Sam Ford

Founding Partner, InnoEngine. Practical Innovation. Storytelling. Engagement. Cultural intelligence. Helping communities & organizations get unstuck.

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A bit about what I’ve been up to work wise in the first few months of 2026…

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ICYMI: An update on what’s been happening with me and with our team at InnoEngine over the past few months. https://t.co/lIsaKpwHoB

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Appreciate the National Civic League giving a shoutout to our civic imagination work on The BG 2050 Project in their piece about @CityofBGKY being a finalist as an “All-America City” for America 250.

https://t.co/mh2CtqOQO1

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As we build those next steps here in Bowling Green, we're beginning the process of helping other places go through this process. Any thoughts or ideas? Be in touch.

[Sam Ford @Sam_Ford]

For three years, InnoEngine has been working with our Imagination Lead @sangitacivics on a civic imagination approach to bring leaders in a region together to collectively imagine the future of their place, confirm key shared values they want to preserve and grow…

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Check it out here: https://t.co/EEWJj0I9kM

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Excited to unveil this next milestone in our civic imagination work on @bg2050project last week! Per @bgdailynews:

“Very, very encouraging.”

This is how @DougGorman1 summed up the final report of the multi-year @bg2050project.

https://t.co/b7YlRK7i24

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.@cityofbgky is one of the Top 20 Finalists for the All-America City Award competition for America 250. Excited to have InnoEngine’s work on @bg2050project front and center in the application! https://t.co/SWi1vZHoQW

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InnoEngine is fortunate to be able to work with a range of innovative, scaling companies—like our client @shawnrubel @Vecteezy, which has bootstrapped their way to running a large, global two-sided marketplace for digital design/creative assets.

https://t.co/VQLZTPqXu2

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Last night, InnoEngine was proud to be honored by @BFLouisville as a Startup to Watch in 2026. Great to see so many friends/collaborators from across Kentucky’s innovation ecosystem and for our team to join founders from three other startups to represent our HQ city @CityofBGKY!

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Thanks to the team @HarvardAsh for including our civic imagination work in Bowling Green on @bg2050project and our What Could BG Be? initiative conducted with the @Google @Jigsaw team in this review of deliberative public input technologies. https://t.co/yXMKwhw96C

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Final reminder: tomorrow is our Startup Garden with CREATE Programs Director Buddy Steen and @WarrenCountyGov Judge Executive @DougGorman1, moderated by CREATE Innovation Fellow @Sam_Ford.

RSVP here: https://t.co/OQE2CJmtUN

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Enjoyed talking our BG 2050 work at InnoEngine & applying civic imagination to Massively Multistakeholder Ongoing Regional Placemaking Groups & to wide-scale public deliberation alongside @sangitacivics recently for the Getting Smart podcast.

https://t.co/CmtOQGBwPi

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It’s been a pleasure working on a Massively Multistakeholder Ongoing Regional Placemaking Group project (yes, MMORPG) harnessing civic imagination methods to imagine and build the future place we want to see with @bg2050project. We will discuss that and lots more!

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Our region just north of Nashville is growing fast. And we know that tech-enabled and innovation-led talent and companies will play a significant role in the next 25 years.

Come join us! RSVP: https://t.co/UR2MyLFb3i

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Honored to be profiled by the great team at The Onion! Thanks for calling attention to my work.

https://t.co/vQth6RkgtT

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We have coined my favorite acronym in a long time now at InnoEngine, and you can’t stop us!

Massively Multistakeholder Ongoing Regional Placemaking Groups (MMORPGs)

https://t.co/ugcYIXuFmS

[Sam Ford @Sam_Ford]

“We started InnoEngine to support people who want to do this kind of work, but need help. They might not have the internal support, vocabulary, or structure to do it alone. So we create the space.”

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Thanks to Peter Spear for inviting me on his latest That Business of Meaning podcast!

“We realized we were chasing the same questions—and we had independently developed similar approaches…”

https://t.co/zZ96fw6me2