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๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด (๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐——๐—ผ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—œ๐˜)

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด (๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐——๐—ผ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—œ๐˜) Does your local economy have plenty of labour demand and desperate employers who canโ€™t get the workforce and skills they need? As well as unemployed residents who โ€œcanโ€™t find work?โ€ The problem isnโ€™t lack of jobs. Itโ€™s that we fundamentally misunderstand how [โ€ฆ]

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โ€œ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜†.โ€ โ€œ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต.โ€ โ€œ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ.โ€ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ? In 31 years of economic development work, Iโ€™ve learned one hard truth: ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ. Sharpen up your objectives ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ โ€“ download the workbook by registering here. The single feature that separates successful initiatives [โ€ฆ]

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด (๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐——๐—ผ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—œ๐˜)

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด (๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐——๐—ผ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—œ๐˜)

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด (๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐——๐—ผ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—œ๐˜) Does your local economy have plenty of labour demand and desperate employers who can't get the workforce and skills they need? As well as unemployed residents who "can't find work?" The problem...

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Build your own SMART objectives with our toolkit

"๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜†." "๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต." "๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ." ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ? In 31 years of economic development work, I've learned one hard truth: ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ. Sharpen up your objectives ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ...

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚’๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜-๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ยฃ๐Ÿญ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚’๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜-๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ยฃ๐Ÿญ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†

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๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ป’๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต

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Stop focusing on only one kind of Innovation – Novel Innovation, as your local economy needs service sector innovation, adoption and adaptation. This article on green economy opportunities is based on the CPD, training and skills development materials and courses for Local and Regional Economic Development at http://www.economicdevelopment.world/about