Episodes
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Laura Phillips – Vehr Communications
In this week's episode, Ed Burghard speaks with Laura Phillips, VP of Client Services and Counselor at Vehr Communications, about the challenges and considerations with creating and deploying a comprehensive strategic communications strategy.
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Jerry Bologna – JEDCO
This week Ed Burghard speaks with Jerry Bologna, Executive Director of the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission (JEDCO), about his perception of the challenges and opportunities facing the economic development profession.
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Laura Martin – Conway Events
Confused about how to effectively utilize social media in promoting your community message? This week, Ed Burghard speaks with social media expert Laura Martin about the opportunities and challenges of using social media in community branding.
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Kelly Flenniken – Grand Junction Economic Partnership
This week, host Ed Burghard talks with Kelly Flenniken, executive director of the Grand Junction Economic Partnership (GJEP) in Colorado about her perspective on the future of the economic development profession.
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Lorie Vincent – Team Texas
In this podcast, International Roving Host Bruce Levine speaks with Lorie Vincent, Executive Director of the Team Texas, a statewide marketing coalition operating under the umbrella of the Texas Economic Development Council. Lorie explains the history and role of the organization, its current...
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Victoria Hirschberg – Tennessee Economic and Community Development
Victoria Hirschberg, Statewide Project Manager with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development and based in Nashville, joins our host Ed Burghard this week as he continues with the 40 Under 40 Rising stars in economic development series.
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Chris Steele – Investment Consulting Associates
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has the potential to transform a community's economic development efforts. In many ways it is the same as domestic company attraction, retention and expansion. But there are very important differences that need to be taken into account in order for a community's…
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Kevin Hughes – Suffolk Department of Economic Development – Virginia
In this episode, Ed Burghard speaks with 40 Under 40 Rising Star recipient Kevin Hughes about his perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing the economic development profession.
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Jennifer Bosser – Wake County Economic Development
In this episode, Ed Burghard talks with Jennifer Bosser, Assistant Executive Director for Wake County Economic Development (WCED) in Raleigh, North Carolina and DCI 40 Under 40 awardee about her perspective on the future of economic development.
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Tom Wengler – Cloud Nine Solutions
Tom Wengler, Partner at Cloud Nine Solutions in Chattanooga, TN joins Host Jeff Porter this week to talk about Customer Relationship Management systems for Economic Development organizations. Cloud Nine Solutions is a Microsoft Dynamics CRM Partner with a depth of knowledge and experience working...
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Kent Gardner - CGR
Dr. Kent Gardner is the chief economist at the Center for Governmental Research (CGR) in Rochester New York and joins host Jeff Porter for an interview to talk about the role of CGR in supporting Economic Development Organizations. The also discuss informANALYTICS CGR's web-based tool makes…
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Sarah Roberts - KSR Capital
Sarah led the regional economic development team for the Greater Waco Chamber in Waco, Texas that implemented its Next Level Strategy for building the economy.  The plan set goals for prospect development, recruitment, retention, urban development, high-impact entrepreneurship, marketing,...
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Karl Dumas - City of Fairfield CA
Karl Dumas, is the Economic Development Manager of Fairfield, CA. He focuses attention on his community’s excellent geographic location in relation to Sacramento, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Napa Valley — that’s why they call it “California’s Sweetspot.” Fairfield has already done well...
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Chris Camacho - Greater Phoenix Economic Council
Chris oversees GPEC’s business development efforts, with a focus on renewable energy, emerging technology, tax policy and international economic development. Chris also manages the domestic and international strategy for new industry attraction. Chris has been instrumental in the design of the...
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Chris Chung - Missouri Partnership
Chris is the founding President and CEO of the Missouri Partnership, a public-private, non-profit company with offices in St Louis and Kansas City, Missouri.  The organization is charged with marketing Missouri for new business investment and recruiting new corporate expansions to the state. Â...
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Jay Schwedler - Sumter Economic Development
Jay is a South Carolina Certified Economic Developer and has served as President and CEO of the Sumter County Development Board since 2006. Â Jay also assists with the Board’s private sector partnership – the Sumter Smarter Growth Initiative. Â Over Jay’s career, he has played a pivotal role in...
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Clay Banks - Tennessee Economic and Community Development
As a Regional Director, Clay is responsible for recruiting new industry and capital investment to the State of Tennessee and he helps existing businesses with strategies to become more profitable. Clay has a passion for making a personal difference by helping people in Tennessee communities...
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Matt Erskine - US Economic Development Administration
In this interview with Matt Erskine, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development in the US Department of Commerce, International Roving Host Bruce Levine unearths information that surprised him concerning the role and activities of EDA and which is likely to surprise and impress our...
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Christine Richards - Smart Regions Initiative
Christine Richards is a partner with the Denver based Smart Regions Initiative, a firm committed to fueling the U.S. smart regions movement by connecting and educating key stakeholders across a cross section of industries. Her passion is to understand and educate key stakeholders about the...
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Local Histories and Economic Development
It’s been a quiet few weeks as people have taken their summer holidays here in the USA so this week instead of bringing you the usual interview format I thought I’d visit an article published by Ed Burghard from StrengtheningBrandAmerica.com Ed’s article posed the question: Are Local...
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Interviews and Information about Regional Business and Economic Development
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Jeff Porter - The Aussie American
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