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Get your offer out in a language that business understands

Get your offer out in a language that business understands

๐——๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ "๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป" ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€? ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ? ๐Ÿš€ The word "innovation" can sometimes feel vague or lead to a narrow focus on R&D without a clear path to commercial success. What if we reframed the...

International Lessons From City Deals

International Lessons From City Deals

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ I was lucky to participate in a ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ last week. Here are the key lessons from the UK and Australia on City Deals. It was a chance to reflect on the great report I wrote with Professor...

Best Practice Economic Development Organisations Don’t Just Implement Programs

Best Practice Economic Development Organisations Don’t Just Implement Programs

๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ Organisations ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃ'๐™ฉ ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ข๐™จ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ. Hereโ€™s the behaviours I've seen from ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ economic development organisations: ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:...

The Hidden Cost of Vague Objectives

The Hidden Cost of Vague Objectives

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฏ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€.โฃ (and it will make or break your economic development initiatives)โฃ ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต, ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.โฃ โ†’ Simply having a "mission statement" doesn't...

How to Get Your Public Funding Approved for Local Economic development

How to Get Your Public Funding Approved for Local Economic development

Getting Your Local Economic Development Funding Approved can be a Challenge if You have no or Little Experience in This! Based on our ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜Œ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, here are key tips for success: 1๏ธโƒฃ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€: Know your organization's...

Master The 7 Executive Tasks in Local Economic Development

Master The 7 Executive Tasks in Local Economic Development

๐™ˆ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™š ๐Ÿณ ๐™€๐™ญ๐™š๐™˜๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™จ๐™ ๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ Local ๐™€๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ: 1 - Set clear objectives for your local economy, programme, service or agency 2 - Develop winning ideas for your local economy 3 - Write a successful board or committee paper for your local economy service...

๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™– ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ง๐™–๐™ก ๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š: ๐™๐™๐™š ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™€๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐˜ผ๐™™๐™™๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™‹๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐˜พ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™‡๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™€๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™š๐™จ

๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™– ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ง๐™–๐™ก ๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š: ๐™๐™๐™š ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™€๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐˜ผ๐™™๐™™๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™‹๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐˜พ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™‡๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™€๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™š๐™จ

While the social justice argument for tackling poverty is undeniable, there are equally powerful economic justifications for why it must be a central pillar of local and regional development strategies. Here's why addressing poverty is smart economics: ๐Ÿญ. **๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ...

Ready to Elevate Your Economic Development Game?

Ready to Elevate Your Economic Development Game?

๐™๐™๐™ง๐™š๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ฎ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™ ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™€๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง'๐™จ ๐™€๐™ญ๐™š๐™˜๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐—ฏ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Stop wasting time on vague priorities. The Toolkit provides a proven methodology to transform fuzzy ideas into crystal-clear, measurable, and impactful...