Economic Development Secrets

This month's podcast episode features Kelly Kinsey Overby, Business Retention & Expansion Director for the Longview, TX Economic Development.

This month I'm joined by David Camerlengo, Trade & Investment Commissioner for North America for the Queensland, Australia Trade & Investment Department. David discusses their Advance Queensland Initiative and shares different elements of international economic development.

This month's special guest is Tony Gioveniello, President of Shasta EDC. Tony discusses several BRE practices that they've implemented to assist their local businesses. He shares how they've done an in depth study of what their business community's internet presence is and how they've been able to assist them in advancing this web presence. Tony also shares how they use a third party telemarketing firm to assist in their recruitment efforts.

This month's special guest is Carlton Schwab, President and CEO of the Texas Economic Development Council. As the leader of a state advocacy group, Carlton shares a unique perspective on economic development at the state and local level and also discusses the future of economic development.

This month's special guest is Mark Lautman, Principal at Lautman Economic Architecture, LLC. He is the author of "When the Boomers Bail," which discusses how the powerful combination of economic and demographic forces change the job creation game and make it more difficult for community leaders to manage their local economies. Along with a group of colleagues, Mark co-founded the Community Economics Lab, a not-for-profit think tank focused on understanding these new forces and developing new approaches to economic and workforce development. In this podcast episode, Mark shares a new algorithm for analyzing your community and engaging stakeholders.

In this special episode of Economic Development Secrets, we discuss highlights from this year’s podcast episodes. We will cover current trends in the economic development field and discuss some of the top tips shared by our special guests.

This episode of Economic Development Secrets features Nathan Tafoya, Executive Director of the Lamesa Economic Development Corporation. Nathan shares tips for rural economic developers and compares economic development tactics in Texas and New Mexico.

This month's episode of Economic Development Secrets features Jenny Philip, Director of Research for the Greater Houston Partnership. She discusses what outlets to use as you get started using economic development research more.

This month's episode of Economic Development Secrets features Michael Collins, President & CEO of Port KC. Michael shares how to conduct effective bi-state economic development and how their industrial sector has become one of the top eight in the nation.

This month's episode of Economic Development Secrets features Kevin Carter, Executive Director of the High Ground of Texas. Kevin discusses rural economic development and strategic regionalism.

This month's episode of Economic Development Secrets features Kristin Reese, Executive Director of the Cleveland County Economic Development Partnership. Kristin discusses workforce development, site selection, and economic development trends.

In this two episode special, Paul Scheuren and Nicole D'Souza of Impact DataSource discuss economic development advice and other tips shared during their Texas Economic Development Best Practices Summits this Spring. In this second episode, they discuss evaluating and presenting projects and CRM systems that help you keep track of your active projects.

In this two episode special, Paul Scheuren and Nicole D'Souza of Impact DataSource discuss economic development advice and other tips shared during their Texas Economic Development Best Practices Summits this Spring. This first episode covers information on strategic plans, marketing, and business retention and expansion.

This month's episode of Economic Development Secrets features Sean Stockard, President and CEO of the ED Alliance for Brazoria County, TX. Sean discusses the importance of introducing students to vocational trades early so that they know that they have options when planning their future.

This month's episode of Economic Development Secrets features Tanner Jones, Research Analyst for Baldwin County, AL Economic Development Alliance. We discuss all things data and research. Tanner shares advice on how you can start relying on data more heavily.

During this month's installment of Economic Development Secrets, Mary Jacobs, Assistant City Manager in Sierra Vista, Arizona shares how her community has developed an economic development department and strategy. We also discuss national economic development trends.

This month we were joined by Bill Martin, Executive Director of the Greater Osceola Partnership for Economic Prosperity. Bill has worked in economic development for over 40 years in state, regional and local economic development groups. He shares the most exciting economic development project that he has worked on during his whole career and explains how his region offers different programs to educate and train the workforce.

This month's special guest is Michael Bunt, Director of Economic Development at the Artesia, New Mexico Chamber of Commerce. Michael shares with the audience about their incentive war chest and the importance of getting involved with neighboring EDO's at the state and local level.

This month, Jeffrey Finkle, President and CEO of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) draws upon his 30 years of ED experience and shares his "economic development secrets". As the leader of the world’s largest economic development membership organization, Jeff shares a unique point of view of the economic development field. We discuss the history of IEDC, the process to become certified, and some pressing economic development topics, including incentives and what your elected officials can do to support your department.

This month's episode of Economic Development Secrets features Lucienne Pears, Director of Economic Development in Charlotte County, Florida. She shares about their Certified Sites program and how they do economic development in a primarily retired community.