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Grow Our Region Learning Series

 

The Grow Our Region Learning Series currently features seven online modules with a focus on regional economic development.

 

MODULE 1: Introduction to Regional Economic Development ( Length: 20 minutes)

  • It’s a Changing World: Some Major Trends
  • Implications of These Trends
  • Local and Regional Economic Development
  • Defining key terms
  • Three waves of economic development
  • Economic development approaches
  • A Look at Regional Development
  • A new game plan and key principles
  • What Should Your Region Do?


MODULE 2: Building a Regional Team (Length:  23 minutes)

  • Determine Elements of a Sound Team
  • Develop a Call to Action
  • Invite Broad Participation
  • Create a Succession Plan
  • Explore Habits of Highly Effective Regional Leadership


MODULE 3: Planning for Success (Length: 34 minutes)

  • What’s This Thing Called “Vision”?
  • Features of a Strong Regional Vision Statement
  • Developing a Vision Statement for Your Region
  • Focusing on Regional Goals
  • Identifying the ABCs of Success
  • Selecting Strategies
  • Planning for Action


 MODULE 4: Exploring Regional Assets & Barriers ( Length: 17 minutes)

  • Introduce asset-based regional development
  • Discover the assets that exist locally and can be mobilized to support your regional goals
  • Pinpoint barriers to achieving regional goals

Downloadable Worksheets for Module 4:

  • The Capacity Inventory of Individuals
  • The Community Participation and Leadership Inventory
  • Inventory of Assets & Resources to Support Regional Goals
  • Identifying Internal and External Barriers


MODULE 5: Examining Current Demographic Features ( Length: 26 minutes)

  • Understand secondary data and its limitations
  • Identify demographic variables that are important for regional planning
  • Know the characteristics of your workforce

MODULE 6: Detecting Regional Advantage (Length: 25 minutes)
  •  Explore basic concepts used to determine regional advantage
  •  Provide an overview of tools and data available to detect regional competitive advantage


MODULE 7: Measuring for Success ( Length: 32 minutes)

  • Exploring the Value of Measuring
  • Deciding What to Measure
  • Using Measures to Promote Success
  • Tracking Appropriate Measures
  • Creating a Regional Plan for Measuring Success

 


 

 

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  • Home
  • Analysis
    • Assessing Readiness
    • Competitive Advantage
    • Glossary of Terms
    • Impact Analysis
    • Measuring Quality of Life
    • Monitoring and Evaluation
    • Socio-Economic Data
  • Capacity
    • Asset Mapping
    • Core Competencies
    • Education
    • Funding Programs
    • Housing
    • Infrastructure
    • Not-for-Profit Organizations
  • Enterprise
    • Business Retention and Expansion
    • Clusters & Value Chains
    • Co-operatives
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Incubators
    • Investment Attraction
    • Social Entrepreneurship
    • Workforce
  • Leading
    • Collaboration & Partnerships
    • Conflict Resolution
    • Cultural Competencies
    • Governance
    • Meetings
    • Writing Proposals
  • Learning
    • Foreign Direct Investment Training
    • Grow Our Region Learning Series
    • Online Subscription Modules
    • Webinars
  • Planning
    • Business Plan
    • Communications Plan
    • Community Planning
    • Economic Development Plan
    • Strategic Planning
    • Sustainability Plan
  • Sectors
    • Agriculture
    • Arts and Culture
    • Construction
    • Forestry
    • Life Sciences
    • Manufacturing
    • Mining
    • Non-Profit Sector
    • Oil and Gas
    • Tourism
    • Transportation
  • Strategies
    • Branding
    • Downtown Revitalization
    • Foreign Direct Investment
    • Green Strategies
    • Local Economies
    • Productivity
    • Regional Development
    • Rural
    • Strategies For Aboriginal Communities
    • Tech Led Economic Development
    • WORKshift
Last Updated: August 28, 2011
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