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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