunities. Please apply by November 10th.

10/17/2019

Incredible gift from Sarah Paul at yesterday’s Intro to Design Thinking workshop. I was Sarah’s client for our afternoon design challenge and she designed this for me! It codifies an ideal collaborative workflow that I can use to communicate with others. Check out her crazy good stick figure skills!

Thanks to Sarah and all of yesterday’s participants for a meaningful day together.

10/03/2019

Why learn Design Thinking on October 16 with us?

"Learning design thinking changed how I approached not only finding solutions to challenges that I was working on, but involving the right people and asking the best questions to get to the best results." - Carol Walker Aten, Leadership Portland, past workshop participant

October 16, 2019 Portland, Maine What is it This is a full-day immersive workshop. We begin with an academic approach to understanding design thinking and then shift to an experiential practice of design doing. Our workshops focus on giving participants ample opportunity to try out the skills

09/18/2019

Watch this quick video to learn more about what design thinking is. Then sign up for our workshop on October 16 to learn how to do design thinking.

https://www.adamburk.co/workshops/executive-workshop

09/10/2019

Excited to see this award that will help Millinocket move forward with some action items from the Katahdin Gazetteer!

Washington DC—In its ongoing support of rural communities, the National Endowment for the Arts announces the 2019 communities taking part in its national initiative, the Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design™

09/05/2019

As we process our feelings about summer nearing its end, we think the best approach is to just drink it up.

Use the code DRINKUPSUMMER for 50% off our limited edition enamel mugs while supplies last.

We love collaboration as much as coffee - in fact both are essential to our day. We are just dancing around the fire with this mug designed in collaboration with Portland, Maine illustrator Liz Long. http://www.lizlongart.com

08/26/2019

Join us for a one-day Introduction to Design Thinking workshop this fall on October 16.

We begin with an academic approach to understanding design thinking and then shift to an experiential practice of design doing. Our workshops focus on giving participants ample opportunity to try out the skills they're building, not just hear about them.

You'll leave the day knowing what design thinking is and with confidence to keep trying it for yourself.

October 16, 2019 Portland, Maine What is it This is a full-day immersive workshop. We begin with an academic approach to understanding design thinking and then shift to an experiential practice of design doing. Our workshops focus on giving participants ample opportunity to try out the skills

07/23/2019

Check out this opportunity to continue the once in a generation body of work that uses the Katahdin Gazetteer as it's guidebook. Work with smart, passionate people to create a truly special future in a truly special place.

Want to work in the Katahdin Region?

The Katahdin Collaborative is hiring a Community Accelerator to undertake the communication, networking, and coordination among Collaborative partners to accelerate actions and outcomes from the Katahdin Gazetteer. The position will add capacity to accelerate Katahdin Collaborative’s mission to
create a positive environment to facilitate communication, leverage resources and foster collaboration among regional community members, volunteer groups, businesses, non-profit agencies, institutions, and municipalities, working towards the revitalization of the Katahdin Region.

We're looking for an individual who is visionary, collaborative, results-oriented, adaptive and organized. Compensation will be competitive and commensurate with experience. 2000 hours, hourly rate in the range of (up to) $40 per hour. This is a one-year contract that may extend to future years.

To apply, please review the job description posted on our website and follow the instructions.

Full job description:https://katahdincollaborative.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/KC-Community-Accelerator-Job-Description-FINAL.docx.pdf

07/03/2019

Complete! Cultivate local jobs & a dynamic regional economy action 06.2 - Support Our Katahdin's efforts to clear the way for redevelopment of the Millinocket Mill Site.

A big step forward in the Katahdin Gazetteer: A Roadmap to the Future!

05/16/2019

After a year, our work designing and facilitating community processes across 8 towns to build a regional vision and action plan is complete. We are so proud of this once in a generation body of work, and especially buoyed by the hope in the room when the final book was shared back with the people of the Katahdin region.

Mainebiz summarizes:

"The result of the Gazetteer project is a 117-page bound book, as well as a digital version, that outlines the region's goals broken down into six "big ideas":

- Foster vibrant villages that enhance the region;
- Make it the premier four-season outdoor destination in New England;
- Be a place that supports and attracts people of all ages;
- Cultivate local jobs and a new regional economy;
- Grow the next wave of forest product manufacturing;
- Future-proof the region.

The action points in each section, designed to look like easy-to-digest post-it notes, include cost estimates, where appropriate, and who will carry out the plan."

You can view the whole Katahdin Gazetteer on the Katahdin Collaborative website:https://katahdincollaborative.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/AllInKatahdin_VisionActionReport_Digital.pdf

Read the Mainebiz article here: https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/economic-development-director-action-plan-launch-katahdin-region-into-new-era

03/15/2019

Over the past year, we have been working with hundreds of people who live and work in eight towns in the Katahdin region of Maine to design their future. It’s a huge, messy process and it’s all coming together. The final action plan will be shared in April.

If the process had a bibliography this would be it.

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On Dialogue

A Pattern Language

Design, when everybody designs

Katahdin: An Historic Journey

The Field Guide to Human Centered Design

02/05/2019

One thing we have loved about working in the Katahdin region is learning about all the awesome spots to explore. To help you have great adventures, the Katahdin Gear Hub at the Millinocket Memorial Library has great gear you can check out with a library card. And YOU can get a library card!